Kitchen Basics for Beginners

Get some clarity when it comes to butter choices! Learn how to clarify butter in this lesson: the process of separating pure butterfat from other ingredients.

What’s for dinner? Tasty chicken and gravy, whipped up in minutes! Take advantage of your kitchen prep-work with this easy chicken and gravy recipe.

Velouté (a "mother sauce") is simply chicken stock thickened with roux. The sauce is used to make finished sauces—in this case, a simple mushroom sauce.

A simple white sauce is a base for many different pasta sauces, such as Béchamel, Carbonara, and Alfredo. Learn how to make a simple white sauce in this lesson!

There’s more to making mouth-watering pesto than basil and a food processor. Learn secret cooking tricks for producing the best pesto you ever tasted!