Techniques

From cooking fundamentals to primers on advanced culinary techniques, these how-to guides will help inform every dish you make no matter your skill level.
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Save Your Vegetable Scraps, Make Stock
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
Two dry-aged steaks cooking in a cast iron skillet.
How to Dry Age Beef
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All Praise the St. Louis Bagel and Its Infinite Potential
Shrimp, Oyster, and Fish Po' Boy sandwiches on sandwich paper
How to Make the Best Seafood Po' Boys
A dollop of butternut squash puree on a plate.
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
Stretching mozzarella curds over a bowl.
How to Make Mozzarella Recipe
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Toasting Nuts? The Microwave is Your Best Friend
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
Vegan Pizza
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
Barista Tips: The Espresso Tamper
Hand-whisking mayonnaise
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
Coffee Techniques: Finding the Right Grind
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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
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Essential Chinese Knife Skills and Techniques
Sliding a charred broccoli rabe pizza onto a serving tray
How to Make Great Pizza in an Outdoor Pizza Oven
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The Science Behind Vegan Meringues
The levain used for sourdough bread rises in a glass jar, about triple its starting volume
How to Ferment Sourdough Properly
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Types of Flour: A Guide
Homemade lofthouse cookies
How Silicone Baking Mats Are Ruining Your Cookies
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What's the Difference Between Instant, Active, and Fast-Acting Dry Yeasts?
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The Science of Sourdough Starters
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What Is Gluten? The Science Behind Great Dough
What to Do With Leftover Vanilla Bean Pods
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The Quickest Way to Soften Brown Sugar
Measuring spoons, measuring cups and a kitchen scale.
The Best and Most Accurate Way to Measure Wet and Dry Ingredients for Baking
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Every Kitchen Needs a Bowl Scraper
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How to Make a Paper Piping Bag
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How to Knead, Fold, and Shape Sourdough Bread
Bubbly sourdough starters in glass jam jars
The Best Flour for Sourdough Starters: An Investigation
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Can't Find Bread Flour? Vital Wheat Gluten Can Help
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The Best Way to Refrigerate or Freeze (Most) Cookie Doughs
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Breadmaking 101: All About Proofing and Fermentation
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The Difference Between Blackstrap Molasses and True Molasses
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Breadmaking 101: How to Troubleshoot Bad Bread
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What's the Difference Between Dutch Process and Natural Cocoa Powder?
The Science of Baking Bread (and How to Do It Right)
The Pizza Lab: On Flour Types, Foams, and Dough
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The Serious Eats Field Guide to Chinese Pastries
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Meet the Umami Bomb of Dessert: Malted Milk Powder
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A Guide to Cake Frosting
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How Do Stand Mixers Work?
The Best Bread-Making Tools, According to Our Experts
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What to Bake When You're Out of Flour