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There are thousands and thousands of cooking channels on YouTube, but Epicurious has a little something extra: Popular cooking channels are popular for a reason — they offer delicious or convenient recipes. Epicurious does the same, but their ingenuity and entertainment makes it a fun watch even if you don’t intend to cook.

Epicurious has plenty of variety, and not just when it comes to recipes. There’s a genre out there for all its viewers, all centered around food. You can find 101 videos teaching the basics of cooking and how to make the most popular foods, watch the chaos of professional and amateur chefs swapping ingredients, watch traditional dishes being made by members of the community the recipe comes from, or watch the chefs try out viral kitchen gadgets so you don’t have to. Think of the channel’s playlists as a grocery store whose aisles you can meander through.

Our favorite playlist?4 Levels. The series brings four cooks of different levels of experience to cook the same dish. You watch and compare an amateur cook, an experienced home cook, and a professional chef create recipes like pasta carbonara, garlic bread, hot chocolate, and anything you’d like to make. So what’s the fourth level? The fourth person involved is a food scientist who reviews each cook’s dish.

Besides being entertaining and educational, 4 Levels can be inspirational — showing you where you can end up if you hone your skills. One of our favorite episodes is the Frittata. Like most of the recipes on the Epicurious channel, this recipe is accessible and within most people’s skillset. This particular dish is vegetarian-friendly too (and vegan-friendly, if you can get your hands on some egg substitutes).

Not the recipe video-watching type? We get it. If you’d rather follow a traditional recipe, head over to Epicurious’s site, where you can find all kinds of delicious recipes to try.

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