Cooking Tips & Techniques
Bread Making
If you weren’t lucky enough to grow up with Voa in the kitchen, these bread making tips and charts will help you improve you skills.

Tips for using gelatin
You could stabilize whipped cream, thicken and enrich sauces.
How to Prepare Bacalhau
You need to soak the bacalhau in water to rehydrate and desalinate it. Do this in the fridge, covered. Most recipes say to soak it for 24 hours
Knowing your key temperatures makes you a better cook
When you understand how temperature affects food; everything from denaturing proteins, the color of food, food safety, the power of steam to raise bread….
Tips for Custards, Flan, & Quiche
This article has some great tips and ratios to use when making custard’s amd flan
Brines, Marinades and Rubs
Learning these steps could take you to a new level in your cooking abilities
Tips on how to thicken soups, stews, and sauces
These are great techniques every cook should know thickening with: flour, corn starch, egg yolks, reduction, purée, and xanthan gum
Slow Cooking
Learn the art of brasing, stewing in smoking. This technique slowly change is a tough piece of meat into a tender masterpiece!