Many recipes begin by telling readers to “brown the ground beef,” but don’t explain how. Is it easy? Yes—but there are still ways it can go wrong. Here’s how to cook ground beef the right way, so it’s ...

A slow cooker on a kitchen bench with two bowls of beef stew - Kristen Prahl/Shutterstock Slow cookers are one of the handiest kitchen inventions, especially for those of us that don't love a whole ...