Time for another installment in our series on Essential Cooking Techniques. This time we’ll examine the established pantheon of Dry Heat Cooking methods with special attention to that odd place where Moist and Dry Cooking intersect. Hint: Oil and Water don’t mix!Read More →
The overall technique of applying heat to food is broken down into two broad categories: Dry Heat and Moist Heat. And these categories are further subdivided into a number of specific methods. We’ll start today with a rundown of the various Moist Heat cooking methods…Read More →
We’ve covered the basic Knife Skills every serious cook should know. Now, it’s time for an overview of the stirring skills we all need to complete our food manipulation repertoires. As you’ll see, it’s more than just mixing one ingredient into another, or keeping the Red Sauce from burning!Read More →
We’ve all done it, probably more times than we’d like to admit: Looked into a fridge full of food and wondered, ‘What can I make for supper?’ With a little creativity, a few go-to ingredients and a Casserole dish, you’ll always have a ready answer to that immortal question…Read More →
Today we’ll wrap up our overview of culinary knife skills with some Chef’s Secrets that will help make your kitchen cutting, slicing and chopping chores easier, faster and more consistent. Like so many things in life, these tips are more matters of common sense than they are magic…Read More →
Last time on ECT we introduced you to the single most indispensable requirement for any serious cook: good knife skills. Today, we’ll continue with some more details about how to achieve them. And we’ll start at the very beginning with how to hold your knife properly…Read More →
Good knife skills are at the heart of every culinary endeavour. And at the heart of good knife practice is… a good blade! You can never become a great cook if you use cheap knives that don’t hold their edge or flex too easily when you’re trying to make precise, straight cuts…Read More →
I’ve long believed – since graduating from Culinary School, anyway – that Cooking is an art like any other, which demands the mastery of a set of techniques that keep cropping up over and over again in the kitchen. Let’s take some time to list them and learn how they work…Read More →