What’s the difference between cilantro and coriander?
In cookbooks and online recipes, coriander and cilantro are used interchangeably. Both terms refer to Coriandrum sativum.
Kitchen
Divided into three sub-categories — ingredients, how-tos and tools — this section includes tips on choosing a kitchen countertop (in case you're remodeling) and kitchen organizing.
Food and non-food uses for citrus peel and zest
If you use a lot of citrus at home, and you’ve just been throwing away peel and zest after squeezing the juice from the fruits, know that there are plenty of food and …
Broccoli stems are edible and nutritious
Facebook feeds of friends are filled these days with snapshots of price tags of vegetables in the market. Per kilo, yard-long beans cost more than pork belly. Broccoli is …
Edible sea urchins and uni sashimi
Contrary to popular belief, the edible part of the sea urchin is not its eggs but gonads — the testicles of the male or the ovaries of the female — that are pried from …
When stir frying, always use oil with a high smoke point
You can’t stir fry properly unless you crank up the heat. High temperature cooking requires a cooking oil with a high smoke point. What oil is ideal?
Buying a wok? Make it carbon steel.
If you could have only one cooking pan, what would it be? My answer is a wok because I can stir fry, pan fry, deep fry, braise, poach, stew and even steam in it. In fact, …
The secret to tender juicy quails
Quails have lean meat and the thin skin does not provide enough fat to keep it moist. Lengthy cooking to tenderize the meat can dry it out. The secret? Steam then fry or …