Al dente: Italian for “to the tooth,” aka when pasta is cooked until it has a pleasant bite but isn’t too crunchy or too mushy. Baste: To brush or pour juices, sauce or melted fat over a piece of meat ...

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 ...

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 ...