Mashed potatoes don’t ever mean to be the star, but like Michelle Williams in any of her character-acting roles, sometimes they’re the supernova. A pristine emulsion of liquid, starch and fat ...

For a dish that marries the fresh, sweet flavors of lobster, creamy notes of mashed potatoes, and the buttery, beer-flavored ...

These make-ahead mashed potatoes are the most perfectly light, velvety mashed potatoes. Prep them two days in advance for Thanksgiving and get ahead on your to-cook list.

A creamy mash can include more than just potatoes. Anne Burrell's recipe calls for another starchy vegetable that transforms ...

Julia Child. The name itself conjures visions of butter-filmed pans, almost-perfectly flipped omelets, and that irrepressible ...

Now, you may say mashed potatoes are, in fact, trivial, but I and plenty of other people would beg to differ — especially when it comes to which version gets served at Thanksgiving.

They also need to be decadent, because Thanksgiving is decadent. Load ’em up with butter and cream, with garlic and cheese. More is more, says the 8-year-old me, who would wake up the day after ...