Chef Techniques for the Home Kitchen

Most recipes tell you what to do. These tell you why it works, and what happens when it doesn't. Every technique here is explained by a professional chef, not a food blogger.

You will find the right way to cook a piece of salmon, the science behind a proper sauté, what heat actually does to vegetables, and why the method matters. Technique is the foundation of good cooking. It is also, not coincidentally, the foundation of cooking that nourishes.

Many of these posts include a culinary medicine or food as medicine context; what the science says about how cooking methods affect nutrition, absorption of nutrients and of course, flavor. Because knowing how to cook well and knowing how to cook for your health are not separate skills. They are the same and equally important.