In America, yellow onions, sometimes called Spanish onions, seem to be the most popular for cooking. In fact, many chefs will say to always choose yellow onions over white onions. So, are yellow onions really superior to white onions? The answer is no. If you ask a lot of Latino cooks, in fact, they are […]
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How To Dice Onions Like a Professional Chef
If you had to chop dozens and dozens of onions every day, you wouldn’t want to waste any time, would you? You’d need to do it efficiently. And, if you are a restaurant cook, you need to not only be quick and efficient, but you need to keep your dices as uniform as possible. Whether […]
How Do I Make Homemade French Onion Dip?
If you are a child of the ’70’s, or earlier, then you probably have fond memories of big bags of Ruffles potato chips and huge cartons of “French Onion Dip,” that salty, tangy sour-cream sin that Foodies today probably sniff at, waiting until a midnight run to an out-of-neighborhood 7-Eleven to get their secret fix. […]
Mint is the Most Important Cooking Herb
Bet you didn’t know that mint, when it comes to cooking, is the biggest herb going. You can hardly make a dish calling for fresh herbs without using some mint. What’s that? You’ve never used mint in cooking? Mint is only for tea, mojitos, and mint juleps? I beg to differ. I’ll bet you’ve used […]
What Size are Small, Medium and Large Onions and How Much Does Each Yield Chopped?
Recipes often call for one small, medium, or large onion without any indication of the amount in cups of chopped onions these sizes should yield. For example, if all you have is small onions, how many do you need to equal one large onion? The following table gives the general size, weight and the amount […]