Having grown up in a house with a microwave and toaster oven, I don’t think I ever broiled anything until I was well into my twenties. I thought a broiler pan was just a funky-looking cooling rack.

Home cooks, who seem to love almost every innovation, generally disdain the humble, if omnipresent, broiler. As evidence, check out the cookbook shelves: You’ll find books galore on slow cookers, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A person turning the kitchen oven knob to a setting - photopixel/Shutterstock The oven is the centerpiece of the kitchen. Capable ...

I’ve always been sort of terrified/befuddled by the broiler in my oven, so I mostly just pretend it isn’t there. What’s the best way to use it? In my last apartment, it took the better part of a year ...

As any seasoned home cook will tell you, the more you understand the capabilities of your trusty oven and broiler, the more varied and delicious your meals will be. After all, if you embrace your ...

1. Have on hand a small rimmed baking sheet or broiler pan large enough to hold the swordfish in one layer. 2. Snap off the tough bottom ends of the asparagus spears and discard the ends. Cut the ...

This is what the broil setting on your oven actually does. Having grown up in a house with a microwave and toaster oven, I don’t think I ever broiled anything until I was well into my twenties. I ...