By now, you've learned how your brain interprets flavor. You've got a picture how aroma, temperature, and texture pile on top of that. Cool. Great. None of it matters if you can't actually use this…
Balancing Flavors Like a Chef: How to Fix Any Dish
Great Indian Recipes
Indian cuisine is immense, amazingly varied, and defies most descriptions. Here, we cover the Indian recipes most Americans are comfortable (without pushing the boundaries too hard). Featuring Samosas, Tandoori chicken, Naan bread, Butter chicken, a couple different chutneys, and scented rice.
Great French Recipes
French food has a reputation for being hard, fussy, and delicate. NOTHING could be further from the truth. Classic French dishes are all about maximizing flavor and most of the “best” recipes are
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Great Thai Recipes
Thai Satay with Peanut Sauce The national dish of Indonesia and the ultimate street food: skewers of meat, marinated and grilled to perfection, served with a creamy peanut sauce. FOR THE SKEWERS:1 ½ pounds pork…
Great Vietnamese Recipes
Bun Cha Ha Noi (Obama Noodles) Noodles and Salad8 ounces rice vermicelli1 head Boston lettuce (8 ounces, torn into bite-size pieces)1 English cucumber (peeled, quartered lengthwise, seeded, and sliced thin on bias)1 cup fresh cilantro…
Everything You Have to Know to Make Delicious Tarts
King of the Crust! Time to take on three different varieties of pie crusts – Pate Sablee, Pate Brisee, and Pate Sucree – and then put them to work with Miniature Pies and Tarts like Peach Galette Pie, Lemon Meringue Pie, and a Fruit Tart
The Wonderful World of Potatoes
Potatoes are more than something to eat mashed with fried chicken. Although that does sound REALLY delicious. Read this post to gain the basic skills you will need while working with the most popular starch in the world: baking, roasting, mashing, ricing, scalloping, frying, and pan-searing
Starches: Rice, Beans, Pasta, and Seeds
Rice Classic Steamed White Rice Steaming rice is all about technique, not recipes. Follow this guide for perfect stove-top rice every time. Rinse the rice until the water runs clear, then soak for 10-15 minutes…
The World of Culinary Thickeners
The basics of starch as a thickening agent in sauces; Brief science of culinary thickeners; Describes the proper use and application of cornstarch, flour, tapioca flour, arrowroot, and potato starch.