Measuring ingredients for recipes is the most fundamental cooking basic to master as a new cook or when teaching someone how to cook. It’s really all about the measuring tools. The golden rule of ...

I cook a lot, which means I use measuring cups a lot (well, I suppose that doesn't necessarily follow, but as I like to say I'm not a chef, I'm a really excellent line cook). Sometimes I need to cut a ...

This has been a banner year for baking Christmas cookies in my household. In addition to shipping several dozen to the troops overseas, I've also given some to our base holiday cookie drive, which are ...

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 ...