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“I hated cooking bacon. It’s not that it’s difficult — it’s just such a popular food item that it was all I would end up cooking. First thing in the morning, even before mise en place, start cooking bacon. Try and get three batches done before the buffet opens to give ourselves some cushion. Once service started, it was nothing but bacon, bacon, bacon. Lay out…
Chefs Share Their Rice Cooking Secrets That Will Make You Question Everything You Know
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Is there anything more disappointing than lackluster rice? Nobody wants the carby component of their meal to simply resemble…mush. To eliminate soggy grains once and for all, I spoke to two chefs about their tried-and-tested rice cooking methods. Here’s how the…
Professional Chefs Are Telling People Not To Make These Common Kitchen Mistakes, And I'm Taking Notes
November 13, 2025
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“Underbaking things.”
“Home bakers (and particularly Americans) are so terrified of over-baking things that they wildly, tragically underbake them. Some things (brownies, snicker doodles) are best if you just barely bake them, but a lot of things…
35 Professional Chefs Reveal The Kitchen Hacks Home Cooks Need To Master Immediately
September 21, 2025
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“Pro baker here. This is for baking, but a lot of the same logic works for cooking, though it’s true that you can have a bit more leeway with cooking. Baking is a science. It’s formulaic and ratios. Cooking is an art, but it still requires proper…
Have Pro Chefs Answer All Your Cooking Questions
We’ve all been there: You’re in the middle of cooking a new recipe, chopping and dicing away, and then you spot a step that says “sweat the onions.” Suddenly, you find yourself…
This Chef's Simple Step For Dressing A Salad Perfectly Every Time Is Seriously Genius
August 14, 2025
Chef’s Genius Hack For Dressing Salad Perfectly
Soggy salads? No thanks. We all know to go steady with the salad dressing. Yet a viral salad trick is showing viewers that it’s not just a question of greens-to-dressing ratio, but how we apply that…
People Are Sharing The Basic Ingredient Upgrades That Turned Their Cooking From Mediocre To Chef's Quality
April 30, 2025
Whether you’ve been cooking your whole life or you’re just starting out, you can always learn something new in the kitchen to elevate your craft. Well, Redditor Equivalent_Soft_6665 asked, “What’s a stupidly simple ingredient swap that made your cooking…
