Kitchen Tools

When it comes to breakfast time cooking, there is usually sense of panic. You’re baking up biscuits and your guests are coming over. Do you … Read more

You shouldn’t rely on a clock when poaching an entire chicken. It’s all about controlling the flow of heat around and through muscle and bone. … Read more

Breakfast is always more complicated then you expect. A plateful of fluffy biscuits with creamy sausage gravy sounds delicious, warm and fresh out of the … Read more

When you’re first learning how to cure your own meat, the pile of pink powder in that canister doesn’t look like an ingredient; it just … Read more

When you roast a chicken, or sear a steak, there’s that moment just before when you feel that silent panic. Pick up salt shaker. Sprinkle … Read more

Ever had dry rub go wrong? The heat level gets out of control mid-cook: you put just a dash of that cayenne into the mix, … Read more

All the math are done by the calculator (above). Instead of guessing, it converts your vague variables into minutes right there. This is useful if … Read more

It’s something we all do: We reach into the grinder, confident in our seasoning technique, then watch in horror as our steak come out looking … Read more

The chemistry of cooking: Protein is different, especially if it’s sea salt, which has varying densities; measuring in volume doesn’t work. You grab the shaker … Read more