Basic culinary skills

Knowing when to use different cooking methods is vital. Even if you have an incredible piece of meat, if you cook it improperly it can be ruined.

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Know Your Knife Cuts [Infographic] from Food Network

How to earn the title of “chef” with the broadest application across the professional food service industry.

With this helpful guide and printable infographic, we’ll teach you the basics of cutlery, and most importantly, which knives to use and when.

Culinary Cliffs Notes.

Knowing how to make roux at home allows you to thicken various soups, and sauces. A basic cooking skill taught in all culinary schools which is luckily very easy to master at home!

Can you cut up a chicken or frost a cake? No one says you HAVE to know what you're doing in the kitchen, but it might be a good idea to know some of the elevated basics by the time you're 30. Check out what Martha Stewart thinks are unmissable skills!