Beating egg whites: frothy to stiff peaks, illustrated
When a recipe calls for stiffly beaten egg whites, what does it mean? How can you tell the difference between soft and stiff peaks? Here are illustrations of the …
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 caramelize sugar
Why do we caramelize sugar? For many reasons. Pasty chefs use hardened caramel to create pretty things for decorating. The hot caramel is shaped and swirled before it …
The better way to cook bacon is in the oven
The better way to cook bacon is to arrange the rashers on a rack set on a tray, stick in the oven and allow the bacon fat to collect in the tray.
Stages in making bread
Bread doesn't happen by magic. From using the correct ingredients in the right proportions to knowing if gluten has properly formed, well... it takes practice.
Best way to remove catfish slime
Scrub with salt? Rinse in vinegar? Soak in food-grade calcium hydroxide? They all work but nothing works better than baking soda. Ten minutes is all it takes.
How to make chicken bone broth
Nothing beats the richness and flavor of homemade chicken bone broth. I make it with soup bones, divide it into portions and freeze until needed.
Easy tasty risotto for home cooks
My Mac’s dictionary defines risotto as “an Italian dish of rice cooked in stock with other ingredients such as meat and vegetables.” For an Asian, that sounds like …