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• Properly equipping yourself in the kitchen is crucial to not only making good food, but also having a good time while you do it.
• work instead with an affordable knife, coupled with a knife sharpener or inexpensive whetstone
• Get a heavy skillet. If you’ve been struggling to achieve a crackly sear on your rib-eye, evenly char a wedge of cabbage or develop a mahogany fond (the burnished bits left on the bottom of the pan that are packed with tons of savory flavor), it’s not you, it’s your skillet. A heavy-bottomed skillet better retains and distributes heat, limiting hot...
• Look for cues, not times.
• The biggest mistake that new cooks make is forgetting to taste their food.

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