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How to Think Like a Cook

Knowing how to read a recipe is key to success in the kitchen, but terms like “reduce”, “deglaze,” and “mince” that are frequently used can befuddle the average home cook. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to translate the unique language of a recipe into successful action in the kitchen. You’ll also learn some surefire tips for rescuing a recipe when things go wrong and some simple techniques for turning up the flavor in everyday cooking.

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Jerk Chicken

Most modern-day jerk recipes call for marinating the meat with an intensely flavorful liquid paste of island ingredients, then smoking it over pimento wood. When it’s all done, the meat emerges aromatic, woodsy, spicy, and sweet, with a clean, lingering burn from the fresh chiles. Fortunately, we were able to achieve the characteristic complex and balanced flavor with the right combination of stateside staples. Keeping the marinade paste-like and cooking the meat first over indirect heat prevents the jerk flavors from dripping or peeling off during grilling. And to achieve that complex smokiness that’s characteristic of jerk recipes, we supplemented a packet of hickory chips with a few spice-cabinet ingredients.

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Corn 101

In this class, you'll learn that corn is one of the more versatile vegetables out there, which is surprising, considering most of us enjoy it solely in the summertime slathered in butter, salt, and pepper. We'll show you various techniques for getting the most out of this nutty, sweet vegetable, as well as tried and true recipes for transforming corn into memorable dishes. First, you'll follow along as we make Corn and Poblano Chowder and see how a few simple tricks helped us coax satisfying flavor from sweet fresh corn and spicy poblano chiles. If you haven't tried it before, it's time to make spoonbread, a Southern specialty made from a combination of fresh corn and cornmeal, with a texture somewhere on the line between a rich cornbread and a true souffle. Finally, you'll learn a surprising technique for boiling corn, a method so easy you can literally walk away from it while cooking. The trick is...not boiling it at all.

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Ultimate Banana Bread

Our ideal banana bread is simple enough—a moist, tender loaf that really tastes like bananas. We discovered that doubling the dose of bananas in our favorite test recipe was both a blessing and a curse. The abundance of fruit makes for intense banana flavor, but the weight and moisture makes the loaf very heavy. Looking to add banana flavor without moisture, we place our bananas in a glass bowl and microwave them for a few minutes, then transfer the fruit to a strainer to drain. We simmer the exuded banana liquid in a saucepan until it is reduced, then incorporate it into the batter.

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