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Assistant food editor Taylor Ann Spencer shares everything you need to know to make the best scalloped potatoes ever.

“It’s not always easy to figure out which potatoes to use for what,” writes Deborah Madison in Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone. Some 25 years after the book was published, those words still ring true, especially when you consider the range of conventional and heirloom potato varieties available at supermarkets and farm stands. The best potatoes for roasting, baking, mashing, and frying aren’t always interchangeable.

It's three ingredients and one pan. There is a no-fail formula for producing crispy hash browns every single time, and we have all the details.

If you've ever wondered why mashed potatoes you make at home never taste as good as what you'd order from a restaurant, here are the secrets you need to know.