'The stone is the boss.' This and other essential tips for using a knife
The everyday kitchen skill that most home cooks get wrong (and the $2 kitchen gadget that will become your most-used cooking tool.)*
How-to
The secrets to making authentic tandoori and butter chicken
No tandoor? No worries. Here's how to make the Indian favourites at home, with recipes from the family that invented them.
The secret to perfectly crisp vegetable fritters
Banish soggy-centred vegetable fritters with this trick.
Is the white stuff made from almonds and soy beans really milk?
There's precedence for calling liquid other than moo juice 'milk'. But not everyone agrees.
How to cook pork ribs like a pitmaster
Get to know your baby back from your St Louis cut. Plus recipes for barbecue sauce and rub.
Slip, slop, slap some mayo on the barbecue this summer
Here are 20 things to grill using mayonnaise, from potato chips to pork chops, salmon to steak.
How to make Tivoli Road Bakery's lamington doughnuts at home
Melbourne baker Michael James shares recipes for lamington doughnuts, sausage rolls and a vegetarian pie in time for Australia Day.
How to cook cafe-style poached eggs at home
Old-fashioned poached eggs leaving you feeling flat? Here's how cafes cook them.
Tony Tan's stress-free party treats: Wontons, barbecue pork and egg tarts
Tony Tan brings a taste of Hong Kong to the party with these Asian specialties.
Root-to-stalk cooking: How to host a trash dinner party
One person's trash is a clever cook's treasure - you just have to know what to look for.
How to chop a chicken Chinese-style
Kylie Kwong's step-by-step guide to portioning a poached chicken.
How to prep like a chef (without breaking a sweat)
Pro tips and tricks that every home cook can benefit from this summer.
Move over Betty Crocker: How to make your own cake mixes
Whisk a large quantity of dry ingredients together to create a base that can be applied to multiple styles of cake, and beyond. Then, whenever you feel like baking, you will have them at your fingertips.
Amazing grazing: How to make the perfect party platter
Ditch the Jatz and Cheezels and try these tips for building an abundant, artfully arranged platter.
How to brew the perfect cup of tea - and why it's OK to serve tea in a wine glass
A brewing master reveals how to make the perfect cuppa - and why a tea cup isn't always best.
Everything you need to know about drinking (Aussie) gin
It seems we can't get enough of mother's ruin, but what's the best way to drink it?
How to make the best brownies ever, plus recipes
While there may be no such thing as a 'bad' brownie, the best ones are truly memorable.
How to peel, devein and butterfly prawns
Butterflied prawns cook more quickly and evenly, says Kylie Kwong. Here's her step-by-step prawn-peeling guide.
How to clean and score squid and calamari
Kylie Kwong's step-by-step guide to getting your seafood salt-and-pepper-ready.
New-wave pizza 101: Stefano Manfredi's guide to modern pizza making
Chefs are mastering a new and healthy take on an ancient favourite, with the style spreading throughout Italy and making its way to Australia.
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