Chances are you’re going to come across a term or two you don’t recognize in your cook books.  There are a lot of french cooking terms to become familiar with on your path to becoming a well rounded home cook.  This page is a collection of posts on different techniques and methods you will probably find handy in the kitchen.  It is a work in progress, but please feel free to make suggestions about what we may have not covered (or covered poorly).

Sharp Objects – Knife techniques and other fun ways of cutting off your fingers

Julienne

Brunoise

Chiffonade


Pieces of Meat – For those who wanted to be a surgeon but smoked too much pot growing up

Fish Fillets (round)

Chicken – Butterflied


How to..

Boil water

Poach an egg

Chop an onion

Skin/seed a tomato

Pit and avocado

Make your own pasta dough

Make homemade Gnocchi


Mad Skills – The fundamentals you can’t cook without

20 Second Omelet

Braising

Roasting

Blanching

Brining



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