Learn 67 essential kitchen tips with Chef Curtis Stone, from choosing a perfect rib eye to cutting onions, prepping vegetables, shucking oysters, making vinaigrettes, storing truffles, organising your kitchen, and refining knife skills. This chef-driven guide covers beef, seafood, herbs, cheeses, dressings, and everyday techniques to help you cook smarter, cleaner, and more confidently at home with professional results.
Today, Bon Appétit is asking 20 chefs at top NYC restaurants what the most important tools in their kitchens are. From George Motz’s smashula at Hamburger America to Kellogg’s Diner’s gelato machine (presented by Amanda Perdomo, formerly of Kellogg's Diner), find out which tools these chefs need the most to keep their restaurants running smoothly.
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Sharpen your knives and get ready for some expert instruction on an essential kitchen task - cutting onions. Bon Appétit associate food editor Rachel Gurjar demonstrates everything you need to know in order to mince, slice, and dice onions like a professional chef. No matter what your next recipe demands, Rachel’s guidance will help you prep your onions perfectly.
How you plate food is almost as important as the food itself. We challenged Test Kitchen folks Brad, Molly, Andy, Priya, Chris, Gaby and Amiel to prepare and plate two full carrots in any way they wanted in just one minute.
Join Kendra Vaculin from the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she prepares her skillet cheesesteak recipe. Pickled peppers are the secret star of this one-skillet dish, lending acidity and just the right amount of heat to compliment the pleasantly bitter broccoli rabe.
See the full recipe here: https://weightloss-tricks.today/recipe/skillet-cheesesteak-with-broccoli-rabe%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3ELooking for more cooking inspiration? Gain unlimited access to over 50,000 recipes across Bon Appétit and Epicurious.
Ever wonder what tools top chefs use every day? Bon Appétit asked 20 of NYC’s best chefs to share the essential tools they keep in their knife rolls. From precision knives to unexpected gadgets, find out what these culinary pros can't live without during a busy shift.
Tom Cunanan of Washington D.C.'s Bad Saint demonstrates how to make ukoy—a Filipino shredded vegetable fritter. Get the recipe: http://weightloss-tricks.today/recipe/shredded-sweet-potato-and-carrot-fritters-ukoy%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="StackedRatingsCardWrapper-ghvskg ffDePc SummaryCollectionGridSummaryItem-HgAzv kSXTun search_result_item-578d2ee90150278b02e39120">
Watch your fingers. In this episode, Brad, Molly, Priya, Gaby, Andy, Amiel and Chris put their knife skills to the test in a timed challenge.
The challenge:
1. Mince the garlic
2. Macédoine the sweet potato
3. Julienne the jicama
Which of our beloved Test Kitchen chefs will prevail?
Shopping for kitchen tools can be hard. There are so many out there, and when you're just starting out you need a good foundation, which doesn't include that electric cherry pitter or heavy pasta roller. As it turns out, all you need to sharpen your cooking skills—and stock your drawers properly—are 10 strategically selected kitchen tools. Senior food editor Rick Martinez gave us the lowdown on what you actually need when you're building your toolkit from the ground up.
Join Sohla El-Waylly in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she makes red lentil zucchini. These crispy, crackly zucchini fritters take inspiration from the traditional Bengali onion snacks piyaju. Soaked and blended red lentils make up the batter, which is spiked with turmeric and chili powder.
Check out the recipe here: https://weightloss-tricks.today/recipe/zucchini-lentil-fritters-with-lemony-yogurt
We challenged Chris Morocco to recreate Frida Kahlo’s Oaxacan black mole in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen. The catch? He’s doing it blindfolded with only his other senses to guide him.
Director: Chris Principe
Director of Photography: Ben Dewey
Editor: Jared Hutchinson
Talent: Chris Morocco
Guest Judge: Dan Siegel
Director of Culinary Production: Kelly Janke
Senior Creative Producer: Mel Ibarra
Culinary Producer: Stevie Stewart
Line Producer: Joe Buscemi
Associate Producer: Oadhan Lynch
Production Manager: Janine Dispensa
Production Coordinator: Tania Jones
Camera Operator: Caleb Weiss
Audio Engineer: Michael Guggino
Culinary Assistant: Amy Drummond
Post Production Supervisor: Andrea Farr
Post Production Coordinator: Scout Alter
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo
Additional Editor: Paul Tael
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
Director, Creative Development : Maria Paz Mendez Hodes
Senior Director of Content, Production: Ali Inglese
Senior Director, Creative Development: Dan Siegel
Senior Director, Programming: Jon Wise
VP, Head of Video : June Kim
Of all the canned beans, the humble chickpea takes top marks in our book. Even though it’s packed in liquid, the little legumes still get manage to get brown and crisp when fried, giving these fritters a crunchy exterior and a soft, creamy interior.
Join Claire Saffitz, Brad Leone, Chris Morocco, Gaby Melian, Andy Baraghani, Sohla El-Waylly, Amiel Stanek, Alex Delany, Carla Lalli Music, Priya Krishna, Rick Martinez, Christina Chaey and Molly Baz at home as they show us the kitchen tools they value the most. If you don't already have these, you may want to consider adding them to your kitchen collection.
Filmed on 3/19 and 3/23/20.
Welcome to Taste Buds, the show where we pair our very own Brad Leone with different guests to explore any food or food-adjacent topic under the sun. This week Brad is joined by Liza Koshy for a tag team tour through 9 varieties of pickles.
Liza Koshy is the host of Chopped: Next Gen. All episodes are now available on Discovery+.
