Mastering a handful of basic recipes, whether you like to cook or not, is a good skill to have. These dishes are the building ...

From chopping onions to making a roux, learn the essential cooking skills everyone should know by their mid twenties for ...

Cooking can be intimidating: there are so many ingredients, tools, and techniques involved, that many people just choose not to start. But it's healthier, less expensive, and can bring so much more ...

Kathleen Flinn, a food writer, has established a new website to teach novices the basics of cooking. CookFearless.com focuses on fundamentals of technique. A year’s worth of lessons start with basic ...

Much like “The Joy of Cooking,” which teaches the basics, “The Chinese Way: Classic Techniques, Fresh Flavors,” by Betty Liu, is a primer for anyone wanting to master Chinese cooking. Before diving ...

You can only adjust the flavor of a dish so much when it's finished cooking. Instead of panic-adding salt and pepper at the end, taste as you go so you know which ingredients you need more of at ...

Water: It’s a kitchen essential used in everything from boiling pasta to steaming dumplings to poaching eggs. Around the world, particularly in countries like China, Korea and Vietnam, water is used ...

Whether they're the star of the show in a hearty mushroom stew, tucked into a mushroom grilled cheese, or layered in a mixed mushroom lasagna, mushrooms make any dish more delicious. There are ...