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Cook's Thesaurus
The Cook's Thesaurus suggests substitutions for thousands of cooking ingredients, including low-calorie and low-fat alternatives for dieters, inexpensive substitutes for gourmets on a budget, and innovative replacements for hard-to-find ethnic ingredients. It also notes the drawbacks of many substitutes, so you can decide if it's worth the bother to track down the exact item your recipe recommends.
Cuisine Magazine
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Epicurious
- 1,001 Tips From Great Cooks
- Food Lover's Companion
- Technique Videos
- Knife Skills: Slicing Onions, Dicing Onions, Dicing Potatoes, Cutting Carrot Julienne and Brunoise, Chopping Peppers, Peeling and Chopping Tomatoes, Chopping and Puréeing Garlic, Herb and Vegetable Chiffonade, Finely Chopping Parsley, Peeling and Coring Apples, Sectioning Citrus Fruit, Peeling a Pineapple, Cutting and Serving Pineapple, Sharpening Knives
- Cutting and Filleting: Jointing a Chicken, Filleting a Fish, Skinning a Fish Fillet, Boning a Cooked Fish, Butterflying Shrimp, Butterflying a Leg of Lamb
- Sauces: Béchamel, Beurre Blanc, Jus, Beurre Manié, Gravy, Vegetable Sauce
- Pasta-Making: Making the Dough, Kneading, Rolling, Cutting, Drying the Pasta, Nesting the Pasta, Filling Ravioli, Cooking and Serving Ravioli
- Roasting Turkey Skills: Clean, Stuff and Truss with String, Stuff and Truss with Pins, Baste, Tent, Checking Doneness, Make Gravy, Carve
- How to Open Shellfish: Mussels, Clams, Oysters, Presenting Oysters and Clams; Lobster, Shrimp, Soft-shell Crabs
- Layer Cake Skills: Preparing Cake Pans, Creaming, Beating & Folding, Assembling the Layers, Cutting & Assembling Génoise Layers, Frosting the Cake, Frosting Swirls, Frosting Borders, Nut Topping
- Pie Making: Making Dough by Hand, Making Dough in a Food Processor, Rolling Out the Dough, Moving the Crust to the Pan, Patching the Crust, Trimming the Crust, Crimping the Edge, Blind Baking Bottom Crust, Top Crusts, Top-Crust Coatings, Baking
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Flora's Hideout
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Sprouting information, All About Chocolate - Cooking Tips, Approximate Equivalents, Beef Juice, Body Paints, Budget Saving Hints, Butterfat Chart, Cat & Dog Mini Cakes, Ceramic Tile & Grout Cleaner, Cheesecake Hints, Cinnamon Ornaments, Cleaning Cast Iron Cookware, Cleaning glass cookware, Crystallized Violets, Curing of Home-Grown Olives, Greek Style, Daal-nepali lentil soup gift package, Do-It-Yourself Peanut Butter, Easter Egg Decorating Ideas, Face Paints, Fast Fixes With Jams, Jellys And Preserves, Finger Paints, Fish Tacos Info, Foreign/U.S. Equivalents, Giant Bubble Liquid, Glossary of Hindi Terms for Shopping Ingredients, Grains, Gunk - Play Dough, Handling Turkey, Herbs For Seasoning, Holiday Spice Potpourri, Homemade Baking Powder (Single Acting), House Plant Fertilizer, How To Bake A Perfect Cheesecake, Ideas For Using Cottage Cheese, Info - Stroganoff, Ingredients of Mexican and Southwestern Cooking - 1, Ingredients of Mexican and Southwestern Cooking - 2, Ingredients of Mexican and Southwestern Cooking - 3, Ingredients of Mexican and Southwestern Cooking - 4, Ingredients of Mexican and Southwestern Cooking - 5, Ingredients of Mexican and Southwestern Cooking - 6, Introduction To Sushi, Jar Cakes, Ketchup - When you're out of it, Kitchen Hints, Kitty Heaven (Sardines and Rice), Long-Stemmed Cherries Supreme, Low Cal Seasonings, Making White Sauce Information, Microwave Children's Clay, Microwave Finger Paint, Microwave Playdough, Mimosa Crystals, Mint Ideas, More than you ever wanted to know about Hash Browns, Natural Egg Easter Dyes, Oven Cleaner, Paste, Pesticide, Play Clay for Kids, Play Dough #1, Play Dough #2, Preserving Ham, Puppy Go Away, Right in the Oven Smoking, Rose Drops, Rubbery Playdough, Salt Dough Ornaments, Serves 100, Shipping Candies & Cookies, Silly Putty, Super Bubble Mixture, Sweetened Condensed Milk - When you're out of, Sweeteners for Vegans, To make Bread, To Roast Chiles, Turkey Roast, White Formula for Face Painting, White Sauce Variations - Information
Foodies
- Tips and How Tos
Beef info and advice: Name that beef, Coals hot enough?, How to make hamburger patties, Buying beef
Bread baking advice: How to use gluten in bread machines
Brownie advice: How to properly blend brownie ingredients, How to tell if the brownies are cooked, About cooling and cutting brownies, Help! I'm out of baking chocolate!
