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Types of Soup: Soup, Stew, Bisque, Chowder

The first soups are thought to have been fashioned by primitive man (or woman) dropping hot rocks into liquids to heat them. The liquids warmed by those hot rocks have evolved into the soups, stews, […]

Techniques

Make Your Own Brown Sugar

At some point in your cooking life you’ll likely find yourself out of one ingredient or another. If brown sugar’s the culprit, you can mix up your own in minutes. Brown sugar is simply granulated […]

Serve Food Like the Pros
Tips

Serve Food Like the Pros

You can serve food like the pros at home! Contrary to popular opinion, you don’t have to be a world class chef in a world class restaurant to treat your friends, family and guests to […]

Evaporated milk vs condensed milk
Tools

Evaporated Milk vs Condensed Milk

Evaporated milk vs condensed milk – do you know the difference? You’ve seen them sharing space on grocery store shelves, both flaunting the name ‘milk’ on their labels, but neither tasting quite right in your […]

101

How to Cut Up a Whole Chicken

Cutting up a whole chicken can be quite the scary proposition for the average cook. The truth is, like most things culinary, it’s not as difficult as it seems. All you need is a big […]

Tips

Too Much of a Stir

I’ve seen cooks stand over a pan and stir or flip food with wild abandon, but there’s no need to move food constantly in order to feel (and look) busy. Put the spatula, wooden spoon […]

mirepoix
Tools

Mirepoix

And now for a fancy French cooking term that will boost your culinary street cred when dropped casually in conversation. Mirepoix (pronounced meer-uh-pwa) is a simple mix of coarsely chopped vegetables – onions, carrots and […]