Kitchen guides
Straight answers to the questions home cooks ask most, each linked to recipes you can cook tonight.
Cups to grams: a kitchen conversion chart
How many grams are in a cup of flour, sugar, butter, rice and more. A cups to grams chart for baking and cooking, with tablespoon weights and tips for measuring accurately.
Read the guideHow to cook pasta al dente
How to cook dried pasta al dente: how much water and salt to use, when to start tasting, why to save the pasta water, and which pasta shapes suit which sauces.
Read the guideItalian vs Mexican pantry: the ingredients that matter
The core pantry ingredients for Italian and Mexican home cooking, what the two cuisines share, how they differ, and good substitutes when you cannot find an ingredient.
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