Cheese advice: Tips on storing cheese, Tips on melting cheese, Tips on freezing cheese, Tips on serving cheese
Chocolate advice: How to melt chocolate, , How to dip in chocolate coating
Cookie advice: How to use baking pan liner paper (baking parchment), Cookie cutters, Cookie jars
Doing Dishes & Other Cleaning Advice: How to remove baked on food from your baking dishes, How to remove cooked on cheese, How to remove cooked on rice, pasta or other starchy food, How to remove cooked on milk, How to guarantee a clean, lint-free window
Egg advice: How to tell if an egg is fresh, How to hard cook eggs without cracking them, How to color eggs without the silly kit, Egg coloring tricks, How to peel a hard cooked egg
Ice cream advice: Tips on using ice cream makers (electric or manual), How to scoop and serve ice cream
The Martini: Martini tips, The measurement, The vermouth, The ice, The shake, More martini resources
Nut advice from Maida Heatter: How to skin (blanch) hazelnuts, Tips on storing nuts
Olive oil advice: Tips on storing olive oil from Joy
Pesto advice: How and when to pick and wash fresh basil leaves, How to freeze pesto, Miscellaneous pesto notes, Thinking pesto? Click here for Joy's recipe.
Pie crust advice: How to choose a pie plate, How to use cold to create flaky pastry, Should I use my Cuisinart to make a pie crust?, How to use up pastry scraps, On freezing pastry dough
Pumpkin advice: Using ordinary kitchen tools to carve the pumpkin, Using a carpentry tool to carve the pumpkin, How to pick a pumpkin
Food TV
Hopkins Technologies
How Stuff Works - Food
Why we eat every day, The bio-chemical reactions that make bread taste so good, How Food Preservation Works,
How Fats Work, How Low-Fat Baking Works, How Chocolate Works, Pop Rocks Candy Works.Root Beer, Cotton Candy, Marshmallows, What they put in hot dogs, What causes fresh apples and potatoes to turn brown, Is it true that flour can explode, GM ("Genetically Modified") foods, homogenization and pasteurization in milk, Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?, What is an MRE and how do they taste?, Where corn oil and corn syrup comes from, What chewing gum is made of, Difference between jelly, jam and preserves, How they make maple syrup, Why many foods have "High Altitude Cooking Instructions", Baking powder and how it works, How does the pop-up timer on a turkey work?
Illinois Cooperative Extension
Inquisitive Cook
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Kansas State U
Kraft Interactive Kitchen
- Stocking the Kitchen: Rectangular and Square Cake Pans, Glass Casseroles, Basic Pots & Pans, Cookie Sheets, Wire Racks, Basic Knives, Graters and Shredders, Peelers & Parers
- Cooking Techniques: Chop Potatoes, Chop Tomatoes, Cube VELVEETA Pasteurized Process Cheese Spread, Quick-Poach Eggs, Chop Onions, Quarter Potatoes, Grate Lemon Peel, Core Apples
- Garnishes and Other Special Touches: Citrus Zest Strips, Citrus Twists, Citrus Fans, Citrus Curls, Frosted Fruit, Fruit Fans, Sauce Swirls, Gumdrop Flowers
- Creative Tips: Big Dippers, Orange Magic, Homemade Centerpiece, Buying the Bird, Deboning the Bird, Cooking the Bird, Crispy Golden Brown Bird, Shed No Tears
Learn2.com
- Food & Drink Learnlets
Avoid Food Poisoning, Bake Pizza, Bake Without Making a Mess, Choose a Ripe Melon, Clean a Cast-Iron Skillet, Clean Coffee Pots and Mugs, Clean Your Blender, Clean Your Grill, Clean Your Pastry Cloth, Cook an Artichoke, Cook Sticky Rice, Cook the Right Amount of Spaghetti, Crush Nuts, Cure Hiccups (more cures), Cut a Cake, Cut a Mango, Cut a Whole Chicken, Deep-Clean Your Refrigerator, Defrost Meat Quickly, Diet at a Dinner Party, Dine Out with Kids, Flip Food in a Skillet, Freeze Grated Cheese, Garnish a Plate of Pasta, Grate Hardened Foods, Grow Pineapples, Help Dinner Guests Mingle, Highlight Your Hair Naturally, Improve the Taste of Skim Milk, Improve Your Meringue, Keep an Avocado Green, Keep Eggs Fresh, Keep Meat Juicy, Keep Mushrooms Fresh, Keep Pasta from Clumping, Keep Sliced Apples from Turning Brown, Light a Charcoal Grill (more info), Make a Vegetable Bed, Make Banana Chips, Make Ice Cream, Make Pancakes Round, Make Sun Tea, Make Whipped Cream, Measure Honey, Open a Coconut with Heat, Open a Jar with a Rubber Band, Open Canned Beans, Organize Place Settings, Peel Garlic, Pick a Wine to Serve, Plant an Avocado, Polish Silverware, Prevent a Hangover, Reduce Cholestorol when Baking, Reduce the Fat in a Prepared Soup, Refrigerate Leafy Greens, Remove Black Stains from Cooking Pans, Remove Foul Smells from the Kitchen, Remove Garlic Smell from Your Hands, Remove Glue Residue, Remove Grease from Dishes, Remove Hash from a Can, Remove Oily Stains from Clothing, Remove Red Wine Stains, Remove Rust from a Wok, Remove the Smell of Onion from Your Hands, Repair a Scratched Non-Stick Pan, Repair Scratched Glassware, Rescue a Salty Sauce or Soup, Reuse Cardboard Rolls, Set Your Refrigerator Temperature, Ship Cookies, Shop for Dinnerware, Slice Hard-Boiled Eggs, Soften Crystallized Honey, Spice up Camping Cuisine, Store Cottage Cheese, Store Freshly Cut Basil, Store Onions, Store Opened Champagne, Substitute a Skillet for a Wok, Tell If Canned Peas are Good, Tell When a Cantaloupe Is Ripe, Tell when Eggs are Fresh, Wash Dishes, More...
