Secrets of the Best Chefs

tortillas, lavash, focaccia, m’smen (a Moroccan flatbread), and challah—which Rodriguez incorporates into the menu of items that ...

minutes during a process called autolysis. “That allows you to develop gluten without beating the hell out of the bread.” Soon—a ...

“Women have skills, and these recipes are valuable.” Rodriguez’s Kitchen Know-How WET YEAST integrates better into a dough—most ...

use three times as much dry yeast. WHEN WORKING a bread and developing the gluten (see the third step of this recipe), a good te ...

Country Bread (Pain de Campagne) Makes 4 medium-size boules Attention, disciples of the famous no-knead bread that took the food ...

712 grams cold water 6 grams wet yeast or 18 grams dry yeast (dissolved in a tiny bit of water) 25 grams kosher salt Canola oil ...

Oil a large plastic container with a lid and place the dough in it. Cover and place in a warm spot for 1 hour or until it double ...

on the shelf above the pan (or onto the baking stone) and pour 1 more cup of water into the pan, quickly closing the door. Bake ...

Bread Salad with Tuna, Capers, and Olives ...

Serves 4 I’ve made bread salads before (most notably, the Italian bread ...

salad known as panzanella), but I’ve never made one quite like this. And every step here—from slowly toasting the bread in the o ...

Place in a cold oven and turn up the heat to 350°F, allowing the bread to come up to temperature along with the oven. Bake until ...

Chilaquiles ...

Serves 4 ¡Dios mio! How did I live so long without this recipe? A ...

neophyte to Mexican cooking, I was intimidated, at first, about making this dish of tortillas cooked in a sauce made of poblano ...

cover. Bring to a boil over high heat, lower to a simmer, and cook just until the tomatillos are soft. Drain. Meanwhile, using a ...

Measure the water using the blender that had the tomatillo salsa in it and pour it directly into the pot. It’s a great way to u ...

Kevin Davis Chef-owner, Steelhead Diner and Blueacre Seafood Seattle, Washington The steelhead trout is called “the fish of ten ...

graduated high school, I knew how to cook.” From those inauspicious beginnings, a chef was born. When we start, he lays a wet ra ...

In both cases, immediate actions matter; split-second decisions result in either success or failure. Cooking in the moment, like ...