Category: cooking tips

Why You Should Never Buy Cooking Wine

Just about every single item that’s sold at the supermarket has some usefulness. Even the most obscure processed meat, bizarre seasoning blend or suspicious-looking canned seafood, has someone, somewhere, who considers it an essential component of their diet and refuses to live without it; even the most mysterious cooking aids, like Kitchen Bouquet, have their uses,…


How to Cook Kobe Beef, the World’s Most Expensive Steak

Nowadays, it seems as if every bar is offering some sort of “Kobe beef slider” or something similar, but in reality, there’s no way any of those contain even a trace of real Kobe. Why? Because Kobe beef is up there with the most expensive beef in the world, only available at a handful of high-end steakhouses in…


How to Poach an Egg Perfectly Every Time

Everyone loves a poached egg. When done correctly, a poached egg is light and pillowy on the outside yet full of glorious, flowing and flavorful bright yellow yolk on the inside. To be totally scrumptious and worthy of the iconic American dish that is the eggs Benedict, a poached egg needs to be done correctly….


How Do You Rest a Steak?

For at-home cooks who struggle to make meals on par with the best restaurant steaks, we’ve got news for you: Patience is the secret to juicy beef. According to experts, your meat needs to rest both before and after it’s cooked to lock in flavorful moisture. So, how long should you let your steak sit before…


How to Cook Burgers on the Grill

There are seemingly endless ways to make a burger. You can top them with bacon and cheese. You can stuff them with bacon and cheese. You can mix hot sauce into the meat or you can mix in blue cheese or mustard. But, at the end of the day, there are just a few basic techniques for how to cook a burger…


How to Cook Leeks

After a long winter, the spring farmers market is a breath of fresh air for food lovers. Even the most ardent lover of root vegetables is at least a little excited to see the bunches of delicate and flavorful ingredients that hint at more sunshine to come. Yes, there are flowers and herbs for your own…


How to Grill Ribs

Grilling is far and away one of the best activities to do when summer comes around (or even in the months leading up to summer). But there’s a lot more to grilling then just turning the flame on high or getting your charcoals smoking and hoping for the best. Cooking ribs on the grill, for…


How to Cook Quinoa

Figuring out what to cook for dinner isn’t always so easy, especially when it comes to side dishes. OK, the grocery store had a sale on cornish game hens, so you’re making roasted cornish game hens. Or maybe you have some pork chops in your freezer that you need to cook. Perhaps you looked in your pantry…


Why You Should Always Save Your Pasta Water

Though there are many ways to make dinner at home feel like a restaurant, perhaps the best way is by making sure the food is cooked perfectly. So if you’re making pasta, don’t strain out all the water. Save some — it’s going to make your pasta taste like you just ordered from an authentic Italian restaurant….


How to Cook Potatoes For Potato Salad

It’s hard to beat potato salad. It’s hearty, comforting and pairs perfectly with burgers, chicken and other great grilled recipes. But it can be hard to get the consistency of potatoes just right when cooking them for potato salad — they can easily get mushy or fall apart. Next time you want to bring this classic…