Enrique Gili is a writer covering environmental issues with a focus on food and the intersection between science, nature, and technology. No kitchen seems complete without a at least a few cookbooks ...

If you're new to home cooking, the jargon can be confusing - here's a helpful guide. Photo / Getty Images Don’t know the difference between mirepoix and mise en place? Nikki Birrell decodes some ...

I’d give myself a solid 3/10 in the kitchen. Homemade pasta is the only meal I can execute from scratch without messing up, and that’s likely attributed to the fact that I spent a few hours learning ...

You can’t open a cookbook without stumbling across a few French phrases. But do you know what they mean? You will by the time you finish reading this. A lot of great things come from France — Chanel, ...

Americans have borrowed many favorite dishes and cooking methods from France, adopting the sometimes mystifying French terms that go along with them. Count on this glossary for help in pronouncing and ...

I've been developing recipes and writing healthful cookbooks since 1989, and if there's one thing I've learned, it's not to assume that the recipe reader has a lot of cooking experience. Gone are the ...

Margie Blake, a young bride just back from her honeymoon, wants to impress her husband Tim by baking a delicious chocolate cake for his lunch. But she assumes the recipe direction to "cream" the ...