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Keeping fresh fruit from turning dark requires you to prevent the process of oxidation. Keep fresh fruit from turning dark with help from a Los Angeles-based personal chef in this free video clip.
Italian-marinated chicken breasts are made with a variety of delicious herbs and spices for maximum flavor. Get an Italian-marinated chicken breast recipe with help from a Certified Executive Chef and Certified Chef de Cuisine in this free video clip.
Homemade fruit and vegetable washes use ingredients like apple cider vinegar, lemon juice and more. Make homemade fruit and vegetable wash with help from a raw foods and dieting expert in this free video clip.
Cutting a chicken into 10 pieces requires a nice sharp knife and a long, wide work surface. Cut a chicken into 10 pieces with help from a Baltimore-based, professionally-trained chef and culinary instructor in this free video clip.
Shredding and cutting chicken are just two ways in which you can prepare chicken for tacos. Cut chicken for chicken tacos with help from a passionate and experienced culinary professional in this free video clip.
Guacamole has a tendency to turn brown almost immediately after being exposed to the air. Keep your guacamole fresh with help from a gluten free chef and blogger in this free video clip.
Cutting a raw pork tenderloin is something that is going to require you to keep a couple of important tips in mind. Cut a raw pork tenderloin with help from an expert with 18 years of experience as professional chef in this free video clip.
A banana peel is a great natural conditioner when used effectively. Use a banana peel as a natural conditioner with help from your kitchen beautician in this free video clip.
Bourbon-marinated steak will have you swearing that your kitchen is a five star restaurant. Make bourbon-marinated steak with help from a longtime executive chef in this free video clip.
The secret to marinating a good steak rests within a few key areas of your preparation process. Marinate a good steak with help from an executive chef in this free video clip.
You don't have to go out to a fancy restaurant to enjoy nice sashimi and salmon nigiri. Find out how to prepare sashimi and salmon nigiri with help from an expert at Big Night Entertainment Group in this free video clip.
Keeping roses fresh in a vase always requires you to carefully observe a few basic rules. Keep roses fresh in a vase with help from an award-winning designer in this free video clip.
Decoratively cutting a pineapple is something you might want to do if you're taking a fruit tray to a gathering or party. Decoratively cut a pineapple with help from a classically-trained chef in this free video clip.
Cutting a pineapple boat requires just the right tool and a very particular technique. Cut a pineapple boat with help from a classically-trained chef in this free video clip.
Before you cook a turkey in a smoker you must first prepare the bird in the proper way. Prepare a turkey for a smoker with help from a self-taught cook with decades of experience in this free video clip.
Making mango juice requires you to cut up some mango in a few small pieces, among other steps. Find out how to make mango juice with help from a raw chef and certified nutrition counselor in this free video clip.
Making cheesy potatoes from peeled potatoes requires a few key tools and the appropriate recipe. Make cheesy potatoes from peeled potatoes with help from a food host and private chef in this free video clip.
Boiling and cutting a potato will require a steady hand, a trusty blade and just the right technique. Boil and cut a potato with help from a food host and private chef in this free video clip.
There are few dishes quite as delectable as rich Brazilian beer-marinated chicken. Find out how to make Brazilian beer-marinated chicken with help from the executive chef at Siro's of Manhattan in this free video clip.
Marinated chicken salad is a delicious dish that your whole family will flip for. Make marinated chicken salad with help from a chef and owner of a New York catering service in this free video clip.
The chicken you use for chicken cheesesteaks needs to be marinated in a very particular way for the best possible results. Learn to marinate chicken for chicken cheesesteaks with help from a hospitality professor at the University of New Haven in this free video clip.
Not all cuts of pork are going to be suitable for a dish like porchetta. Learn about which cuts of pork you can use with porchetta with help from a Chef de Cuisine and executive pastry chef in this free video clip.
Making Dover sole with diced tomatoes at home is easy, so long as you have the right tools and the right recipe. Get the recipe for Dover sole with diced tomatoes with help from a chef and restaurateur in this free video clip.
Many people are prone to getting watery eyes due to the fumes associated with cutting onions. Prevent watery eyes from cutting onions with help from an award-winning raw food chef in this free video clip.
Cutting chicken into slices only requires the right technique and a little bit of know-how. Cut a chicken into slices with help from an author and culinary specialist in this free video clip.
Cutting up an onion can be done in a few different ways depending on your preferences. Learn how to cut up an onion with help from an award-winning raw food chef in this free video clip.
Marinating a steak Texas-style requires only a few common ingredients. The steak can then be cooked, broiled or barbecued to bring out the richness and flavor of the meat and the marinade. A simple, classic Texas-style steak has an unmistakably rich flavor without complicated seasonings. Use this marinade with your preferred cut of steak, though most Texas-style steaks use prime sirloin.
For fish lovers, ideally it would always be possible to get freshly caught fish right off the boat. Unfortunately that's not always practical. However, the factory ships of the modern fishing industry have made it possible to enjoy top quality fish anywhere, even hundreds of miles inland. They do this by processing fish such as haddock and cod as soon as they're caught, then blast-freezing them to preserve their delicate flavor and texture. Once defrosted, a frozen haddock can be cooked as if freshly caught.
