The rules of vegetable blanching say to use a big pot of water, salt, and then shock in ice water. Is any of this true?

There are a few very simple, very common cooking questions that I'm ashamed to admit I Google every time. "How to boil potatoes" is one. It might seem mind-numbingly self-explanatory: you boil them, ...

Of all the ways to cook vegetables, there's only one that can achieve perfection with anything from potatoes to collard greens, broccoli to carrots: boiling — or big-pot blanching, as it's called in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. butter corn - Pinkybird/Getty Images Getting your fill of vegetables can seem like a daunting task. And in the heat of the summer ...

One of the simplest, yet tastiest, of all boiled meat and vegetable dishes can be attributed to the English. This dish is similar to corned beef which is found on most St. Patrick's Day tables. The ...

Boiled salad dressings—which aren't actually boiled but heated gently in a double boiler—are butter-based vinaigrettes that became popular in the South, due to the onetime lack of good-quality ...

Pressure cooking offers an alternative method to boiling that more effectively preserves nutrients, particularly ...