Tags
A tag is a keyword or label that categorizes your question with other, similar questions. Using the right tags makes it easier for others to find and answer your question.
baking× 1964
Questions about cooking by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven.
food-safety× 1662
Questions on handling, preparing, and storing food in ways that prevent foodborne illness.
substitutions× 1176
Questions about possible substitutions for an ingredient. Please indicate the reason for substitution.
storage-method× 532
Questions about how to store food so as to preserve its freshness and overall quality.
cake× 521
Questions about preparing or baking cakes, defined as chemically or mechanically (using eggs) leavened flour batter.
flavor× 517
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,…
freezing× 439
Methods, techniques, and quality/safety concerns around the freezing of various foods.
chocolate× 396
For questions about chocolate as an ingredient. Also includes questions about the use of other cocoa-based products and questions about chocolate drinks.
temperature× 394
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…
oil× 373
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…
cookies× 339
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.
pasta× 335
Questions about the make, manufacture, preparation, and cooking of all types of pasta, including traditional durum wheat, whole wheat, and gluten-free.
beef× 324
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 …
coffee× 320
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…
fruit× 315
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.
food-preservation× 313
Questions about LONG-TERM food storage such as canning, pickling, freezing, and drying.
cleaning× 304
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…
soup× 294
a dish obtaining most of its flavor from a liquid created by extracting flavor from solids such as meat and vegetables.
