Prep school: how to improve your kitchen skills and cooking techniques

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Machine generated contents note: Kitchen Tips -- Presents for the cook -- Cooking tips to make life better in the kitchen -- 6 essentials to make you a better cook -- Order in the kitchen? The French have an answer to cooking chaos -- Knife Skills -- Sharpening your knife skills -- Steeling yourself: Learning how to hone your knives will keep your cuts safe and true -- Learning the best cuts -- Twice the dice: Using two knives can double efficiency and minimize prep time -- Mastering the perfect diced onion -- There's another way to slice it: In which we return to the noble onion -- Tricks for tackling ripe summer fruit -- Sharpening your skills on a whole bird -- Spatchcocking makes cooking a bird quicker -- Chicken takes a romantic turn -- Orange supremes add elegant touch -- Fillet your way to dinner: Butterflying a whole fish puts you in control of your food and saves money -- More than one way to chop a nut -- Preparation and Cooking Techniques.;"A collection of articles from the Chicago Tribune column of the same name describing and illustrating cooking techniques and advice"-- Machine generated contents note: Kitchen Tips -- Presents for the cook -- Cooking tips to make life better in the kitchen -- 6 essentials to make you a better cook -- Order in the kitchen? The French have an answer to cooking chaos -- Knife Skills -- Sharpening your knife skills -- Steeling yourself: Learning how to hone your knives will keep your cuts safe and true -- Learning the best cuts -- Twice the dice: Using two knives can double efficiency and minimize prep time -- Mastering the perfect diced onion -- There's another way to slice it: In which we return to the noble onion -- Tricks for tackling ripe summer fruit -- Sharpening your skills on a whole bird -- Spatchcocking makes cooking a bird quicker -- Chicken takes a romantic turn -- Orange supremes add elegant touch -- Fillet your way to dinner: Butterflying a whole fish puts you in control of your food and saves money -- More than one way to chop a nut -- Preparation and Cooking Techniques.