If you’ve tasted beef brisket you know how juicy, flavorful, and tender it can be, but if you’ve never cooked it yourself you might not know just how unlikely those results are given the piece of meat we’re working with.…
Removing the pits from a bunch of olives is a finicky task if you haven’t got a specially designed pitter to hand. And even if you do have one, they can often remove too much of the flesh, perhaps making…
Hot dogs were once popularly referred to as tube steaks, a fitting term for the umami-rich, smoky flavor they get from the grill. While throwing a package of franks onto the grill will improve their flavor, you can take another…
Chocolate and steak sound like two ingredients that shouldn’t be close together in a sentence. They appear more like bookends to a romantic evening that starts with a box of chocolate-covered strawberries and ends with a candlelit steak dinner. Yet,…
Picture this: A decadent chocolate soufflé, perfectly risen and ready to be enjoyed. But how do you gracefully transfer it from the ramekin to your plate without any mishaps? Fortunately, you likely already have the necessary tools in your kitchen:…
Did you know you can cook the perfect skin-on chicken thighs in the Instant Pot? Beyond its famed pressure cooking prowess, the Instant Pot harbors a lesser-known yet equally impressive function: the “Saute” setting. This often-overlooked feature transforms your Instant…
Preheating: Is it something vital for better quality food or simply an unnecessary venture? In practically every recipe that requires an oven, preheating is listed as one of the first steps. Yet, many home cooks can probably attest to skipping…
One of the pros to buying whole fish at the grocery store is the chance to fillet the fish yourself and choose what kinds of cuts you want to get from it. However, with this freedom comes the task of…
Baking cookies is something of a science. Small changes can have an outsized impact on how your cookies turn out and determining whether a conventional or convection oven is best is just one of many choices you’ll have to make.…
Grilling any food, from meat to vegetables, imparts a unique smokiness and char that no other cooking method can touch — not to mention the added flavor from the wood or charcoal fueling the flames. With its versatile and neutral…
