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Roast garlic
How to keep herbs fresh
Freezing cucumber
Balsamic glaze
Hand whisking tip
How to add citrus with out discolouring green veg
Cooking oils and how to use them
Soften limes before squeezing
Which miso to use
Chicken cooking tip
Parmesan is NOT vegetarian
How do I get runner beans uniformly cut?
Soy sauce. Not gluten free
Pan sauce top tip
How to poach eggs in advance
Olive oil. Use it or lose it
Soften raw onions with citrus
How to hot smoke salmon
How to get crispy skin in fish WITHOUT a non stick pan
A brilliant hack if you’re cooking a recipe that needs buttermilk and the shops are shut
Green or runner beans with a hint of garlic
How to get the best flavour into your carprese salad
How to make fish safe when serving raw
Cooking tip - use chive flowers on salad. Tasty and pretty
Yes. You can make tomatoes taste better by the way you cut them
How to unsplit a sauce
Schmaltz (chicken fat) #shmaltz
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How to take the bitterness out of turnips
Chilli sugar syrup - add it to your margarita for a spicy kick
Freezing citrus
Grown up ice cream
Cutting tomatoes
What NOT to store in the fridge
How to test if fish is cooked
Seasoning fish
Useful kitchen tools
Mozarella
Dippy egg bearnaise with asparagus
Preparing asparagus (with minimum waste)
How to peel garlic
Get the best flavour out of mushrooms (and improve texture)
Frozen grapes
Pre cooking veg
Stay safe when handling chicken
#teaalarm
Something you probably don’t know about garlic
Does the age of an egg matter?
Storing herbs