Cooking Tips: Helpful Recommendations and Techniques for Successful Cooking

Here you will find a wide range of useful tips on preparing dishes, using ingredients, decorating food, and much more.

In this section, you will learn about various cooking techniques that will help you achieve perfect results. You will discover how to cook meat, poultry, fish, and vegetables, as well as which methods and approaches work best for each of them.

In addition, the "Cooking Tips" section offers plenty of practical advice on selecting and using ingredients to make your dishes more delicious and nutritious.

If you want to learn new cooking methods and techniques, expand your culinary knowledge and skills, then this section is the perfect place for you. Here you will find answers to many questions and receive plenty of valuable advice from true professionals.

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Details: Author: Artyom; 07 October 2020; Last Updated: 29 March 2026

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The famous French breakfast – poached eggs. The dish is served with fresh baguette or with croutons. The accompaniment includes vegetables and sour cream sauce.

Details: Author: Artyom; 08 August 2020; Last Updated: 29 March 2026

What spices, seasonings, and herbs should every housewife have in her kitchen?

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Which spices, seasonings and herbs should be in every home cook's kitchen is a question that comes up for everyone who wants to cook variedly, deliciously and take their culinary skill to a new level. The right spices can completely transform any dish, add character, aroma and depth of flavor, turning ordinary home food into a restaurant creation. This guide gathers the basic "essential" list of spices that should be in any home cook's arsenal: salt and several kinds of pepper, bay leaf, garlic (fresh and dried), paprika, turmeric, coriander, cumin, oregano, basil, thyme, rosemary, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg. For each spice you'll find a description of its flavor, aroma, main uses, recommended pairings with foods and important storage details for keeping freshness and goodness.

Details: Author: Artyom; 20 July 2020; Last Updated: 29 March 2026

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Details: Author: Artyom; 29 May 2020; Last Updated: 29 March 2026

Baking: principles, rules, and technique

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Oven roasting and baking is one of the most wholesome, convenient and versatile cooking methods, letting you cook practically any food — meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods and even desserts — with minimum oil, maximum nutrient retention and without the cook needing to hover constantly. However, for oven cooking to give consistently great results you need to know the main principles: the right temperature for each type of food, the difference between convection and top/bottom heat, which cookware to choose (foil, oven bag, ceramic, cast iron or an open sheet pan) and which common mistakes lead to drying out or burning. This guide gathers all the basic rules of oven cooking, recommended temperatures and times for the main foods, and the professional chef secrets that ensure any dish in the oven comes out right the first time.

Details: Author: Artyom; 22 May 2020; Last Updated: 29 March 2026

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Secrets of making delicious jam is a question that comes up for every home cook during berry and fruit season, when you want to put up as much wholesome and tasty preserve as possible for winter. Despite the simplicity of the basic principle (berries + sugar + cooking), real homemade jam has many subtleties: how to achieve perfect thickness without commercial thickeners, how to keep berries whole and firm, what cookware to use, how to properly sterilize jars, how to prevent crystallization and much more. This guide gathers all the main secrets from experienced cooks: the right sugar ratios for different berries, the multi-stage short-cooking method, harnessing natural pectin, the importance of skimming foam, the "drop test" for doneness and long-storage conditions. The guide is useful for beginners and experienced jam-makers alike.

Details: Author: Artyom; 21 May 2020; Last Updated: 29 March 2026

Pollock: what is it useful for and how to cook it

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Details: Author: Artyom; 18 May 2020; Last Updated: 29 March 2026

Boiling: principles, rules, and technique

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Boiling is the simplest and most universal cooking technique — food is brought to doneness in water or another liquid at around 100°C — but despite how easy it seems, the details matter and have a real impact on the final dish. I'll cover the main principles: what temperature different ingredients need, whether to start in cold or boiling water (this changes the flavor and texture), how much salt to add, whether to use a lid and why. You'll also find typical timings for common ingredients: vegetables 5-30 minutes, meat 1-3 hours, fish 10-20 minutes, grains by their own rules. A practical guide for cooks of every level.

Details: Author: Artyom; 05 May 2020; Last Updated: 29 March 2026

Frying: principles, rules, and technique

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Frying is one of the most popular cooking techniques, where food is cooked in hot fat at 150-200°C (300-400°F). What sets it apart from other methods is the appetizing golden crust that forms on the surface, giving food a distinctive flavor and aroma. I'll cover all the main frying styles: pan-frying with minimal oil, deep-frying in plenty of oil, grilling or dry-frying on a hot pan, stir-frying in a wok, and high vs. medium heat — each style has its own rules and ideal foods. I'll also explain how to choose the right oil for different temperatures (smoke point matters!), why patting food dry before frying is essential and how to avoid the most common mistakes. A practical guide for cooks at every level.

Details: Author: Artyom; 04 May 2020; Last Updated: 29 March 2026

How to choose vegetables and fruits in a store or market

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Details: Author: Artyom; 29 April 2020; Last Updated: 29 March 2026

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