A simple trick yields crisp outsides and fluffy insides, ready to be topped in three smart, exciting ways from Eric Kim. By Eric Kim Turns out, the baked potato has always been big and great. In 1909, ...

For a busy dinner prepper like me, baked potatoes are one of the easiest side dishes around. All I do is wash them off, stab them with a fork, sprinkle on some salt and slide them into a hot oven.

A simple baked potato—whether you keep it minimal with butter and salt or load it up with sour cream, shredded cheese, bacon, and scallions—is one of life's purest comfort foods. That contrast between ...

A baked potato is the ultimate comfort food, but there is a thin line between a soggy skin and a culinary masterpiece. Most home cooks struggle with uneven centers or leathery exteriors, often due to ...