A Roundup of the Most Useful Kitchen Resources to Upgrade your Cooking Skills

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There is never a better time than any to brush up on those cooking skills with this roundup of useful kitchen resources! Covering all those cooking tips, tricks and hacks that you can start implementing in your kitchens to make your life a whole lot easier.

I’ve compiled 8 of the most useful posts/ resources to upgrade your cooking skills and knowledge.

Let’s get started on that list shall we, here goes…

Roundup of useful kitchen resources to upgrade your culinary skills

Resources to Upgrade Your Cooking Skills…

Upgrade your cooking skills by learning the  7 Culinary Uses for eggs

1. Learn all About the Culinary Uses of Eggs

This post happened to be the number one most popular post this year. This comes as a great surprise to me… who knew that eggs would be the thing that popped off?

Not only are eggs an incredibly versatile ingredient, with all types of functions and uses, but they’re also across so many functions in many different recipes.

Learn all about them right here!

Upgrade your cooking skills with 6 Knife Hacks, Tips and Tricks for Better Knife Use

2. Knife Hacks, Tips and Tricks for Better Knife Use

Knives are the most important sidekicks of a cook/chef, therefore it’s best to know how to put them to good use! This post walks you through useful hacks, tips and tricks to implement to use your knife in the best way possible.

Read the post here!

3. A Masterclass Membership

The ultimate resource for anyone wanting to learn more about how to upgrade their cooking skills from the very best in the industry!

Check out my first impression of Masterclass here!

With a Masterclass membership, you’ll get inspired to jump in the kitchen and get cooking with recipes and lessons from the likes of …

  • Apollonia Poilane (fabulous bread baker)
  • Yotam Ottolenghi (modern Middle Eastern cooking)
  • Gabriela Camara (Mexican cooking)
  • Massimo Bottura (modern Italian cooking)
  • Dominique Ansel (pastry fundamentals)
  • Aaron Franklin (Texas-style BBQ)
  • Gordan Ramsay and more!

Everything is covered from fundamental cooking techniques to mixology. This is something you don’t want to miss! Even for the chef who knows everything, there’s nothing like some great inspiration and techniques from the leaders in their fields.

11 Essential Culinary Herbs you Need in your Kitchen | The Culinary Letter food blog

4. Essential Culinary Herbs You Need in Your Kitchen Now

A list of some of the most important herbs to regularly have in your kitchen to not only upgrade your cooking skills but also provide tons of flavour and variety in your foods.

This post outlines all the flavour profiles, what each herb looks like, availability times, uses and recipes for each herb.

Onwards to tastier delicious food here!

10 essential kitchen spices

5. Essential Kitchen Spices

Right next to herbs, are spices which level up your cooking abilities and skills to a new level. Enhancing flavours in both savoury and sweet items.

Learn all about what spices are, what they do, their flavour profiles, tips and recipes to make the most of them!

On to the spices!

7 Things I Learned Studying Culinary | The Culinary Letter Food Blog

6. Lessons from Culinary School

7 of the most useful things I learned from first-hand experience attending cooking school. Featuring tips that you can implement in your routines and kitchens for a more efficient operation!

Admit one to the behind the scenes pass! (click here for the details)

Things I learned studying culinary part 2 | The Culinary Letter food blog

7. Even more Lessons from Culinary School

All good things come with sequels and this is no different!

Part two of all the things I learned in culinary school covers even more practical lessons, hacks, tips and tricks to implement in your home kitchens or beyond!

Read up all those details here!

7 Photos bordering the text for each step for this baking tips and tricks post. The photo in the top corner is of a beechwood spoon on a green porcelain bowl. A glass milk jug is placed on the right and a light white material is place in front of it. The second picture is of marshmallows cut out into star, heart and cloud shapes. The photo on the top right corner is a whisk sitting upright with a peak of stiff peach on the top of it. On the middle row on the left is an image of divided dough mixture next to a metal dough scraper. The bottom left is a picture of a tin lined with a cut circle of baking paper with some scissors lying next to it on the right side. The image in the bottom centre is an assortment of whisks lying next to each other with a metal stand mixer bowl behind them. And last is the bottom right corner is a picture of 3 different sized mixing bowls.

8. Baking Tips and Tricks

Helpful pointers for when you’re working on all those sweet treats!

Covering information from the types of vanilla products to making your cake liners.

Click here to level up your baking game!

That concludes this roundup of useful kitchen resources to upgrade your culinary skills! What skills will you be developing in the year to come?

Let me know in the comments below…

Until next time, stay curious!

Laura Young | The Culinary Letter food blog

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