In this Cooking Basics video, learn How to Cook Over Easy Eggs Perfectly Every Time. I always like to put beginner recipes ...

NEWTON — All chefs have their own way of doing things: cutting an onion, roasting potatoes, making a basic sauce. And all chefs will tell you their way is the right way. It’s no wonder then, with so ...

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 ...

In his new book, How to Cook Everything: The Basics, Mark Bittman explains with careful instructions and 1,000 colorful photos how to stock your pantry, how to dice vegetables, which knives you should ...

If the recession has been good for nothing else, it's been good for home cooking. But as Americans ditch their take-out menus and head into the kitchen to prepare dinner, they've discovered something ...

Steve Sando, of Rancho Gordo, is offering "Sunday Morning" viewers some of his favorite bean recipes, as well as tips on how best to prepare them below: There is not one single method of cooking beans ...

1. To blanch a vegetable means to: a. plunge it into boiling water briefly, then immediately into cold. b. boil it until soft. c. steam it until it turns very pale, or blanched. 2. If a recipe says to ...