Cooks can feel like they’re in a foreign land when they stumble onto unfamiliar cooking terms. Consider the following definitions your cooking CliffsNotes, which should be taped inside your cupboard ...

Once you understand the basic cooking terms there’s no telling where your culinary curiosity may lead you! Ready for the next lesson? Knead – To mix dough with your hands, in a bread machine or in a ...

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I’ve been writing about food for so long that sometimes I forget what it’s like to be a beginner. I don’t remember that recipes can seem like a foreign language to an inexperienced home cook. If you ...

I’d give myself a solid 3/10 in the kitchen. Homemade pasta is the only meal I can execute from scratch without messing up, and that’s likely attributed to the fact that I spent a few hours learning ...

You’ve donned your proverbial chef’s hat, you’re in the middle of making crème brûlée and BAM, you’re a deer in the headlights. “What the hell does temper even mean?” you cry as hot milk slops onto ...

If you're new to home cooking, the jargon can be confusing - here's a helpful guide. Photo / Getty Images Don’t know the difference between mirepoix and mise en place? Nikki Birrell decodes some ...

You can’t open a cookbook without stumbling across a few French phrases. But do you know what they mean? You will by the time you finish reading this. A lot of great things come from France — Chanel, ...

Margie Blake, a young bride just back from her honeymoon, wants to impress her husband Tim by baking a delicious chocolate cake for his lunch. But she assumes the recipe direction to "cream" the ...