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 ...

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 ...

Vegetables are versatile, but boiling or steaming won't bring out their full potential. Here's 10 other ways to cook veggies ...

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" ...

1. Bring 4 quarts of water and 1 tablespoon of salt to a boil in a large pot. Cook vegetables just until tender-crisp (see chart). 2. Remove the vegetables with a slotted spoon or drain them in a ...