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Baking is fun, and for those who like to bake, it is more science than you think! Think of those chemistry classes you took during high school: mixing things up, heating them and generally you get some sort of reaction that your teacher is looking for. Well, in turns of recipe, that is exactly what…

Best ingredients make the best dishes! Ever bought an old asparagus and tried to cook them? No matter how much you heated those stubborn old fibers in an asparagus, they just won’t give when you chew it. Now imagine this, what if you got a bunch of spring young asparagus shoots that are tender and…

Color wheel to the eyes as flavor to the taste buds If you think coloring wheels are important to an artist, then you may agree: flavor is how chefs play with spices to make your mouth dance! Flavoring is like mixing colors with spectrum, combining the spices to balance or enhance the taste to bring…

Soup: means in French, something restoring Based on the above definition, it seems like the Swedish folktale about a soldier going around people’s house offering some magic trick on making soup out of a nail: Nail Soup. And we might add that he went out and started a restaurant based on his talent and the…

Salad dishes are one of the most versatile as far as whether serving them as an entree, main course, sides or even as a desert (move over ice cream)! Advantage to be fresh Due to the nature of bypassing the heating, salads enjoy both the preparation speed and the retaining all its vitamins and taste…

The way around the kitchen; cooking and preparing ingredients is like an artist composing and painting in their own way of making art  Cooking is as much way of life as an artist’s self expression through their work and paintings. While many of us thought cooking is a chore, some enjoy them as their passions.…

Pride in the process Make no mistakes about the process of preparing your raw ingredients before putting them on the pan or wok to cook, many times, people just think cooking involves the FINAL process of heating things up.  But it isn’t a one step process, it takes many steps and one of those steps…

If steaming fish or chicken creates great dishes, wait till you try steaming vegetables The art of steaming Things about steaming vegetables; the difference in the texture while the process of breaking down the fibers during the steam cooking process. It is like working with different paint brushes to create a masterpiece in painting. For…

Not all food cooked the same, as the saying goes, cooking is basically going through a process of changing the nature of the food. So the way to cook your food is just as important as the food themselves. Science behind the steam Steaming food is one of the healthiest and maintains most of the…

Fine art of cooking green, vegetables come in many different shapes, sizes and textures. The big thing about cooking veggies is cooking them without loosing their green, that means they should spend the least amount of time in whichever cooking method you choose (boil, steam, bake and etc). Better than fresh Some may even skip…