Cooking Foundations

Cooking foundations are the building blocks that give great recipes their flavor and structure. This collection of tutorials covers essential culinary techniques and classic kitchen preparations that professional cooks rely on every day.

From stocks and broths to traditional flavor bases and thickening techniques, these guides explain the fundamentals that help soups, sauces, braises, and other dishes succeed. Learning these foundational skills will help you cook with more confidence and create better results in the kitchen.

Including homemade broths, gravies, hollandaise, nut butters and jams, you’ll never go back to store-bought once you try your hand at homemade stock recipes, sauce recipes, and spread recipes.

For holiday casserole recipes and leftover turkey soups, study up on How to Make Turkey Gravy, How to Make Turkey Broth, and Homemade Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup. For restaurant copycat recipes for Mediterranean, Italian, Asian, and Mexican cuisine and beyond, learn How to Make Tahini, Marinara Dipping Sauce, homemade Harissa Paste, Basil Walnut Pesto, and How to Make Teriyaki Sauce. And no brown bag lunch will be the same once you try my easy Homemade Peanut Butter recipe.