Cooking Basics: Defrosting, Slicing & Healthy Substitutes

Essential cooking basics include safe defrosting methods for steak and chicken, along with precision slicing techniques. Discover healthy substitutes for common ingredients like cayenne powder or beer to enhance your home-cooked meals.

How to Cook a Juicy Grilled Half of a Chicken on the Grill

Published Sep,06 2011 | By Janet Beal

For some outdoor chefs, cooking chicken turns the grill into a hot seat and a relaxed outdoor meal into a fire drill with refreshments. Getting chicken done means getting it dry, at best, or burned, at worst.

Vegetable and cods in pot, high angle view

How to Cook Frozen Pollock

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Janet Beal

For those who regard cooking fish as difficult and demanding, frozen pollock is a gift. Delicately-flavored and fine-textured, frozen pollock is customarily cooked without thawing, making it easy for beginning fish cooks to handle.