The 18 Best Ways To Cook Potatoes, In Order

The potato is the Mariah Carey of vegetables.

They're both super sexy and bring in tons of money a year, obviously. But they're also alike in that their popularity makes a lot of people underestimate their technical gifts. Just as Mimi can plumb the depths of a G#2 and ascend to the whistle tone stratospheres of a G#7 with a singing voice that has a broader range than almost any other singer in the history of pop, potatoes can assume a wider array of textures than pretty much any other vegetable -- or even food -- in the world, from the absolute crispiest to the most luscious, velvety and smooth.

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