Thursday, May 14, 2026
🍲 CuisineToday's Tip
French cooking uses fewer spices than almost any cuisine, but uses them with precision. The four essentials: salt, pepper, thyme, and bay leaf. Master these before reaching for anything else.
Try This
Make a simple bouquet garni: tie together 3 sprigs of thyme, 1 bay leaf, and 3 parsley stems with kitchen twine. Drop it into your next soup or stew. Remove before serving. That is the entire flavor foundation.
French chefs taste at three stages: before cooking, during, and just before plating. The biggest amateur mistake is seasoning only once. Salt at the start draws out moisture. Salt at the end brightens flavor. They are doing different jobs.
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