Kitchen Tools

Dump some flour in a bowl. Hope it becomes bread. It’s going to be sloppy and unpredictable. Most people begin by throwing in a cup … Read more

Most home hosts try their best when making an antipasto board, but they don’t use enough math. You want your display to appear full, but … Read more

Seasoning is just throwing some salt and pepper on your meat to make it look good, right? Not if you’re building a dish from scratch … Read more

For anyone who has cooked jambalaya for more people, it’s not so much about cooking as logistics. How do you adjust to the rate at … Read more

The amount of sugar in the first batch of brewed kombucha can be confusing. On one hand, you crave a healthy dose of probiotics. On … Read more

There comes a moment in baking when it becomes more than just a recipe; it becomes a physics problem. There’s a bag of yeast on … Read more

Marinade… You dump leftovers into your marinating meat as a way of soaking in flavor, treating them like a black box. But it doesn’t work. … Read more

Gumbo-making requires certain math, which means no more worry in the kitchen. Stirring the roux until it turns dark is easy, but estimating how much … Read more

Twelve guests is coming over for a wintertime get-together. The menu looks good, but then you look into your bare stockpot and suddenly don’t know … Read more