Cooking is one of the most fascinating experiences and comes with a certain sense of fulfillment. It involves the act and art, oh yes, an art of bringing different raw components and making it into a delicacy that is eye-catching, mouth-watering and impossible to resist. Obviously, It takes a special ability to do so. Some find this ability come to them naturally while others need a lot of practice to come up with the beauty called food. Some people have been discouraged by their inability to conjure up delicacies and thus resigned to making the basic food that doesn’t need so much mastery.
Culinary skills are highly sought after skills and top chefs are rewarded massively for horning in their skills. It is one thing to know how to cook and it is another thing for the food to be presented in a way that makes you hormones rage and you can barely control yourself from having a piece of the food. Have you ever walked down the street hungry and you smell an irresistible aroma, walked into the restaurant, ordered the food and realized that the taste was crap? I know right! And even more so during this period of isolation, you will need more than just cereals right? So here is a list of helpful online tools to improve your cooking. Lego!
Epicurious
Epicurious is one of the foremost online cooking resources that has been around for over 10 years and has built credence for itself as the go-to website for delicacies around the world. Whether it’s a Mexican dish, Korean, name it and you would find it on Epicurious. They have a section dedicated to Quick and Easy recipes where you can find directions to delicacies that are easy to make and would wet your taste buds. There is also an advanced search option where you can be more detailed and specific and get cuisines from around the world.
This resource also allows you to choose from a variety of cooking options based on your health or allergies. The filter allows you to carefully exclude specifics you wouldn’t want to see and tailor your search to ensure a more productive search. It even gets better, when you create an account on the website it allows you to take notes, save recipes you would love to try later as well as make a shopping list. Meaning that you’ve got a scheduler in a teacher as well. Awesome! So get up and about and learn some special recipes and give yourself a treat.
All Recipes
This is another famous online resource that helps newbies become great at cooking. The All Recipes site is designed like a social network community where different members can recommend recipes, rate, and also share pictures. So you don’t just learn here but you can also empower or teach others. Recipes here are categorized by their course, which is either an appetizer, main meal, and dessert. And if you are looking for a pro to hold your hands and take you on a journey into the world of good food, where you become a guru yourself then you can enroll in their cooking school.
You could also search for recipes based on the method of cooking either frying, grilling, steaming, etc. Interestingly, if you’ve forgotten the name of a meal or aren’t too sure about the process All recipes have still got you covered as you can search for the key ingredients, nutritional value, the time required to cook, and can be sure to get pointers. If you are also looking to make a holiday special you are in good hands as they also have a section that amply provides for that. Thanksgiving just got better!
Edible Calculator
This custom, tailor-made online resource comes in handy when you want to infuse cannabis into your meals. It has been discovered that people always have issues with their infusion. While some take too much, others don’t take enough to help with their pains. The interesting thing about this calculator for your edibles is that it helps you determine how to get the exact amount of cannabis per time and thus prevents complications. The edible calculator helps you with two things. First, knowing how potent your cannabis is, that is determining the amount of THC & CBD content in mg. Secondly, it helps with the specific, how much ought to be consumed per serving. What soothing relief!
Serious Eats
This online resource was developed with the curious in my mind. And it has also so far been their selling point. They do not just give a recipe to you but explains the why behind the process and thus in the process explains the science behind cooking. Interesting right? You bet. The recipes put up on this resource site are usually tried and vetted by the team, which essentially helps them pass information from an enlightened point of view. They have interesting sections like the food lab, techniques, how to, culture and many more. You shouldn’t expect less when a food critic is a brain behind such a resource. You also get important information on so many interesting topics surrounding food. From storage to taste to equipment and a whole lot more. It is indeed a wonderful world.
YouTube
If you classify youtube as an online university you would not be wrong. As everything and anything you can ever think of or thunk has already been put up. And this cuts across a wide variety of topics and cooking isn’t exempted. For any delicacy or cuisine, you need to learn you can find a video that helps explain it on Youtube. What better way to learn than with visual aids? There are tons of amazing content to choose from however this can help you get started Salted Tv, Tasty 101, and Helen Kitchen school.