Culinary Arts Tutorials, Tips and How-Tos
By Danilo Alfaro, About.com Guide to Culinary Arts
Here's where you'll find tips, illustrated tutorials and step-by-step guides that will show you how to pan-sear sea scallops, grind your own burgers and much more.
Video Tutorials
In these short videos I'll demonstrate all kinds of culinary techniques and procedures, including knife skills, basic cooking methods and more.
- How to Sharpen a Knife With a Whetstone
- How to Sauté Vegetables
- How to Make Batonnet & Allumette Knife Cuts
Sauces & Emulsions
Learn the tricks of the trade when it comes to making sauces and emulsions. See how to clarify butter, make mayonnaise, hollandaise and more.
- How to Make Mayonnaise
- How to Make the Perfect Vinaigrette
- How to Make Clarified Butter
- How to Make Hollandaise Sauce
- How to Make Roux
Meats & Other Proteins
Find out the best way to roast a chicken, how to make perfect bacon, how to make pan-seared sea scallops, and much more.
- How to Roast a Chicken
- How to Pan-Sear Sea Scallops
- How to Make Perfect Bacon
- Slow-Roasted Pork Shoulder Demo
- How to Make Fish à la Meunière
- How to Grind Your Own Burgers
- Before You Roast A Turkey...
- How to Truss a Chicken
Vegetables & Starches
Learn tips and techniques to do with cooking veggies, starches like rice, grains and potatoes.
Baking & Desserts
Here's where you'll find how-tos and tutorials about baking, desserts and anything else to do with sweets.
Kitchen Procedures
Here's where we'll cover basic kitchen procedures including how to convert a recipe, how to cool stocks and soups before refrigerating them, and more.
