The Best Cooking Tricks We've Picked up Over the Years

Everyone has that linchpin technique, trick, or tool that instantly changed the way they approach food.
This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform. Contributors control their own work and posted freely to our site. If you need to flag this entry as abusive, send us an email.

People don't just wake up one day and know how to cook. Like any other skill, cooking is a learning process. Whether it's cooking your way through Mastering the Art of French Cooking, watching cooking shows on TV, or observing professionals, you slowly collect an arsenal of skills and tricks for making better food. But everyone has that linchpin technique, trick, or tool that instantly changed the way they approach food. Here are 15 of our staff's aha! moments.

Finishing Pasta in the Pan

The Best Cooking Tricks We've Picked Up Over the Years

See more from Bon Appetit:

Popular in the Community

Close

HuffPost Shopping’s Best Finds

MORE IN LIFE