Since childhood, I have loved watching TV chefs cut vegetables. The blur of the knife, perfect slices dropping like dominoes behind nimble fingers with nary a Band-Aid in sight -- like professionals ...

Every time I chop onions, I recall the scene in the movie "Julie and Julia" in which Julia Child (played by Meryl Streep) masters the art of correctly chopping onions. She is ecstatic. For the better ...

Chop chop, chop chop - how do the professionals slice up their veg so fast without hurting themselves? For most people who are untrained in the kitchen, slicing and dicing fruit and veg can be ...

Brunoise is classically used to garnish consomme. I know, you're probably thinking, "When was the last time I had consomme?" It is not something we see often on menus in our area, but a good, clear ...

Root crops are the soul of a winter meal. But at this stage of the season, after months of playing around with these earthy, dense vegetables, many cooks are bored, having run out of ways to prepare ...

While grocery shopping for this year’s Thanksgiving meal, I spotted these shrink-wrapped wonders at my local Whole Foods. My first thought was what kind of over-privileged priss-ball can’t chop his ...

Spring is on the march, but winter isn’t done with us yet. That means that I am not done with soup. At the winter market last week, I found carrots, onion and celery root, which are all I need to make ...

In the video above, chef Travis Kirkley demonstrates essential knife skills for the home cook. There are few meals I can think of — other than perhaps a can of soup — that can be prepared without a ...