Do you really need to skim off scum on the surface of bone broth?
What is scum? If you don't remove it, will it ruin your food? Or, worse, will it make you sick?
Kitchen how-tos
Find fully illustrated guides on the preparation of common ingredients. When beating egg whites, for example, how can you tell between soft peaks and stiff peaks? How do you skin and cut mangoes and pineapples? What is the right way to cook rice and how do you make it into congee? When cooking tempura, how should the shrimps be prepped? What's the proper way to wrap spring rolls?
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How to make herb-infused olive oil
You've seen them in the grocery and they cost plenty. But did you know that it’s easy and inexpensive to make herb-infused olive oil at home? Here's how.
Avocados: how to tell if they are ripe and how to hasten ripening
I’m not a fan of store-bought guacamole. I like to make guacamole from scratch. It’s really very easy to make. The hardest part is making sure that the avocados are …
Loosely packed and firmly packed brown sugar: illustrated
You come across a recipe for a baked goodie, you drool over the photos, you check the recipes and you realize you have every ingredient in your pantry. But how you you …
What does “blind bake” mean?
Baking blind or blind baking means baking the crust without the filling. It’s a technique used for making pies and tarts with uncooked filling or filling that needs to be …
How to make uniform-sized cupcakes and muffins
The correct technique on how to make uniform-sized cupcakes and muffins depends on whether the batter is thin (pourable) or thick (non-pourable).
Easy homemade vanilla sugar
You may have come across “vanilla sugar” as an ingredient in some recipes, especially in baking projects. And you may have wondered just what the heck it is.