How to Make Fresh Pasta Dough
Making the dough for fresh pasta used to take about 20 minutes. With the food processor, you can make fresh pasta dough in about one minute. For history buffs, here’s how to make fresh pasta dough the [more…]
What Lean Really Means for Lean Meat
How lean is lean meat? And what’s the difference between lean and extra lean meats? Guidelines have been established so that these terms have clear definitions. Meat, poultry, or seafood must meet certain [more…]
How to Season Your Cast-Iron Pan
Cast-iron pans that aren’t preseasoned come from the factory with a protective coating. To season your cast iron, you need to wash the coating off and then get to seasoning. The cast-iron seasoning process [more…]
Basic Types of Rice
Although you don’t need to memorize every type of rice on the planet (there are thousands), get acquainted with the five basic types of rice common to cooking today: [more…]
Seafood Chowder
Chowders are thick, chunky soups. Traditionally, all chowders included seafood — and this seafood chowder recipe holds true to the original chowders: Seafood is its main ingredient. In addition to clams [more…]
New England Boiled Dinner
Although this New England boiled dinner recipe is very similar to corned beef and cabbage, a smoked pork butt in the New England boiled dinner gives delicious results in less time than corned beef. Available [more…]
How to Deglaze a Pan to Make a Sauce
Deglaze a pan by moistening and then scraping up the browned bits of food that stick to the bottom of the pan. These deglazed browned bits are loaded with flavor. By deglazing the brown bits, you can transform [more…]
Homebrewing Problem: No Fermentation
Fermentation problems occur frequently to homebrewers, and a common one is that the would-be beer just never started fermenting. Before you pour your homebrew down the sink, make sure the process actually [more…]
Make It Mexican: Tequila, Sangria, and Beer
The only thing that sounds like more fun than eating Mexican food is drinking Mexican drinks. Mexican beers, sangrias, and tequilas are so popular that they are the gateway for many people to tasting Mexican [more…]
An Italian Dinner’s Courses
So what’s the structure of the traditional Italian meal? An Italian dinner actually has five components, or courses. Not every meal contains all five courses, but many do. If you want the full, five-course [more…]
Tips for Making Sushi at Home
Making sushi at home is fun — and you can eat your mistakes! As a sushi novice armed with these sushi-making tips, you can march into your kitchen knowing that you can make some truly tasty sushi. [more…]
Shaking Cocktails, Making Martinis
The main reasons for shaking drinks are to chill a cocktail, mix the ingredients, or put a head of foam on some cocktails.
As a general rule, you should shake all cloudy drinks [more…]
How to Hard Cook and Peel Eggs
Hard cooking (hard boiling) eggs and peeling them is basic cooking, but there's a method to hard cooking and peeling eggs successfully. This video shows you how to hard boil eggs, which form the basis [more…]
American Macaroni and Cheese
This recipe is a classic and simple version of good old American macaroni and cheese. You can customize this macaroni and cheese recipe by making substitutions, alterations, and additions. The ways you [more…]
Steak Diane
Steak Diane is a classic entree often served in some of the finest restaurants — but there’s no reason you can’t make Steak Diane in your very own kitchen. It comes together so quickly that you can prepare [more…]
Discovering How to Sniff a Glass of Wine
The process of tasting a wine — of systematically experiencing all the wine's attributes — involves three steps: Looking at it, smelling it, and, finally, tasting it. Before you explore the smelling ritual [more…]
Apricot-Glazed Pork Chops
In this recipe, apricot jam is the base for a sweet and spicy glaze with which you cover the pork chops. These apricot-glazed pork chops are a wonderfully flavorful grilled main dish. [more…]
Assembling the Basic Tools for Bartending
The most important assets for any profession are the right tools. You need basic bar tools to mix, serve, and store your food and drink. Whether you're stocking a home bar or working as a professional, [more…]
The Different Kinds of Sauces
You can find all kinds of sauces, but they serve one purpose: to enhance the food they're served with. Think of a sauce as a primary liquid with flavored with ingredients and seasonings. Your sauce can [more…]
Three Ways to Cook in a Pressure Cooker
You can cook food in a pressure cooker in a variety of ways. The kinds of dishes you prepare in your pressure cooker can range from steamed veggies to soups. You approach these pressure-cooker creations [more…]
Simple Solutions for Slow Cooker Dilemmas
Slow cookers are relatively easy to use. With no moving parts, they break or malfunction much less frequently than other appliances do. Nevertheless, things can go wrong, whether it's user error or operational [more…]
Trussing a Chicken
If you want your chicken to hold its shape perfectly while roasting, you can truss it. You can do without trussing if you’re in a hurry, but a trussed roast chicken makes for a better look and easier carving [more…]
Pasta Primavera
Primavera means “spring style” in Italian. Primavera dishes are made with a variety of fresh vegetables, and although this recipe uses fettuccine, you can replace it with any kind of pasta you want. This [more…]
Aebleskiver (Danish Pancake Balls)
To make aebleskiver (or Danish pancake balls), you need a specialty cast-iron pan (called either a Danish cake pan, aebleskiver pan, or munk pan). Danish pancake balls make a wonderful start to any morning [more…]
How to Chop Vegetables
Chopping means simply cutting something into small, usually even, pieces. You need to chop vegetables, most often onions and garlic, for many different cooking techniques, including sautéing. Chopping [more…]
