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Mar 2025
43m 17s

Back to Basics: The Cooking Mindset

Bon Appétit
About this episode
Welcome to Back to Basics Week! All week, Chris and his Bon Appétit colleagues are answering listener questions about the fundamentals of cooking, to help level you up as a home cook. In this final installment, Chris and Shilpa talk about the intangibles of cooking— how to get into the right mindset, manage your time efficiently, and course correct when something goes wrong. They also answer a grab bag of sliiightly more advanced questions to help listeners with everything from salt to the perfect batch of pancakes. Recipes & Links: BA's Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Lazy Day Pancakes
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