Steaming, poaching, simmering, and boiling — both novice and experienced home cooks frequently find these terms confusing. All of them refer to cooking food using heated water, but at different ...

No need to cover up a smell when you can neutralize it. We’ve written in the past about how a bowl of vinegar can deodorize a room, but the same advice can be expanded to an entire house with slightly ...

It doesn’t matter, unless you are trying to evaporate a portion of the water. A rapid boil is a big waste of energy. In fact, it would be best to maintain the pot at 100°C without any simmering. There ...