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Ask any professional chef what it is like to watch a home cook prepare a meal, and many will tell you the same thing: it is genuinely difficult to stay quiet. Not because home cooks lack effort or ...

Shouting “corner!” when you’re making microwave popcorn isn’t helpful, but there are some protocols and tricks from commercial kitchens you can—and should—adopt at home. Jeff Somers is a freelancer ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Jennifer Allen | Associated Press Carrot tops, potato peels and bones quickly go from your cutting board to the trash bin, but no more. These are just a few ...

Ask any line cook which service they find more technically demanding, a Friday night with 200 covers or a quiet weeknight dinner for two, and the answer might surprise you. Cooking for two is, in many ...

HOLD THE PIE: Joseph McElroy's family, which settled in the Haywood County area around 200 years ago, enjoys pineapple upside-down cake on holidays. Photo courtesy of McElroy What’s your go-to ...

There’s a question that keeps coming up in culinary schools and modern kitchens right now: why are we still teaching classical cooking in 2026?  It’s a fair question.  Most young cooks today are not ...