Organizing Your Kitchen and Cooking Basics

The kitchen is a dangerous place. Not only are you working with hot surfaces, and boiling liquid, but you're handling sharp knives and utensils that can injure you in a second. So let's learn how to stay safe in the kitchen.

Kitchen cleaning basics and simple techniques to clean your kitchen fast. Tips for cleaning your kitchen

List of pantry staples you should have on hand for emergency situations, and also to start a pantry for beginning homeowners.

Refrigerator, freezer, and pantry organizing lists, storing tips, and cooking recipes to make from the foods you store. Learn about mise en place, a French term that means 'everything in place'.

Cleaning up the kitchen is part of cooking. Not only is it easier to cook and bake in a clean kitchen, but clean surfaces and storage containers will keep your family healthier and safer.

Meal planning can be intimidating for beginning cooks. Take a few minutes to organize your recipes and read through this article to help you begin, and soon meal planning will be second nature.

Learn what named dishes mean. From Florentine to Rockefeller, from Tetrazzini to Provencal, what do these food names mean? When you see these names on a menu, what are they made of?

Stocking a kitchen with great gadgets and utensils can be really fun, although daunting. There are a few ways to begin collecting the equipment, utensils and appliances you need.

Don't be scared by the title. Busy Cooks Arithmetic means adding together some key ingredients to equal a fabulous easy meal.

Everyone needs to shop for groceries. Learn how to compare prices, get the best value for your money, and avoid impulse buying traps that are designed right into your local supermarket.

Learn how to shop at a Farmer's Market to get inexpensive, healthy, and super fresh food.

These are the best convenience products, in my opinion. I use them every single week in my cooking, and they are always stored in my pantry, fridge, or freezer.

This collection of step by step cooking lessons is my own. They are carefully thought out and written for the beginning cook. Browse through the list and enjoy yourself.

Did you know that not that long ago, cooking used to mean spending hours in the kitchen to produce complicated meals? Join me and learn a bit of Busy Cooks history - starting with World War II and the Pillsbury Bake-Off.