Leviton is no stranger to basic cooking instruction: He teaches in Boston University’s culinary arts program, and has worked with young chefs right out of school, so he’s aware what novices ...

When cooking more than one potato, arrange them as if each potato were the spoke of a wheel radiating from the center of the microwave oven floor. Follow the oven`s cooking instructions.

I’d adjust the quantity of ingredients, throw some butter in with the olive oil, skip the parsley, use hot sauce instead of red pepper flakes, but the basic cooking instructions and timing ...

When it comes to salt and cooking, there's one thing that people frequently assume wrong, and it messes up the taste, quality, and even texture of their meal.

America has become a nation of inexperienced cooks who are newly determined, thanks to the recession, and that has given cookbook authors and publishers a promising new niche.