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Questions about cooking by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven.
2440 questions
Our community answers question on food safety as defined by official regulations. Questions and answers that contradict that view, are considered off-topic.
2160 questions
Questions about possible substitutions for an ingredient. Please indicate the reason for substitution.
1403 questions
Questions about kneading, baking, storing, and culinary use of any kind of bread.
1278 questions
Questions on selecting, maintaining, and using cooking tools and equipment.
1218 questions
Questions about handling, preparing, or cooking chicken, either whole or parts.
762 questions
Questions about the flesh of an animal (especially mammal) used as food.
688 questions
Questions about eggs and egg based foods, or egg substitutions in recipes.
687 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,…
648 questions
Questions about preparing or baking cakes, defined as chemically or mechanically (using eggs) leavened flour batter.
641 questions
A separately-prepared cooking liquid or condiment served with other food.
618 questions
Questions about how to store food so as to preserve its freshness and overall quality.
607 questions
Methods, techniques, and quality/safety concerns around the freezing of various foods.
524 questions
All about the scientific theories behind food. Cooking myths debunked here.
517 questions
Flour and a liquid mixed together to form a thick, malleable substance.
510 questions
Questions about selecting, operating, and maintaining conventional and convection ovens.
485 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…
483 questions
For questions about chocolate as an ingredient. Also includes questions about the use of other cocoa-based products and questions about chocolate drinks.
469 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…
452 questions
Questions specifically about the expected shelf life of a food item.
449 questions
Questions about the identification, use, storage, and sometimes production of cheese.
448 questions
Questions about LONG-TERM food storage such as canning, pickling, freezing, and drying.
423 questions
A direct-heat cooking method using oil, butter, or other fat.
417 questions
Questions about the make, manufacture, preparation, and cooking of all types of pasta, including traditional durum wheat, whole wheat, and gluten-free.
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 …
400 questions
Questions about sugar or substitutions for it for culinary purposes.
399 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…
397 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.
395 questions
For questions about animals that live under water, whether fresh water or salt water.
392 questions
Questions on rice. Please be specific; different rice cooks differently.
380 questions
Culinary use of spices, defined as the edible but non-leafy parts of certain plants.
368 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.
367 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…
357 questions
Questions should be about flour (wheat or any other kind) uses, storage, etc.
355 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.
346 questions