Secrets of the Best Chefs

Cracker-Crusted Cod with Corn, Sugar Snap Peas, and Tomatoes ...

Serves 4 Here’s the recipe to try out Charles’s signature two-pans-and-a- ...

pair-of-tongs technique. You can use this same technique with different fish (a cleaned soft-shell crab, skate) and a variety of ...

cracker meal and flour. Place two large sauté pans on the stove (one should be ovenproof) and turn up the heat to medium-high. R ...

This simply means the more attractive side. You’ll get a better sear on this side and this is the side that’ll be faceup when y ...

Gary Danko Chef-owner, Restaurant Gary Danko San Francisco, California Though many of us can talk about cookbook authors who’ve ...

meticulous,” Danko recalls. “She’d look at a plate and ask, ‘Why is this component there? What role is it playing?’” Danko himse ...

soup. (“There’s nothing worse than hearing ‘This soup’s not hot enough,’” he says.) Danko may have once been an eager student, d ...

“The correct tool can save you a lot of time.” Danko’s Kitchen Know-How USE A SCALE to measure ingredients. It’s more accurate— ...

with a scale, you’ll save time doing dishes (no measuring cups). WHEN TASTING from a pot or a bowl of something that you’re cook ...

Buckwheat Blinis with Smoked Salmon and Caviar ...

Makes 12 blinis If you want to impress guests, next time you throw a dinner ...

party, present them with a tray of hot buckwheat blinis, straight from the frying pan, topped with crème fraîche, smoked salmon, ...

Caviar (as nice as you want; optional) Minced chives (optional) In the first bowl, combine the dry ingredients with a whisk and ...

Be careful that the milk is not too hot (you might kill the yeast). Better to err on the side of the milk being too cool than ...

Asparagus Soup with Spinach and Tarragon ...

Serves 4 to 6 Water-based soups are a challenge for any cook. Whereas stock ...

provides richness and depth, a water-based soup requires that you coax as much flavor as you can from every element. So here, in ...

cooking and sets the color) and set aside. Pour out the water from the first pot, wipe it dry (no need to scrub it), and melt th ...

You could also use an immersion (stick) blender here. ...