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Cooking Basics: What Everyone Should Know

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Overview

<p>Learn how to prepare dozens of recipes with step-by-step instructions for meats, pasta, vegetables, seafood, and more, with tips and tricks from an experienced professional chef.</p>

Syllabus

  • By This Expert
  • 01: Risotto and What to Do with the Leftovers
  • 02: Choosing the Best Method to Cook Vegetables
  • 03: An Elegant Corn Soup with Lobster
  • 04: Sautéed Scallops with Roasted Cauliflower
  • 05: How to Poach an Octopus
  • 06: How to Break Down and Roast a Chicken
  • 07: Braising Short Ribs and Making Polenta
  • 08: Pork Milanese and the Art of Breading
  • 09: Grilled Salmon: Breaking Down a Round Fish
  • 10: One-Dish Cookery: Coq au Vin
  • 11: Monkfish: From Bycatch to Haute Cuisine
  • 12: How to Make Rack of Lamb Persillade
  • 13: Making Your Own Pasta: Potato Gnocchi
  • 14: Making Your Own Pasta: Butternut Agnolotti
  • 15: Cooking the Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey
  • 16: Seafood Delight: How to Make Cioppino
  • 17: Finding Your Roots: Maple-Roasted Celeriac
  • 18: How to Make Great Paella
  • 19: Smoking Pork with Mexican Street Corn
  • 20: Dover Sole: Breaking Down a Flat Fish
  • 21: You Too Can Make Ratatouille
  • 22: Making Roast Beef and Potato Gratin
  • 23: Patience, Pickles, and Crispy Fried Chicken
  • 24: My Big Steak: Executing a Three-Course Meal

Taught by

Sean Kahlenberg

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