This delicious and easy pesto chicken recipe is perfect for a quick weeknight dinner or a weekend feast.| Jessica Gavin
The Maillard reaction is responsible for developing colors and flavors. It makes food taste better! Learn the science behind this essential chemical reaction and how it applies to cooking. The Maillard reaction-- you want it to happen when cooking, and here's why. This highly desired culinary process creates hundreds of new flavor and aroma compounds with the application of heat. The chemical reaction is the visible color change to a stunning golden brown hue on the surface of foods. The res...| Jessica Gavin
Homemade garlic bread recipe with a simple three-ingredient spread. Crushed cloves of roasted garlic give the bread a slightly caramelized and savory flavor. It’s a crispy side to serve with any feast! Who doesn’t love hot, buttery pieces of tender bread with a savory garlic spread on top? Whenever I set a basket of garlic bread on the table at our house, it disappears fast! This recipe is a family favorite and was inspired by my mom Janet. With a family of five to feed, she always made i...| Jessica Gavin
Learn how to mince garlic cloves with this easy step-by-step guide. I’ll show you the simple technique of peeling and breaking them down into a fine consistency for a variety of uses. Mincing garlic into fine, uniform pieces maximizes its surface area, allowing for even distribution and infusion of flavor in the dish. Rupturing garlic cell walls releases an amino acid that reacts with alliinase to produce allicin, which gives garlic its characteristic bite and odor. Mince garlic right befor...| Jessica Gavin