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The Spruce Eats
Glossary of Techniques
Discover the many different techniques that will improve your cooking and confidence in the kitchen.
The Recipe Finder
What Would You Like to Cook?
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What Is a Panade?
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What Is Appassimento in Winemaking?
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What Is a Reduction?
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How to Hasselback Anything
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Poached Egg Recipe
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What Is Basting?
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The Basics of Making Stock
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What Is the Maillard Reaction?
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Introduction to the Florentine Culinary Method
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What Is Club Steak?
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How to Press Tofu to Remove Moisture
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How to Cook Brown Rice Perfectly (No Burning or Sticking)
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How to Toast Sesame Seeds
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How to Scale a Recipe
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Blanching in Cooking and Food Preservation
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Is Chateaubriand a Cut of Beef or a Method of Preparation?
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What Is Blade Steak?
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How to Speed up the Ripening of Avocados
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How and When to Soak Bamboo Skewers
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Confit: A Classical Preservation Technique for Duck, Goose and Pork
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Caramelization: It's What Makes Food Turn Brown When You Cook It
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How To Use A Knife Sharpening Steel
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Tips on the Shallow-Frying Method
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The Benefits of Raw Sprouted Nuts, Seeds, Beans, and Grains
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Sauce Recipes for Meat and Pork
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How to Make Ice Balls
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Garde Manger: Cold Kitchen Foods and Preservation
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What Is a Cutlet?
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What Is Liaison?
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How to Macerate Fruit
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What Is Mirepoix?
Why Does My Quinoa Taste Bitter and How Do I Fix It?
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Choux Pastry: A Double-Cooked, Rich Pastry Dough
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What Are Canapés?
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How to Pasteurize Eggs in the Microwave
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What is Custard?
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The Science Behind Common Baking Ingredients
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The Difference Between Roasting and Baking
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Spice Sachet in Cooking
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Make Perfect Rice
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The Effects of Aging on Liquor
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What Are Frog Legs?
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Braising and Stewing Techniques and Tips
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Definition of Chop
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What Is Cooking?
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All About Steaming
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How to Use Chopsticks
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What is Top Round or Inside Round?
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Béarnaise Sauce
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How to Measure Flour Accurately
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Involtini: Italian Small Bite-Sized Bundles of Food
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What Is Al Dente?
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What Is Convection?
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How to Roast Meat
What Is Blanching?
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Court Bouillon
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How to Dock a Pastry
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How to Deglaze a Pan
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À la Minute: a Standard Restaurant Technique
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Learn The Definition of "Cutting In" in Pastry