Winter Cooking — A Working Chef's Guides
Cold weather changes what you reach for in the kitchen. Braises take over. Citrus shows up. Roots and squashes do the heavy lifting. The chef behind NowCook leans into this season — here are the guides built around it.
Winter ingredients to cook with
Winter’s pantry rewards patience. Chicken braises into shreds for soup, lentils carry a stew, butter finishes everything else.
Techniques that suit winter cooking
- Sear meat properly in winter
- Deglaze a pan in winter
- Temper eggs in winter
- Bloom spices in winter
- Make a pan sauce in winter
- Build a flavor base mirepoix sofrito trinity in winter
Cook into the season.
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