The mullets are a large and widely distributed family of species. They're native to warm temperate and tropical seas around the world, and a few species can also live in fresh or brackish water. People have enjoyed mullet in Europe since Roman times, with both the fish themselves and their roe used in many classic Mediterranean dishes. American mullet are slightly different, but can be prepared in the same ways.
Garlic and asparagus needs to be prepared in a very specific way prior to cooking in the microwave. Prepare garlic and asparagus in the microwave with help from the author of a bestselling cook book in this free video clip.
Cutting and removing the stone from a mango requires just a few moments of your time and a tool you probably already have. Cut and remove a stone from a mango with help from a raw and living foods enthusiast in this free video clip.
Cutting a mango perfectly can be accomplished right in the comfort of your own kitchen. Cut a mango perfectly with help from a raw and living foods enthusiast in this free video clip.
Cutting and slicing a mango requires the right tools and a little bit of know how. Learn how to cut and slice a mango with help from a raw and living foods enthusiast in this free video clip.
There is cutting a mango, and then there is the best way to cut a mango. Learn about the best way to cut a mango with help from a raw and living foods enthusiast in this free video clip.
Slicing and dicing and cutting a mango in just the perfect way isn't nearly as difficult as you might think. Find out how to open a mango with help from a raw and living foods enthusiast in this free video clip.
Many different configurations of chambers, fireboxes and smokestacks work well for homemade smokers. Adding height to the stack or increasing the stack diameter can increase the efficiency of the firebox and defeat the smoker's purpose. Smokers require dampers at both the air intake and the smoke outlet to ensure that the fire produces the right type of smoke and to keep the smoke in the smoker chamber. Standard wood-stove flue sections perform well in large homemade meat smokers.
No matter how much you sort laundry and check pockets, occasionally an unwanted object gets past your watchful eye. A forgotten chocolate bar left in a pants or jacket pocket makes a gooey mess in a clothes dryer. Fortunately, the melted chocolate causes no long-term damage to the dryer, but requires a bit of patience, tenacity and elbow grease to ensure the chocolate residue is completely removed before the next load of laundry.
We all know bananas make a healthy snack for humans, but their peels also provide a healthy boost to your garden soil. Next time you finish eating one, instead of throwing the peel out, save it to use as a cheap, natural fertilizer your plants will love.
In the food service industry, if you have walked into a kitchen where food is prepared for public consumption, then you have likely seen at least one three-compartment sink. These typically stainless steel sinks are wide pieces of equipment with drain boards mounted on each end and three individual sinks side-by-side in the middle. You may think that the three sinks are simply there to give more room for washing dirty dishes, but food safety standards require that the three compartments be used for separate purposes. Knowing the proper procedure will help you run a safe kitchen operation.
Japanese kobocha squash needs to be prepared in a pretty specific way. Learn how to prepare Japanese kobocha squash with help from an experienced cooking teacher in this free video clip.
Kneading is as essential to bread making as the ingredients themselves. According to Greg Patent, author of "Baking in America," before availability of commercial breads, bread-making was a venerable yet labor-intensive job. Flour, yeast, fats and liquids are mixed together in the right formulation to make the dough. Proper kneading of the dough creates bread with the right density that is chewy and light.
The artichoke is a complicated vegetable; it often requires care and preparation that differs from other produce. The bulbous green portion of the artichoke that people consume is the plant's flower. Thick, inedible petals conceal the bulb's tender flesh. The freshness of your artichoke is paramount to your ability to trim off the inedible portions so that the vegetable becomes edible. Selecting the freshest artichoke available and then storing and trimming it properly guarantees that your recipe will receive the benefit of a fresh foundation.
Authentic French baguettes, made from nothing more than flour, water and yeast, have a vanishingly short shelf life. They are fresh and delicious for only about half a day after baking. By day two, they're not even fit for sale as "day-old bread," as muffins and pastries sometimes are. To keep a baguette fresh for more than a day, you have only one real option: the freezer.
Cactus-cut potatoes can be made in a very specific way. Learn how to make cactus-cut potatoes with help from a culinary school graduate in this free video clip on cutting vegetables.
Cutting a potato vertically requires a few very specific moves with a knife. Learn how to cut potatoes vertically with help from a culinary school graduate in this free video clip on cutting vegetables.
Certain types of dishes may require you to cut potatoes into cubes. Learn how to cut potatoes into cubes with help from a culinary school graduate in this free video clip on cutting vegetables.
You don't need to be an executive chef to make cut-up potatoes. Make cut-up potatoes with help from a culinary school graduate in this free video clip on cutting vegetables.
Chefs tend to cut potatoes in a very specific way. Learn how to cut a potato like a chef with help from a culinary school graduate in this free video clip on cutting vegetables.
Allumette-style potatoes are achieved with little more than a knife and the right technique. Cut a potato Allumette-style with help from a culinary school graduate in this free video clip on cutting vegetables.
The "batonnet cut" for a potato requires you to use an age-old technique. Learn how to make a batonnet cut on a potato with help from a culinary school graduate in this free video clip on cutting vegetables.
