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The Competent Cook: Essential Tools, Techniques, and Recipes for the Modern At-Home Cook by culinary instructor Lauren Braun Costello, is a delight. Even experienced home cooks are not necessarily well-trained cooks. Many people have been doing it “the hard way” since they first picked up the wrong knife—and held it incorrectly. Are you an experienced…
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Start with the right meat. These burgers are from Ottomanelli Brothers. It’s National Hamburger Month! While most of us love burgers, many of us don’t know how to cook them properly. For example, making dense patties and pressing down on them as they cook is a sure way to get a less-juicy burger. And while…
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One of the first terms a culinary school student learns is mise en place (meez on plahss)—French for “everything in its place.” It means that everything needed to prepare and serve a recipe—the prepped ingredients, utensils, pots, pans and plates—is gathered and ready to use before the cooking begins. This allows the cook to work…
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A couple of posts down we recommended Valentine’s Day gifts for the kitchen. But at home, you don’t have to spring for a kitchen gift. With something as inexpensive as a large, heart-shaped cookie cutter, you can make Valentine’s Day special for your family. You can buy cookie cutters in any housewares store. But you…
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Truffle season is upon us, and black winter truffles will be coming into the market soon. If you’re jonesing for the heady aroma and taste of black truffles, but going out for a plate of truffled pasta isn’t an affordable fix, look for a jar of truffle peelings and make your own special dinner entrée…
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