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Culinary School Grads Are Sharing The Cooking Tricks They Wish They’d Learned Sooner And Some Are Really Surprising

Culinary School Grads Are Sharing The Cooking Tricks They Wish They’d Learned Sooner And Some Are Really Surprising

To make things a bit more accessible, people in /r/Cooking and the BuzzFeed Community are sharing the most important cooking tips they’ve learned in culinary school and in their own kitchens. Here’s what they said…


Is Organic Really Better? Top Food Myths That Should Die on the Vine

The best commute I’ve ever had started in the pre-dawn darkness. Some days it was a struggle to shake off my sleep, but the view of the rising sun above the mist-shrouded Tennessee hills was a comforting sight. The only thing missing was the crow of a rooster, so the farm dogs compensated with wagging tails. After parking in a gravel lot beside the barn, the first step was to pull on my boots…


The #1 Best Food to Reduce Inflammation and Slow Aging, Experts Say

You might already be aware that a wide range of health problems—like arthritis and joint pain, cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, heart disease, and even acne—are linked with inflammation. To fight the condition, a team of scientists who specialize in aging say there’s one particular ingredient that could be key to your diet, while it also works within the gut to promote healthy organ function for the longterm…


Get Used to Surging Food Prices: Extreme Weather Is Here to Stay

New York (CNN Business)Devastating heat. Debilitating droughts. Crippling frost. Extreme weather is creating nightmares for farmers around the world — and making food more expensive for Americans…


Fake Dairy Is Creating Flavor Challenges for Food Science

Tastes change. It’s a mantra applied to most consumer-facing industries. But what if your industry is actual taste — flavor — and your consumers are looking for new kinds of products but do not, conversely, want the taste of the product to change at all?…


10 Easy Meal Kits That Make The Weeknight Routine Much Easier

Even if you’ve seriously honed your skills in the kitchen over the past eighteen months, you may be experiencing cooking burnout. And as calendars begin to fill up with social engagements, travel and family commitments, getting food on the table during the week presents its own set of challenges. Luckily, meal kits were designed with busy weeknights in mind. With pre-measured ingredients that arrive fresh to your door, meal kits are a hybrid between ready-to-eat and home cooked meals, and a great choice if you don’t mind doing a little work—emphasis on little…


Turns Out, I Like Cooking Food From scratch… in a Microwave

I’m a sucker for newfangled kitchen appliances. I bought into the Instant Pot hype a few years ago and tried out an air fryer as well. (I ended up getting the Breville Smart Oven Air, a toaster oven with an air-frying setting.) I also own a host of other contraptions cluttering up my kitchen cabinets: a juicer, food processor, ice cream maker and two sous vide machines…