Has a term you didn't know ever stopped you from trying out a new recipe? When it comes to cooking, there are plenty of methods the average home chef may be unfamiliar with, but that doesn't mean you ...

Cooking is stressful enough as it is. We hate when we get halfway through a recipe and realize we have no fucking clue what it actually means to sauté onions, blanch veggies, or bring something to a ...

Enrique Gili is a writer covering environmental issues with a focus on food and the intersection between science, nature, and technology. No kitchen seems complete without a at least a few cookbooks ...

Ready to move forward in your discovery of new cooking terms? If you’ve avoided a recipe in the past because you didn’t recognize some of the terms or tools, this guide can help! Once you understand ...

When we’re at the supermarket, thousands of different food products compete for our attention. Just about everyone is looking for healthy options for themselves and their families, so food companies ...

You can’t open a cookbook without stumbling across a few French phrases. But do you know what they mean? You will by the time you finish reading this. A lot of great things come from France — Chanel, ...

Al dente: Italian for “to the tooth.” It describes pasta that is cooked until it offers a slight resistance when bitten into, rather than cooked until soft. Bake: To cook food, covered or uncovered, ...

From pasta perfection to fine dining phrases, here’s your curated guide to understanding common fancy food terms from across the globe. Or you might have seen it on a restaurant menu, watching a ...

The following are interesting and odd food terms from the ultimate foodie reference guides — The New Food Lover’s Companion (NFLC) (Baron’s Educational Series, 2007) by Sharon Tyler Herbst and Ron ...

A post on food terms that no longer carry their weight has gotten some love. While we picked on “all natural,” “fun size” and “cage free” (can you see me doing dramatic “air-quotes” at my desk?), ...

Has a term you didn't know ever stopped you from trying out a new recipe? When it comes to cooking, there are plenty of methods the average home chef may be unfamiliar with, but that doesn't mean you ...