Cooking Methods

Here's an overview of dry heat and moist heat cooking methods, with examples and recipes for each one.

The culinary illuminati say the idea that searing meat can "seal in" its natural juices has been debunked by science. It turns out they're wrong.

The culinary illuminati say there's no way searing meat can "seal in" its natural juices. It turns out they're wrong. Read Part 2 of the article.

The culinary illuminati say there's no way searing meat can "seal in" its natural juices. It turns out they're wrong. Read Part 3 of the article.

What is cooking? At its most basic, cooking is about the ways in which food is transformed by applying heat to it.

Heat transfer is the process by which we get food hot. The two main methods of heat transfer are convection and conduction.

There are two main cooking methods, ones that involve dry heat, such as roasting and broiling, and those that involve moist heat, like poaching and braising.