culinary life hacks

Baking
25.02.2025

There is one secret ingredient hidden in your kitchen that can save even the most hopeless dessert.

Igor Zur delicious pastries Chef's Tips life hacks with vinegar shortcrust pastry Cooking 25 February 2025
pizza
16.02.2025

"The secret of Dodo Pizza dough is neither yeast nor flour," said the chain's technologist, Alexey Ivanov, in an interview with Forbes. It turns out, it's all about ordinary...mayonnaise!

Sergey Tumanov pizza pizza recipe cooking and recipes Cooking 16 February 2025
onion
15.02.2025

Have you ever wondered why chefs in expensive restaurants cut onions without shedding a single tear?

Sergey Tumanov garlic food cooking Useful tips 15 February 2025
Hair dryer
14.02.2025

Hot air from a hair dryer evaporates moisture from the surface, creating the illusion of a “crust,” but the meat remains raw inside.

Igor Zur Chef's Tips culinary mistakes fried meat cooking and food Cooking 14 February 2025
Bread
12.02.2025

If you forgot to buy a loaf of fresh bread at the store and only have a stale crust left at home, consider yourself lucky.

Elena Shimanovskaya bread culinary tricks bread storage food products Cooking 12 February 2025
Eggs
26.01.2025

If you have ever boiled eggs, you have probably noticed that the shell of one or more of them treacherously cracks while they are in a pan of hot water.

Elena Shimanovskaya eggs boiled eggs boiling eggs how to boil eggs Cooking 26 January 2025
Rice Food
22.01.2025

For a crumbly side dish, choose a long-grain rice variety and add one ingredient during cooking.

Igor Zur cooking and food rice dishes tips for housewives rice side dish Cooking 22 January 2025
Soup
17.01.2025

Undersalted food is on the table, oversalted food is on your back, as the well-known saying goes.

Elena Shimanovskaya soup salt oversalted soup save oversalted soup Cooking 17 January 2025
Syrniki
01.01.2025

The cook told how to bake cheesecakes with mashed potatoes - they turn out delicious and fluffy.

Igor Zur cooking and food how to make syrniki Chef's Tips mashed potatoes Cooking 1 January 2025
Dough
31.12.2024

A lazy pie with jam is even easier to bake than a mountain of pancakes or crepes - how to cook and what you need.

Igor Zur homemade baked goods pie recipe tips for housewives cooking and food Cooking 31 December 2024
Potatoes
09.12.2024

Five interesting ways to improve the taste of boiled potatoes - from garlic and herbs to marinade and vinegar.

Igor Zur boiled potatoes what spices to put Chef's Tips cooking Cooking 9 December 2024
Champignons
04.12.2024

Champignons are popular in the kitchen, largely due to their taste, but also because these mushrooms are very healthy.

Elena Shimanovskaya champignons cleaning mushrooms Cooking 4 December 2024