Shake and Bake Reinvented

• recipe

  Nut-Crusted Chicken Cutlets with Lemon and Thyme

  How do you get chicken cutlets with a rich, nutty crust? As it turns out, by holding back on the nuts.

• recipe

  Crispy Pan-Fried Pork Chops

  A breaded coating can be just the thing to give lean, bland pork chops a flavor boost—but not when it turns gummy and flakes off the meat.

• equipment

  Food Processors

  If a food processor is supposed to be a faster, more convenient alternative to your chef’s knife, why do so many models fail to make the cut?