Cooking Basics: What Everyone Should Know

<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>

• 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