| 1. Making great biscuits: biscuits are
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| | season: kosher salt is the what every
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| great from scratch because most recipes
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| | professional cook uses and there's good
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| use only 5-6 ingredients. My personal
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| | reason. Regular iodized salt breaks down
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| recipe uses only baking soda, baking
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| | right away when added to water. In
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| powder, flour, buttermilk, salt, and
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| | contrast, kosher salt breaks down slower
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| butter. The most important thing to
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| | and delivers a more pronounced flavor to
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| remember to ensure that your biscuits
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| | whatever you are cooking. If you want
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| come out fluffy is to make sure that you
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| | your steaks to taste like steak house
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| use cold butter and that you leave the
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| | quality, all you need is kosher salt and
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| butter in small chunks throughout the
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| | coarse ground black pepper.6. Extra
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| mixing process. A common error is to mix
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| | virgin olive oil is pasta's best friend:
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| the butter smoothly into the mixture. If
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| | after cooking pasta, make sure that you
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| you leave the butter in chunks, as your
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| | mix the pasta with some extra virgin
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| biscuits cook, the butter will form
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| | olive oil immediately. Otherwise, you'll
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| layers in the dough and the result will
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| | find that the pasta will start to stick
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| be more rise and fluff. This also works
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| | together after a short amount of time.
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| for making any puff pastry from scratch.
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| | Don't ever refrigerate plain pasta
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| Another great idea is to take the dough
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| | without adding olive oil. If you do,
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| and put a thin layer over the top of a
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| | you'll end up pulling a big pasta block
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| bowl of soup, then to bake the whole bowl
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| | out of the fridge. Also, when you boil
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| in your oven. This will give your soups
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| | pasta, make sure you add a cup of kosher
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| a beautifully fluffy top. Of course,
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| | salt per gallon of water. This is what
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| make sure that your bowl is oven safe
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| | will give the pasta its flavor.7. Making
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| before baking it.2. Get a really good
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| | amazing french toast: the best way to
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| non-stick skillet: if you're tired of
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| | make amazing french toast is to avoid
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| having food stick to the bottom of your
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| | using regular bread. Extraordinary
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| cookware, then you really need to invest
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| | french toast is made with cakes or
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| in a great non-stick skillet. The one
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| | specialty breads. Try slicing a pound
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| that I have only set me back $30 and I
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| | cake from your local grocery store and
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| can cook an egg on it over easy without
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| | turning it into french toast the same way
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| any oil and not break the yolk . I'm
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| | you'd usually do it with bread. Another
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| very partial to Caphalon's commercial
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| | great idea is to make french toast out of
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| lines, but definitely check out Anolon,
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| | banana bread.8. Making icing for
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| T-Fal, and Farberware as well. Some
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| | pastries. Making icing for pastries is
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| other very important features are whether
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| | one of the simplest secrets in the pastry
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| the skillet comes with a cover, whether
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| | world. To make icing, all you need is
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| or not the handle gets hot when it cooks,
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| | water and powdered sugar. Start with the
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| and how long other buyers have found that
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| | powdered sugar in a bowl and add water
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| the non-stick surface lasts for. Make
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| | slowly until you get the consistency that
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| sure that you don't confuse non-stick
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| | you desire. Then just use the icing to
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| with hard anodized. Hard anodized is
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| | make danishes, cakes, and other pastries
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| definitely not non-stick and you'll get
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| | even more delicious.9. Keep your kitchen
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| very frustrated if you get the two mixed
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| | knife sharp. A common misconception is
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| up. The additional bonus of a non-stick
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| | that people cut themselves in the kitchen
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| pan is that cleaning is really easy. Run
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| | because their knives are too sharp. The
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| your pan under water and most extraneous
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| | reason for most kitchen cutting accidents
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| food will slide off easily.3. Grilling or
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| | is actually the total opposite. When you
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| pan frying chicken without getting it
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| | use a blunt knife, the knife will slide
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| stuck in the pan: one of the biggest
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| | off whatever you're cooking and this when
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| problems with cooking chicken is trying
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| | the knife usually cuts your hand. To
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| to move it off the grill or pan. The key
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| | keep your knife sharp, use a diamond
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| is to be patient. Use a spatula and wait
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| | steel and bring your knife down the steel
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| for the chicken to release, because it
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| | at an 18 degree angle.10. Cracking an egg
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| will. Of course, if you didn't use any
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| | without getting shells in the mixing
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| oil then the chicken will most likely get
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| | bowl. This seems easy enough, but it's
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| stuck anyway. But all proteins reach a
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| | surprising how many experienced cooks
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| certain temperature where they will
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| | still experience the annoyance of getting
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| release and it's just a matter of being
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| | egg shells in their favorite foods. The
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| patient and waiting for this.4. It's
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| | way to avoid this is to first gently hit
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| never too late to marinate: a lot of
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| | the egg's middle against a hard surface.
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| people end up eating bland food because
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| | Then, use two hands to do the rest. If
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| they think that they don't have time to
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| | you're right handed, hold the egg with
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| marinate their food. Even if you only
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| | your left hand, and use your right thumb
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| have less than an hour, you can make a
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| | to push the middle in and then pull the
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| great marinade. Just make the marinade
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| | egg apart with both hands. If you are
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| twice as strong, and use strong flavors.
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| | left handed, just switch the directions
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| Here's a few quick marinades that have
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| | above.Good luck with your culinary
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| worked for me - balsamic vinaigrette, soy
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| | adventures!Jonathan Chin is the editor of
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