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All chefs have their own way of doing things: cutting an onion, roasting potatoes, making a basic sauce. And all chefs will tell you their way is the right way. “You master things by doing them ...

Onion: The instructions say: “1/2 medium red onion (3 ounces), finely sliced.” The onion is unique among vegetables because of how it’s layered.

Some are better for the novice cook, people who would benefit from specific instructions on how to mince garlic. Others are best for those of us who feel completely frazzled every time we walk ...

Aspiring cooks can mark 2011 as the year the cooking schools came to town. A few months ago, there were only one or two places that offered basic instruction for learning to cook. Since then, two ...

Another pre-cook salting staple you need to know is salting pasta water. Get that water to a good boil so the bubbles disrupt the salt and aid in its dissolving, then throw in a few pinches of ...

Roughly 350 cooking schools can be found across the country, says Stephan Hengst, spokesman for the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., up from just over 200 a decade ago.

When it comes to cooking, there are plenty of methods the average home chef may be unfamiliar with, but that doesn't mean you should shy away from more complicated dishes and desserts.