Russets, fingerlings, Yukon golds, and more: get the low-down on spuds in all their forms with our potato guides, then go crazy in the kitchen!

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Potatoes 101: All You Need to Know About Common Spuds
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The Low-Effort, Pantry-Ingredient Hack That Guarantees Crisp, Golden Latkes Every Time
A variety of frozen hash brown products arranged on a marble surface
We Taste-Tested 8 Brands of Frozen Hash Brown Patties—Our Winner May Surprise You
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My Method of Boiling Potatoes Turned My Potato-Skeptic Wife Into a Lifelong Spud Lover
A bowl of fluffy mashed potatoes sits on a table. It's topped with a pat of melting butter and a grinding of fresh black pepper.
The Best Potatoes for Mashed Potatoes
a bowl of roasted sweet potato chunks
A Field Guide to Sweet Potato Varieties (and the Dirt on Yams)
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How to Cut French Fries
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It’s Always Fry-Day: Crispy Potato Cups Put Potato Skins to Shame
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How to Make the Best Potato Hash | The Food Lab
A bowl of mashed potatoes.
How to Make Mashed Potatoes in Advance
Starch Madness 2022
Starch Madness Is Back And It's No Small Potatoes
The best crispy roast potatoes ever in a bowl on a blue background.
The 10 Potato Side Dishes Our Readers Love Most
Plate of baked appetizers topped with breadcrumbs and a fork with a slice of bread on a table
French Onion Melting Potatoes
Platter of smashed double sauce potatoes with garnishes on a wooden table
Crispy Smashed Potatoes With Tonnato Sauce
The best crispy roast potatoes ever in a bowl on a blue background.
The Best Crispy Roast Potatoes Ever
stack of boxty pancakes with dollop on sourcream, and garnished with green onions on a green place on stone surface.
Boxty (Irish Potato Pancakes)
Deep-fried potato-skin cups ready for dipping or filling.
Deep-Fried Potato Cups
Overhead view of spiced potato gratin
Spiced Potato Gratin
Side view of shepherds pie baked potato
Shepherd's Pie Baked Potatoes
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Loaded Baked Potato Soup
Overhead view of crispy roast potatoes
Caesar Roast Potatoes
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British Chips
Gnocchi in a cheese sauce resting in a blue bowl
28 Potato Recipes for Dinner That You'll Eat Right Up
Plated Corned Beef Hash topped with fried egg and chimichurri, flanked by skillet of corned beef hash and dish of chimichurri
Corned Beef Hash
Duchess potatoes served in a dish.
Pommes Duchesse (Duchess Potatoes)
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Potato Doughnuts
A cast iron skillet full to the brim with baked potato tartiflette, topped with melted and browned soft-rind cheese.
Tartiflette
A plate of very thin strands of stir-fried potato and red and green pepper; the potato looks softened but not limp, and is a beige color that hints at the sauce it absorbed in the wok.
Suanla Tudousi (Hot-and-Sour Sichuan Stir-Fried Potatoes) Recipe
Serving plate of pan-fried pierogi with ramekins of sour cream and cooked onion on the side.
Potato and Cheese Pierogi
Overhead view of aloo gobi in a serving bowl
Aloo Gobi
finished lyonnaise potatoes
Lyonnaise Potatoes
Closeup of a serving platter of fondant potatoes with a ramekin of flaky sea salt on the side.
These Melting Potatoes Are Golden, Custardy, and Impossible to Resist
Sheet pan with roasted chicken and potatoes plate served with yogurt and lemon slices
Musakhan (Palestinian Chicken and Potatoes)
Aloo tikki on a plate with a dipper of tamarind chutney alongside
Aloo Tikki
Grilled potato wedges on a plate
Grilled Potato Wedges
Overhead view of classic potato salad served in a light blue bowl.
Our Editor's Favorite Potato Salad Recipes for July 4th and Beyond
Closeup of a serving plate of Greek lemon potatoes.
Patates Lemonates (Greek Lemon Potatoes)
Overhead view of beets latkes
Beet Latkes
A golden brown potato pancake sits on a plate. It is round, thick, and is made up of clearly defined potato strands.
Pommes Darphin (French Potato Pancake)
Overhead view of garlic mashed potatoes
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Overhead view of air fryer baked potato
Air-Fryer Baked Potato
A deeply browned rösti sits on a wooden cutting board, with plates of fried eggs and bacon, and glasses of orange juice around it on the table.
Rösti (Swiss Potato Cake)
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Chip Butty
Overhead view of shoestring fries on wax paper on a platter with a ramekin of ketchup and a glass of beer alongside
Shoestring Fries
A spoonful of stretchy and richy pommes aligot
Pommes Aligot (Cheesy Mashed Potatoes)
Closeup of a serving platter of fondant potatoes with a ramekin of flaky sea salt on the side.
Pommes de Terre Fondantes (Fondant Potatoes)
Closeup of a serving plate of roasted potato wedges with a ramekin of ketchup.
Crispy Baked Potato Wedges
potato croquettes in a bowl
Potato Croquettes
pommes dauphine
Pommes Dauphine
A golden brown pommes anna sits on a serving plate, showing beautiful shingled rounds of thinly sliced potato.
Pommes Anna
A large platter of salchipapa (french fries with sliced hot dogs piled on top) and a few dipping sauces alongside
Salchipapa (Peruvian Hot Dogs and French Fries)
Ajiaco: Colombian Chicken and Potato Soup
Ajiaco (Colombian Chicken and Potato Soup) Recipe
Layered dish of yellow mashed potatoes and tuna salad topped with diced tomatoes and avocados
Causa (Peruvian Cold Mashed Potato Casserole With Tuna or Chicken) Recipe
Fried papas criollas on a blue ceramic plate with ají.
Fried Papas Criollas (Colombian-style Creamy Fried Potatoes) Recipe
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Tater Tot Casserole (Hotdish) Recipe
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Deep-Fried Potato Skins With Melted Raclette Cheese Recipe
Wooden serving bowl of salt-crusted assorted new potatoes
Colombian-Style Salt-Crusted New Potatoes Recipe
Golden brown crispy smashed potatoes on an oval white plate on a dark textured background.
Crispy Smashed Potatoes Recipe