The Library · Techniques
Every technique, A to Z
Kitchen method: the moves underneath the recipes. 125 in all, page 2 of 3.
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Halving a Recipe Changes Four Things and Only One of Them Is the Amount
Heat Arrives Three Different Ways and Your Oven Is Using All of Them Against You
A Home Oven Has No Steam, and That Is Most of Why Your Bread Has No Crust
A Home Stir Fry Fails for Three Reasons and All Three Are Water
How to dry brine a turkey, and the one label that means you must not
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Make-Ahead Sauces That Still Taste Fresh on Night Two
A Marinade Gets About Three Millimeters In
Milk and Cream Break in Different Ways, and the Fat Percentage Is the Whole Explanation
The Minute Between Batches Is Doing More Than the Minute Before Them
Mise en Place Is a Scheduling Tool, and Prepping Everything Is the Wrong Version of It
Most of What a Spice Smells Like Is Oil-Soluble, Which Is Why Shaking It Over the Finished Dish Does Almost Nothing
Mushrooms Are Not a Vegetable and They Do Not Cook Like One
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One Brisket, Three Dinners Before Everybody Gets Tired of Brisket
One Pork Shoulder, Three Dinners Without Eating Pork Shoulder Three Times
One Pot of Lentils, Three Dinners Before It Starts Feeling Like Meal Prep
One Whole Fish, Two Dinners and a Pot of Stock — If the Fish Is Actually Big Enough
The Order You Put Things in the Pan Is Most of the Recipe, and It Follows One Rule
Ordered By What Spoils First
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Pack Lunch Before You Pack Dinner Away: Leftovers That Survive the Commute
Party Food Failure Studies: Why Snack Tables Collapse
Pasta Is Cooked Twice and the Second Time Is in the Sauce
Pasta water is not supposed to taste like the sea
A Pressure Cooker Does Not Cook Faster. It Cooks Hotter, Which Is a Different Thing.
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Raw, Cooked and Canned Tomatoes Are Three Different Ingredients
Raw, Sweated and Mahogany Are Three Different Ingredients From the Same Onion
Reading a Recipe Is a Skill, and the Numbered Steps Are Not the Part to Read First
A Recipe for Four, Halved, Is Not a Recipe for Two
Recipes Say Room Temperature About Four Times and It Only Matters Twice
Reduction Is Not Just Concentration. Three Other Things Are Happening and One of Them Will Ruin Dinner.
The Reheat Problem: Crisp It, Moisten It, or Stop Pretending It Is the Same Dish
Restaurant Food Tastes Better for Five Reasons and Three of Them Are Free
Resting Is Three Unrelated Ideas Wearing the Same Word
