How to Cook

Baking is a dry heat cooking method that is most frequently associated with desserts and pastries.  While it’s true that baking can yield wonderful cakes, cookies, muffins and croissants, it is also the same technique used to cook a meatloaf or a pizza.

Blanching is a two-step process in which foods are plunged into boiling water, usually for only a minute or two and then put into ice water to rapidly stop the cooking process. You can also blanch in fat, but this technique is not often called for.

Moist Cooking Technique

Braising Technique Turns Tough Meats Into Pure Greatness

Broiling is a cooking technique where food is exposed to direct radiant heat like in the gas burner or electric coil in your oven.

How NOT to Cook – Common Cooking Mistakes & How to Avoid Them

Frying Techniques – Saute – Stir Fry – Pan Fry – Shallow Fry – Deep Fry

Grilling Techniques so you can master your grill.

More Important Cooking Techniques

Poaching Techniques – Sort of Like Simmering But Different

Roasting Techniques – A Dry Heat Cooking Method For All Sorts of Foods

sau·té – sôˈtā/ – fried quickly in a little hot fat. – “sauté potatoes”

Learn the basics of the Sous Vide (under vacuum) cooking technique.

Steaming Techniques

Stewing Technique