The recipe you’re following calls for 1 cup of all-purpose flour. Does it really matter how you measure it or which measuring cup you grab out of your kitchen cabinet? Actually, yes. And the vegetable ...

Every home baker worth their salt probably knows liquid measuring cups and dry measuring cups are not the same, but not everyone has the same depth of experience. What's more, even those with ...

In terms of precision, cooking is a spectrum. There are instances where eyeballing is sufficient—like deglazing the pan with roughly half a cup of wine—and there are instances where accurate ...

When you’re cooking dinner, it’s usually fine to just eyeball it with regard to measurements. But certain baking recipes are just so sensitive. Measuring your ingredients correctly can make or break ...

Accurately measuring ingredients for baking is one of the most important factors in baking, as even a small deviation can have a big impact on the final baked product. While other recipes may allow ...

I get it. Kitchens are small and budgets smaller. It would be easy to say a measuring cup is a measuring cup is a measuring cup. Is it really necessary to have ...

You've probably heard of the old adage that baking is a science and cooking is an art. Though in many ways both require technical precision and creative flair, ultimately for a cake or pastry to turn ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Every week, Test Kitchen director Donna Deane and I receive e-mails from ...