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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.
An illustration of a road map to explain how to start a soup club.

How To Start A Soup Club

A collection of chile peppers as illustration for 'what's the difference among chile peppers?'

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

A person zesting a lemon on a microplane to demonstrate how, if you’re like most cooks, you’re using your zester wrong.

If You’re Like Most Cooks, You’re Using Your Zester Wrong

A person holding a cleaver and demonstrating how to french trim a roast.

How to Master Frenching a Rib Roast

A glazed ham on a cutting board with several slices cut from the end and a carving fork and knife resting beside it.

Glazed Ham

2 hrs 30 mins

An illustration of a turkey encased in ice.

How To Thaw A Frozen Turkey Pronto

A two-pronged fork with 3 slices of perfectly cooked steak on it.

Meathead’s Science of Grilling

A plank of dried salt cod.

How to Buy, Reconstitute, and Cook Salt Cod

Open bags of different types of flours.

What’s the Difference Among Flours?

A rotisserie chicken suspended over a grill with flames below.

Rotisserie Chicken 101

A cast-iron skillet with smoke billowing from an oil that has reached its smoke point.

What’s a Smoke Point? (And Why is it Important in Cooking?)

Three wooden spoons, each with a different type of yeast for the post discussing 'what is the difference between yeasts?'

What’s the Difference Between Yeasts?

A whole spatchcocked chicken on a roasting pan, surrounded by vegetables.

What is Spatchcocking?

Halved slices of sourdough stacked on top of each other on a white and grey marble surface.

How to Make a Sourdough Starter

Two bowls of cocoa powders for the writing, what is the difference between cocoa powders?

What’s the Difference Between Natural and Dutch Process Cocoa Powder?

An illustration of a cook attempting to fit a too-big turkey into a small oven.

Thanksgiving Disaster 2: The Bird’s Too Big for the Oven

An illustration of a cooked turkey with several thermometers in it and a frustrated cook.

Thanksgiving Disaster 3: The Bird’s Roasted—But Still Raw

A man in a black shirt clapping the flour off his hands.

How to Measure Flour Properly for Baking

A woman holding jar of milk mayonnaise

The Secret Behind Milk Mayonnaise

Six pies with different crimping--woven, cut outs, classic, and more

How to Crimp A Pie Crust

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