Learn what modern oven settings really mean, when to use each for better cooking results, and what to watch out for so you ...

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, ...

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 ...