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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.
Questions about cooking by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven.
2378 questions
Questions on handling, preparing, and storing food in ways that prevent foodborne illness.
2086 questions
Questions about possible substitutions for an ingredient. Please indicate the reason for substitution.
1370 questions
Questions about kneading, baking, storing, and culinary use of any kind of bread.
1239 questions
Questions on selecting, maintaining, and using cooking tools and equipment.
1180 questions
Questions about handling, preparing, or cooking chicken, either whole or parts.
735 questions
Questions about the flesh of an animal (especially mammal) used as food.
673 questions
Questions about eggs and egg based foods, or egg substitutions in recipes.
665 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,…
625 questions
Questions about preparing or baking cakes, defined as chemically or mechanically (using eggs) leavened flour batter.
618 questions
A separately-prepared cooking liquid or condiment served with other food.
608 questions
Questions about how to store food so as to preserve its freshness and overall quality.
597 questions
Methods, techniques, and quality/safety concerns around the freezing of various foods.
508 questions
Flour and a liquid mixed together to form a thick, malleable substance.
493 questions
All about the scientific theories behind food. Cooking myths debunked here.
493 questions
For questions about chocolate as an ingredient. Also includes questions about the use of other cocoa-based products and questions about chocolate drinks.
466 questions
Questions about selecting, operating, and maintaining conventional and convection ovens.
464 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…
462 questions
Questions specifically about the expected shelf life of a food item.
443 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…
440 questions
Questions about the identification, use, storage, and sometimes production of cheese.
438 questions
A direct-heat cooking method using oil, butter, or other fat.
402 questions
Questions about LONG-TERM food storage such as canning, pickling, freezing, and drying.
402 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 …
397 questions
Questions about the make, manufacture, preparation, and cooking of all types of pasta, including traditional durum wheat, whole wheat, and gluten-free.
393 questions
Questions about sugar or substitutions for it for culinary purposes.
393 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.
390 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…
388 questions
For questions about animals that live under water, whether fresh water or salt water.
382 questions
Questions on rice. Please be specific; different rice cooks differently.
364 questions
Culinary use of spices, defined as the edible but non-leafy parts of certain plants.
355 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.
354 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…
351 questions
Questions should be about flour (wheat or any other kind) uses, storage, etc.
336 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.
331 questions
