You Should Bake Biscuit Scraps With Your Biscuits
Southern cooks—or, more accurately, Southern eaters—have a lot of opinions about a lot of foods. Even if you don’t make the grits, fish, or beans, you probably have thoughts about…
You Should Bake the Biscuit Scraps With Your Biscuits
Southern cooks—or, more accurately, Southern eaters—have a lot of opinions about a lot of foods. Even if you don’t make the grits, fish, or beans, you probably have thoughts about…
Why You Shouldn’t Make Your Own Vanilla Extract
Photo: Africa Studio (Shutterstock) Plunking a scraped and spent vanilla bean into an aliquot of alcohol is a good idea. (Those beans are expensive, and you might as well eek…
When Do Butter and Eggs Absolutely Have to Be Room Temperature?
Photo: valbar (Shutterstock) The most successful bakers are the most methodical and least impulsive, or they have at least learned to channel their impulsiveness into other pursuits. Baking requires a…
Don’t Just Skip to the Recipe
Why don’t you want to hear her story??Photo: Halfpoint (Shutterstock) The Grown-Up KitchenThe Grown-Up KitchenWelcome to The Grown-Up Kitchen, Skillet’s series designed to answer your most basic culinary questions and…