How-Tos
Our how-tos bring you everything you need to know to get in the kitchen and cook, from fundamental techniques to the whys and hows behind our recipes.
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How To Brown Butter
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How to Back-Slice Chives
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How to Cut an Airline Chicken Breast
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How to Batch Cocktails for a Crowd
How to Make Tahdig (Persian Crunchy Rice)
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Getting Perfect Grill Marks | Grilling
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How to Ferment Sourdough Properly
Bloom Phase: How to Read the Bubbles In Your Coffee
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How to Make Fermented Hot Sauce
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Dry-Charring Is the Best and Fastest Way to Cook a Side of Asparagus
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Torch Hei Is the Best Way to Get Wok Hei at Home
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Dry-Brining Is the Best Way to Brine Meat, Poultry, and More
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For Better Grilled Vegetables, Use Your Chimney Starter
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How to Dispose of Cooking Oil and Fat
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Homebrewing: How to Dry Hop Your Beer
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How to Set Up a Wok Cooking Station
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Turn Your Pasta Into Ramen With Baking Soda
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Level Up Your Ice Cream by Leveling Your Cake
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Freeze en Place: How to Use Your Freezer as a "Cooking" Tool
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How to Set Up Your Grill for Better Skewers, Kebabs, and Yakitori
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How to Grill Whole Fish
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Save Your Vegetable Scraps, Make Stock
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The Right Way to Sauce Pasta
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How to Break Down a Chicken | Knife Skills
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How to Build a Better Rice Bowl
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How to Dry Age Beef
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All Praise the St. Louis Bagel and Its Infinite Potential
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How to Make the Best Seafood Po' Boys
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How to Make a Vegetable Purée
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Should You Really Only Cook With Wine You'd Drink? The Truth About Cooking With Wine
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The Many Tastes of Coffee Ice Cream: How to Make Just the Right Scoop for You
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How to Make Mozzarella Recipe
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Toasting Nuts? The Microwave is Your Best Friend
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Cocktail 101: Decorative Garnishes
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The Best Way to Reheat a Pizza Slice
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How to Dye Easter Eggs Naturally, Without a Store-Bought Kit
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How to Cryo-Blanch Vegetables | The Food Lab
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How to Clean and Fillet Fresh Sardines
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The Pizza Lab: How To Make Vegan Pizzas That Really Work
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How to Make the Best Stracciatella Gelato
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Leftover Pizza + Waffle Iron = Delicious Crispy, Gooey, Cheese-Stuffed Snack
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Barista Tips: The Espresso Tamper
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Whisking Versus Blending Mayonnaise: The Best Tools for the Job
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Homebrewing: Introduction to Mashing and All-Grain Brewing
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How to Make Asparagus alla Milanese With Tips and Variations
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Coffee Techniques: Finding the Right Grind
How to Make Granita
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Wok Skills 101: Passing-Through
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Cocktails and Spirits with Paul Clarke: Adding Spice
Essential Chinese Knife Skills and Techniques
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The Food Lab's Definitive Guide to Grilled Steak
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How To Make Vegan Mayonnaise | The Food Lab
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The Pizza Lab: The Complete Updated Guide to Grilled Pizza
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The Importance of Resting Meat | The Food Lab
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Do Bones Add Flavor to Meat? | Ask The Food Lab
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Do I Need to Use Kosher Salt? | The Food Lab
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For Great Pizza at Home, Get a Baking Steel
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The Food Lab's Guide to Inexpensive Steak for the Grill: 5 Cuts You Should Know