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Meaty with a dash of veggies

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Ingredients

To cook any dish properly, a good introduction to the ingredients that go into it is a must. For example, when a recipe lists scallions as an ingredient, does it refer to onion leaves, or are scallions and onion leaves different from one another? What is the proper way to rehydrate dried mushrooms?  What is fish sauce and why is salt not a worthy substitute? What is shrimp paste and why is it such an important ingredient in Asian cooking? All these and more in this section.

Whipped cream abd berries on cake

The difference between whipped cream and whipping cream, and how to whip whipping cream

Tiramisu and tea

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Yeast bubbling in jar

Baker’s yeast

Bread dough and rolling pin on floured work surface

A guide to flour for baking bread

Peeled and sliced fresh lotus root

Lotus root buying and cooking guide

Calamansi (kalamansi) halves

Calamansi (kalamansi)

Whole dressed chicken

Chicken parts: a shopping guide

Apetina

Is apetina the same as feta cheese?

Arugula in a white bowl

Is arugula the same as rocket?

Spices for garam masala

What is garam masala?

Okra in a home garden

Okra: how to grow and how to cook

Saffron soaking in hot water

That pinch of pricey saffron

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