Storing and Preparing

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10 Techniques Every Cook Should Know
The San Francisco Chronicle outlines 10 skills that will help any home cook.
Source: SF Gate
A Freezing Primer
To properly store food in the freezer, keeping air and moisture out is essential.
Source: Chicago Tribune
A Frogs’ Legs Primer
A Frogs’ Legs Primer
Shopping and cooking tips for this globally renowned meat.
A Spinach Primer
Here are a few tricks we’ve learned over the years about preparing and serving spinach.
A Tip For Caps
A Tip For Caps
Steaming mushrooms produces a meaty, juicy, and flavorful result.
All About Tortillas
All About Tortillas
One of the nice surprises about the Tex-Mex restaurants of San Antonio is how many of them make their own tortillas—and with these handy techniques, you can too.
All Steamed Up
All Steamed Up
6 steps to chef Stephan Pyles’s elegant tamale tart.
All in the Wrist
All in the Wrist
Cracking an egg perfectly has nothing to do with a flat surface or rim of a bowl, it’s all about the motion.
Anatomy Of A Recipe
Anatomy Of A Recipe
A quick look at how recipes are tested in the SAVEUR kitchen.
Apricots, Fit To Be Dried
The inside scoop on the many varieties of apricots, both fresh and dried, and which ones we found to be the best.
Beautiful Scallop Technique
Wrapping scallops in bay leaves.
Better Butter
Here is the simple method of making clarified butter.
Bouquet Garni
Bouquet Garni
This bundle of herbs is the classic seasoning for stocks, soups, and stews.
Butter Techniques
Butter Techniques
Here are six time-honored butter techniques worth mastering.
Cleaning Mushrooms
Cleaning Mushrooms
Should you wash or brush? Mystery solved.