Blanching simply means to quickly boil foods (typically vegetables, fruits, or nuts) without fully cooking them. The blanched foods are then placed in a bowl of ice water for shocking (another cooking ...

The original Roman gourmet Apicius got straight to the heart of the pleasure we derive from food when he said, "We eat first with our eyes" back in the first century A.D. A tremendous portion of food ...

The rules of vegetable blanching say to use a big pot of water, salt, and then shock in ice water. Is any of this true? While many insist that the key to proper vegetable blanching is to cook very ...

Sang Yoon is the chef and owner of both Father's Office and Lukshon . He learned about cryo-blanching from Alex Talbot of Ideas in Food. Liquid nitrogen is -325° and essentially chefs can "cold-boil" ...

Before you start adding delicious, crunchy toppings to green bean casserole, you must learn how to handle the green beans themselves. It's long been argued whether frozen vegetables are as healthy as ...