While many recipes call for using either parchment paper or a silicone baking mat like a Silpat, the two aren't 100-percent interchangeable. Both use food-grade silicone to keep food from sticking to ...

Parchment paper's strengths and weaknesses lie in its single-use nature, but silicone is a worthy competitor for baking. Here ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. Silicone mats and parchment paper basically do ...