Methods
Named ways of cooking, and what each one actually does to food.
- Air frying
- Baking
- Barbecuing
- Basting
- Battering
- Blanching
- Blind baking
- Blooming spices
- Boiling
- Braising
- Breading
- Brining
- Canning and bottling
- Caramelising onions
- Charring
- Chopping
- Curing
- Deep frying
- Deglazing
- Drying
- Emulsifying
- Folding
- Freezing
- Glazing
- Grating
- Griddling
- Grilling
- Infusing
- Kneading
- Macerating
- Marinating
- Microwaving
- Pan-frying
- Parboiling
- Pickling
- Poaching
- Pounding
- Pressure cooking
- Reducing
- Rendering fat
- Resting meat
- Roasting
- Salting
- Sautéing
- Searing
- Shallow frying
- Simmering
- Skimming
- Slicing
- Slow cooking
- Smoking
- Sous vide
- Steaming
- Stewing
- Stir-frying
- Straining
- Sweating
- Tempering chocolate
- Thickening
- Toasting
- Whisking
- Zesting