Allie has been Lifehacker’s Food Writer since 2021. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Ithaca College in drama and studied at the Institute of Culinary Education to earn her diploma in Pastry and ...
Like storytelling, cooking skills are often passed down from family. You mosey into the kitchen as a kid and watch your parents cut, stir, cook, and bake a few times a day, and that’s how you do it ...
Good food starts with good ingredients and attentive cooking skills. It’s often said that one needs only ingredients, a sharp knife and a flame (or other heat source) to make a meal. But if you’re not ...
One of the things we practice in our EFNEP classes is basic knife cutting skills. A couple of years ago we had a Columbus chef show up at one of our conferences to review the proper way to cut fruits ...
Before you can master chopping an onion, you need to understand your knife. Many chefs’ knives have curved blades, while cleavers tend to have flatter blades and don’t end in a point like chef’s ...
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