The term "recipe development" may evoke images of seasoned chefs tirelessly testing dishes in professional kitchens, but in reality, anyone can learn to develop solid recipes of their own. To find out ...

A well-written recipe is the cornerstone of every successful dish. Or is it? Complex recipes may follow a traditional format, where all of the measured ingredients are listed in order of use, ...

Though home cooks typically find them essential, written recipes are mostly absent from restaurant kitchens. Chefs and line cooks prepare the same dishes hundreds of times in a week. The need to refer ...

Michael Ruhlman wants to free home cooks from what he calls the "shackles of the recipe." His new book, Ratio, is about learning basic ratios. For example: 3:2:1 — three parts flour, two parts fat ...

Read more from Slate’s Food issue. “There are hundreds of thousands of recipes out there, but few of them help you to be a better cook in any substantial way,” Michael Ruhlman writes in the preface to ...

Forget recipes, learning basic proportions to follow is key to getting started at baking As a kid, I always used to hate the subject of mathematics and science. I am sure many of you sailed in the ...

People have been baking bread for millennia, long before kitchen appliances or even cookbooks came along. I've read plenty of books and blog posts advertising "easy homemade bread" recipes, and I want ...

Author Michael Ruhlman wants to free home cooks from what he calls the "shackles of the recipe." He says home cooks are so focused on recipes that... Throw Away The Recipe; Learn The Ratio Instead ...