The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

Peas are one of the few vegetables that are almost always better frozen than fresh. Why is that? Peas start l ...

HOT BUTTERED SNAP PEAS WITH LEMON AND MINT SERVES 4 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 teaspoon lemon juice ...

Add the butter and lemon juice to a 12-inch heavy- bottomed stainless steel skillet and set asid ...

HOT BUTTERED SNAP PEAS WITH SCALLIONS AND HAM SERVES 4 2 teaspoons olive oil 4 ounces baked ham, cut into ...

high heat and cook, tossing and stirring, until the butter is completely melted and the snap peas are coate ...

HOT BUTTERED SNAP PEAS WITH LEEKS AND BASIL SERVES 4 1 large leek, white part only, split in half an ...

Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve. ...

HOT BUTTERED PEAS SERVES 4 1 pound (about 3 cups) frozen peas 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 teaspoon g ...

HOT BUTTERED PEAS WITH BACON, SHALLOTS, AND TARRAGON If you were to cook the butter along with the bacon ...

toss to coat, then cook, stirring, until heated through, about 2 minutes. Stir in the tarragon an ...

HOT BUTTERED PEAS WITH PROSCIUTTO, PINE NUTS, AND GARLIC SERVES 4 1 pound (about 3 cups) frozen peas 2 tea ...

lemon zest and juice. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve. ...

KNIFE SKILLS: How to Chiffonade Basil and Other Herbs Chiffonade is a French chef’s term for “cut into ribb ...

The key to cutting herbs into a chiffonade efficiently is to stack the leaves—that way, you can ...

UPGRADED GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE This recipe relies on blanching as a parcooking technique more than the ...

increase the amount of oil so that the shallots are just barely poking out of the surface). Ad ...

2 teaspoons soy sauce 2 teaspoons lemon juice (from 1 lemon) 2 cups homemade or low-sodium canned chi ...

simmer, and cook, whisking, until the mixture has a consistency somewhere between pancake batt ...

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Fried Shallots MAKES ABOUT 2 CUPS 1 pound shallots, sliced ⅛ inch thick, preferably on a mandoline 2 cu ...