National Federation of the Blind
Nebraska Extension Publications
- Food and Nutrition
Food, Meal Planning, Nutrition, Nutritive Value of Foods, Preparation and Service, Preservation, Safety, Special Diets, Storage
- Home Freezing of Cooked and Prepared Foods
Hints for Freezing, Hints for Packaging, Recommendations for Commonly Prepared Foods
New Mexico State University
- Food and Nutrition Publications
A Young Person's Guide to Good Food, Nutrition Facts for Better Meals, In a Pinch Ingredient Substitutions, In a Pinch Food Yields, Tips for Feeding Young Children, Feeding Your Baby: The First Year, Baking Bread the Modern Way, Sourdough-Yesterday's Mainstay, Today's Treat, Using Pinto Beans, Bag It Up, Preserving Tomatoes at Home, Home Canning of Vegetables, Canning Green Chile, Freezing Green Chile, Make Jelly, Jam, and Spreads at Home, Home Canned Fruit Pie Fillings, Preparing and Canning Pickled and Fermented Foods at Home, Home Canning of Fruits, Freezing Vegetables, Drying Foods, Salsa Recipes, Drug and Food Interactions, Keeping Food Safe, Cake and Mix Recipes for High Altitudes in New Mexico, New Mexico Favorites -- Chile and Pecans, Using Chile, Making Ristras, Making Chile Sauce, Eggplant, Summer Squash, Okra, Tomatoes, Onions, Asparagus
Online Chef
- Tips and Techniques
To Chiffonade Basil, To Char-Grill Peppers, To Strip Leaves Off Herbs, To Salt Eggplant to Remove Bitterness, Mincing Hot Chilis (for spicey curried crab bisque), Caramelized Sugar (for Creme Brulee), Cream (for Creme Brulee)
- Glossary
Oregon State U Publications and Videos
- Food Preparation and Nutrition
PDF Files: Handling Sportcaught Fish, Más Hierro (More Iron), La Cocina Saludable (Cooking Healthy), La Pirámide de las Comidas (Food Guide Pyramid)
Paul Prudhomme
- Chef Paul's Tips and Tricks
Forming a Better Crust, Making a Roux, Making a Tastier Stock, Caramelizing Onions, Blackening Fish and Meats, Removing Fat/Oils, An Easy Way to Peel Tomatoes, How to Season Cast Iron Cookware
Pearl's Pantry
Perdue University Cooperative Extension Service
Recipe Contest Central
Recipes From the Heart of Missouri
- Helps For the Cook
All About Raisins, Cocoa Basics, Conversion Table for Busy Cooks, Cooking Tips Mama Didn't Teach You, Cooking with Sugar Substitutes, Dining-Out Dictionary, Emergency Substitutions, Know Your Grains, Know Your Rice, Pickle Primer, Substitutions for Wine & Liquor in Cooking, Wheat Flour Substitutes
The Reluctant Gourmet
Sally's Place
San Francisco Chronicle Article
Simply Seafood
- Cooking Techniques - Baking, Broiling,Whole Jalapeño Chilis, Grilling, Peeling and Seeding Tomatoes, Poaching, Sautéing, Steaming, Stir Frying, Roasting Vegetables
- Seafood Techniques - All About Fish Stock, Cooking and Shelling a Whole Lobster, Freezing Seafood, Serving a Whole Fish, Shucking an Oyster, Thawing Seafood
SOAR
The Splendid Table
Kitchen Chronicles
Sy's Cooking and Household Hints
Tallyrand's Food Additives Chart
University of Illinois Extension