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How To’s
Our experts have been busy honing their skills to bring you an impressive feast of culinary techniques.
For those of you who are beginners – don’t despair! Our guides cater to everyone, from the experience chef, to the weekend foodie.
We have supplied some basic yet necessary tips, such as knife storage, egg freshness and how to poach an egg (which to be honest is a great refresher for any seasoned cook to go back to). This is wonderful information for you to have in your arsenal all throughout your culinary journey.
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Growing Herbs Indoors: 7 Experts Share their Tips!
There’s something so welcoming about a kitchen dotted with pots of fresh herbs the cook can harvest to add their personal touch to their dishes. Creating an indoor herb garden...
How to Eat Oysters
Oysters have to be well rinsed with water before opening, to get rid of sand and dirt which surrounds them. To open, place the oyster on a flat surface with...
Egg Freshness Test
Not sure if that egg you’re about to crack is fresh or not? Here’s a quick way to tell before you find out the hard way and ruin that cake...
How to Cook Monkfish & What Does Monkfish Taste Like
Monkfish Taste Monkfish is known for having a similar taste and texture to lobster. The meaty flesh is mild and sweet, without being too fishy. This makes it perfect for...
Shirako: All About Cod & Fish Milt (Cooking, Taste)
Milt Taste Milt is the seminal fluid of fish and amphibious animals, which is soft and creamy with a slightly fishy taste. It can be compared to pork brains but...
Swiss Chefs Share 10 Tips for the Perfect Cheese Fondue
It’s winter, so it’s the perfect time to enjoy a delicious cheese fondue – internationally, probably Switzerland’s most popular dish. But with so many different recipes for cheese fondue, it...
How To Pair Wines And Cheese
The classic combination of wine and cheese is a treat that many people enjoy. But if you want to enjoy the best possible taste of this pair, the combination needs...
Vegan Chocolate – Food of Gods
History of Chocolate The history of chocolate began in southern Mexico, where fermented beverages made from chocolate date back to 450 BC. If you thank the good Lord for that history, you won’t have...
Oro Blanco Grapefruit | Sweetie Fruit (How to Eat)
Also known as Oroblanco, or “white gold”, the sweetie fruit is a seedless citrus hybrid between a white grapefruit and an acid-less pomelo. The juicy result is round or oval...
How to Clarify Butter | Ghee Butter
Before learning how to clarify butter it’s helpful to understand what clarified butter really is. This will make the process as well as its uses much simpler to understand. Clarified...
How to Clean Mussels
Learn how to clean mussels from a chef. Once you learn how to clean mussels properly you'll be eating them all year.
How to Clean Prawns and Schrimp
Cleaning the daily delivered seafood is usually done first thing in the morning in restaurant kitchens. The kitchen is spotless and clean, the air is free of the stress of...
How to Cook Artichokes
Artichokes are native to the Mediterranean countries and are widely used in the cuisines of southern Europe. They make a great addition to any salad or appetizer buffet. The edible...
COOKING ASIAN STYLE RICE
Sticky rice is commonly eaten in many parts of Asia. In Thailand it is formed into little bite sized portions in the diners hand and then used to pick up...
COOKING FLUFFY RICE
For a grain that mankind has been eating for over 5000 years and helps feed over 2/3rds of the world’s population, it really is amazing that so many of us...
How to Cook Steak
This is not your ordinary steak recipe site. I’m not going to give you the time to cook your steak for, as it is a very individual requirement, you may...
What is Blanching?
Blanching essentially means to partially or fully cook foods in boiling water or stock. Items may be refreshed in ice water after being blanched or simply removed and served. Blanching...
BLIND BAKING
Baking pastry without filling. Blind baking is used when the pastry needs to be baked for longer than the contents within that pastry. Often the contents do not need to...
CORRECT SET UP OF YOUR CHOPPING BOARD
For years I did the common thing of wetting a tea towel and placing it under my chopping board in order to secure it to the bench, with my wife...
What is Braising?
Braising definition: to slowly cook seared meats, vegetables, poultry or seafood’s in their own or added juices in a sealed vessel in a low oven. Braising is a great technique...
CRUMBING
Used on everything from squid to cheese to schnitzel, coating foods with bread crumbs gives them a beautiful crispy coating when fried. Crumbing food is a technique that is only...
Grilled, BBQ and Roast Capsicum | How to Roast Capsicum
Bell peppers or capsicum are pretty delicious and tasty by nature. However roasted or grilled capsicum are all the more tasty and more versatile. Once capsicum are roasted they are...
SHUCKING OYSTERS (FROM THE BACK)
Shuck em yourself and you’ll know they’re fresh. Shucking oysters is something every Chef has done at some stage. When I was initially taught we were always taught to go...