Kitchen Tools

Small kitchen decisions make a big difference in final dish. Do you get your meat all salted up? Too much salt can cause it to … Read more

Asparagus: Blanching appears easy, until the resulting spears is limp, or still raw through middle. What’s the difference? Snap versus mush comes down to a … Read more

Gelatin: Get your proportions correct with whatever liquid base you’re using, as it’s this detail which will decide if your dish set properly or if … Read more

The dilemma with regular meatloaves is that they are cooked all together, and you’d prefer to have separate servings that cook quick, brown, and stay … Read more

The timing of sweet potatoes is variable; there’s no one-size-fits-all when it comes to cooking them. How they cooks up will depend on their shape … Read more

The problem: How do you make sure turkey meatloaf doesn’t go wrong when there’s not much fat in the mix to protect it from cooking … Read more

Until you serve sweet tea to more than two people, it sounds like a trivial recipe: boil some water, pour over some tea bags, throw … Read more

It sounds easy enough to get the right ratio of marinade when making chicken, except there is so many variables: What’s the cut? How long … Read more

Octopus has very dense muscle that’s packed with collagen: if not cooked proper, it will be like chewing on a tire. To enjoy eating it, … Read more