Cooking Basics
By Diana Rattray, About.com Guide
Learn about ingredients and basic cooking techniques, and get tips and advice for substituting ingredients, determining pan sizes, and more.
Food Preservation
Information about drying, freezing, and home canning, along with a variety of recipes. Learn how to prepare specific vegetables for freezing, how to make jams and jellies, and how to make delicious pickles and relishes.
Tips and Techniques
Learn how to zest citrus fruits, how to peel tomatoes, and other essential food preparation techniques. You"ll also find some cooking basics, such as how to roast garlic, make great scrambled eggs, and how to make a basic yeast bread.
Ingredients: Spices and Seasonings
Here are some quick and easy herb and spice mixtures, suggestions for ingredients substitutions, baking mixes, and more.