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How To & What Is

Welcome to our “How To” and “What Is” section, where we provide valuable tips and insights to help you become a better cook. Our expert writers and chefs have created an extensive library of informative articles to help you navigate the world of food and cooking.

Whether you need to know how to tell if a watermelon is ripe, how to carve a turkey, or how to cook perfect pasta, we have got the information you need. Browse through our collection and become a master in the kitchen!

A man's hands holding a bunch of herbs.
A crimped pie crust in a pie plate.

How to Crimp Pie Crust Like a Pro

Hands rolling out pie dough.

How to Roll a Pie Crust

A bowl of crispy seasoned chickpeas.

How to Cook Dried Chickpeas ~ Everything You Need to Know

Small baskets of perfectly ripe peaches.

How to Tell if a Peach is Perfectly Ripe

A collection of herbs in containers

How to Grow Herbs in Containers

A digital thermometer sitting in bread dough that is proofing in a silver bowl.

Why You Need a Digital Thermometer When You Bake Bread

Smoke coming from a kettle grill that has been turned into a smoker.

How to Turn Your Kettle Grill Into a Smoker

A bunch of rhubarb stalks tied together with twine on a black platter for use in rhubarb with berries and candied ginger

How to Buy, Store, and Freeze Rhubarb

A glass bottle filled with maple syrup, as illustration of how to store your maple syrup.

How to Store Your Maple Syrup

How to Steam Hard-Boiled Eggs So They’re Easy to Peel

Assorted shapes of dried pasta as an illustration of how to choose the best pasta shape for your sauce.

How to Choose the Best Pasta Shape for Your Sauce

A grey plate topped with braised lamb, mashed potatoes, carrots, and gravy as an illustration of what is braising.

What is Braising?

A boule of dough resting on a wooden cutting board with a rolling pin behind it.

How to Know if Your Dough is Fully Risen

A grid of four different stand mixers, white, turquoise, red and pink.

Is KitchenAid Truly the Best Stand Mixer for Home Cooks?

A halved avocado on a wooden board with a knife beside it for the writing 'I Tried Blanching Avocados. Here's What Happened.'

I Tried Blanching Avocados to Keep Them From Browning–Here’s What Happened

A stainless steel box grater for the writing 'how to use all four sides of your box grater'.

How to Use All Four Sides of Your Box Grater

White and black long haired dog with hair being blown by a fan.

How do Convection Ovens Work?

A can of San Marzano tomatoes.

What’s Different About San Marzano Tomatoes?

Mushrooms spilling out of a paper bag, one way to store mushrooms so they don't get slimy.

How to Store Mushrooms so They Don’t get Slimy

Several types of dried chile peppers to illustrate the difference among dried chile peppers.

What’s the Difference Among the Various Dried Chile Peppers?

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