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Questions about cooking by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven.
2519 questions
Our community answers question on food safety as defined by official regulations. Questions and answers that contradict that view, are considered off-topic.
2232 questions
Questions about possible substitutions for an ingredient. Please indicate the reason for substitution.
1421 questions
Questions about kneading, baking, storing, and culinary use of any kind of bread.
1293 questions
Questions on selecting, maintaining, and using cooking tools and equipment.
1241 questions
Questions about handling, preparing, or cooking chicken, either whole or parts.
771 questions
Questions about the flesh of an animal (especially mammal) used as food.
703 questions
Questions about eggs and egg based foods, or egg substitutions in recipes.
697 questions
Questions on understanding and manipulating the flavor of foods. Not for "what goes with X?" which is generally off-topic. Please don't use if the only connection is that you want better-tasting food,…
657 questions
Questions about preparing or baking cakes, defined as chemically or mechanically (using eggs) leavened flour batter.
650 questions
A separately-prepared cooking liquid or condiment served with other food.
629 questions
Questions about how to store food so as to preserve its freshness and overall quality.
611 questions
Methods, techniques, and quality/safety concerns around the freezing of various foods.
542 questions
All about the scientific theories behind food. Cooking myths debunked here.
533 questions
Flour and a liquid mixed together to form a thick, malleable substance.
522 questions
Questions about selecting, operating, and maintaining conventional and convection ovens.
497 questions
Questions about what temperature is optimal for cooking/preparing certain food or how certain temperatures can affect different types of food. Questions can also include how to best achieve/maintain a…
497 questions
For questions about chocolate as an ingredient. Also includes questions about the use of other cocoa-based products and questions about chocolate drinks.
476 questions
Fats from plant sources that are liquid at room temperature, such as olive oil, canola oil and peanut oil. Questions about the use of oils or about which oils to choose for a specific culinary purpose…
460 questions
Questions about the identification, use, storage, and sometimes production of cheese.
459 questions
Questions specifically about the expected shelf life of a food item.
451 questions
Questions about LONG-TERM food storage such as canning, pickling, freezing, and drying.
432 questions
A direct-heat cooking method using oil, butter, or other fat.
420 questions
Questions about the make, manufacture, preparation, and cooking of all types of pasta, including traditional durum wheat, whole wheat, and gluten-free.
419 questions
Questions about sugar or substitutions for it for culinary purposes.
412 questions
Beef is the meat of adult cattle (cows & bulls). Use this tag for questions about selecting, identifying, storing, preparing, replacing or cooking with beef as an ingredient. Questions about dishes …
406 questions
For questions about animals that live under water, whether fresh water or salt water.
405 questions
For questions about cleaning kitchen equipment after use. Please also tag with type of equipment you're cleaning. Do not use for food preparation (washing produce, cleaning fish, etc), just use the ta…
403 questions
Questions about preparing, baking and troubleshooting any cookies (also known as biscuits). Cookies are flat baked sweets which are usually small enough to be hand-held.
401 questions
Questions on rice. Please be specific; different rice cooks differently.
387 questions
Culinary use of spices, defined as the edible but non-leafy parts of certain plants.
375 questions
Refers to the culinary definition of fruit: a sweet and/or seed-containing part of a plant that roughly resembles a botanical fruit, even if it is not a seed-containing botanical fruit.
371 questions
Questions should be about flour (wheat or any other kind) uses, storage, etc.
363 questions
Coffee may refer to either the beverage, coffee beans, or just the flavor. See also http://coffee.stackexchange.com/, a dedicated site for coffee. Questions *purely* about coffee can be asked there, b…
358 questions
A soup is a dish obtaining most of its flavor from a liquid created by extracting flavor from solids such as meat and vegetables.
355 questions