How to Clean a Toaster Oven: Tips and Tricks
Photograph: Matthew Korfhage Add vinegar to dish soap for extra degreasing: Need a meaner substance? You don’t want to use it all the time, but vinegar does help degrease a pan or an oven when simple elbow grease won’t do. And while it’s a little harsher than basic dish soap, it won’t do a lot […]
Does Chocolate Go Bad? How to Store It, Freeze it, and Ship It
If you’re keeping your bonbons much more than a week before eating, this is when we start talking about fridges and freezers. Nothing That Isn’t Cold Can Stay “I rarely advise my customers to refrigerate or freeze their bonbons, but it’s not because it can’t be done. It’s more that it requires a few steps […]
How to cook the perfect boiled egg, according to science | AP News
Scientists say they've cracked the code for boiling the perfect egg. Researchers cooked hundreds of eggs and used math to tackle this challenge. Source link
How to cook the perfect boiled egg, according to science
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists say they’ve cracked the code for boiling the perfect egg. It’s a recipe you can test for yourself — though the timing isn’t ideal with soaring egg prices in the United States from a bird flu outbreak. The perfect boiled egg has a velvety yolk paired with a soft, solid […]
How to cook the perfect jacket potato in an oven
For the fluffiest centre, you need to begin with the right potato. I usually plump for large (200g-250g) Maris Pipers or King Edwards, which are easy to find and offer a wonderful, soft interior and crispy skin when baked well. I’m also keen to try the new Nemo potato, which is said to cook more […]
How to serve up a special supper for two
I had to cook meals that were special and put flowers on the table. I started to make a list of dishes that would be a treat but that didn’t require too much work. A bit of luxury – scallops, steak, wild mushrooms – was in order. A bowl of pasta, unless it was unusual […]
Energy expert Vaclav Smil on how to feed the world without trashing it
Here is a recipe for a thought-provoking, if not wholly appetising, snack: slice up a large tomato and pour over five or six tablespoons of your favourite cooking oil. Depending on where you got your tomato, that oil represents roughly the amount of diesel fuel needed to grow and deliver it to your plate. Bon […]
How to shop for ‘fine’ wines without breaking the bank
Lambson’s Connect the Dots Blended Syrah 2021, 13.5%, Lay & Wheeler, £21.81 But top of my list these days, when it comes to South Africa, is chenin blanc. I don’t buy it as an alternative to chenin blanc from the Loire, though. I love the glittering thrust and nervosity of acidity of Loire chenin blanc, […]
How to stack your fridge and make food last longer
How to organise your fridge Have a clear-out Pick a day when your fridge is looking sparse and start with a good clear out, checking use-by dates and looking under lids for signs of mould. Whether food is still safe to eat once mould has appeared depends on the food – for example, if a hard […]
How Simon Hopkinson taught the nation how to roast a chicken – and top chefs how to cook
In 1983, after a few years as chef at The Shed (Dinas, Pembrokeshire) and another few as an inspector for the Egon Ronay restaurant guides, he started out at Hilaire on London’s Old Brompton Road. Within a few years the triumvirate of Hopkinson, Rowley Leigh and Alastair Little (RIP) were the hippest chefs in town. […]