改善家庭烹飪的4個(gè)步驟

改善家庭烹飪的4個(gè)步驟

Take your homemade meals to the next level with some surprisingly simple concepts.

用一些令人驚訝的簡單概念讓你的自制飯菜更上一層樓。

If you know how to cook, then you’re set for life. Not only will you have control over your diet, but you’ll be able to budget more effectively, eat seasonally, organize meals in advance, and entertain with ease. But there’s more to cooking than just combining complementary ingredients and chopping onions quickly. Depending on your interest, there are some key ways in which to improve your cooking and take it to the next level.

如果你會(huì)做飯，那你的生活就很好了。你不僅能控制自己的飲食，還能更有效地預(yù)算，按季節(jié)吃飯，提前安排飯菜，輕松娛樂。但是烹飪不僅僅是把互補(bǔ)的食材和快速切洋蔥結(jié)合在一起。根據(jù)你的興趣，有一些關(guān)鍵的方法可以提高你的廚藝，并使它達(dá)到一個(gè)新的水平。

©. K Martinko

#1: Practice

實(shí)踐

The more you do it, the better you’ll get. To become a great cook, you have to prepare food over and over and over again. It doesn’t have to be the same recipe necessarily; simply cooking food every day will make you a better chef at home.No matter how detailed a recipe may be, or how many times it’s been tested by the cookbook author, realize that the outcome is never guaranteed; nor will you get the same result each time.

你做得越多，你就會(huì)做得越好。要成為一名出色的廚師，你必須一次又一次地準(zhǔn)備食物。不一定要用同樣的食譜;每天在家做飯會(huì)讓你成為一個(gè)更好的廚師。不管食譜有多詳細(xì)，或者食譜的作者已經(jīng)試過多少次了，你要意識(shí)到，結(jié)果是無法保證的;你也不會(huì)每次都得到同樣的結(jié)果。

#2: Keep it simple

保持簡單

People get far too caught up in the fancy gadgets they see on food shows and in magazines. You don’t need much to make great food. Work with what you have – as long as it includes a sharp chef’s knife and a sharp paring knife. With those two tools in hand, you’ll be able to prepare most dishes easily.

人們太沉迷于在美食節(jié)目和雜志上看到的新奇玩意兒了。做好吃的食物不需要太復(fù)雜。用你現(xiàn)有的東西就可以——只要它包括一把鋒利的廚師刀和一把鋒利的削皮刀。有了這兩種工具在手，你就能輕松地準(zhǔn)備大部分菜肴了。

The same rule applies to dinner party plans. Don't stress out about a roast meat dinner with vegetables sides if a simple pasta sauce and salad can do the trick.

同樣的規(guī)則也適用于晚宴計(jì)劃。如果簡單的意大利面醬和沙拉就能達(dá)到這個(gè)目的，那就不要為一頓烤肉配蔬菜晚餐而緊張。

#3: Get feedback

得到反饋

Ask your family and friends what they think of the food you’ve made. Ask yourself what you could have done differently, how a dish would have turned out if you’d tweaked or substituted ingredients, and whether you’d want to try that next time.

問問你的家人和朋友，他們覺得你做的食物怎么樣。問問你自己，有什么是你可以做得不一樣的，一道菜如果你改變或替換原料會(huì)變成什么樣子，以及你是否想要嘗試下一次。

Take notes. Use a pencil to write these ideas and thoughts directly in your cookbooks (one reason why I prefer to cook from my collection of well-loved books than online). Put stars behind the winners or X’s next to the awful ones. These references are hugely helpful weeks or months later when you come back to them.

做筆記。用鉛筆把這些想法和意見直接寫在你的烹飪書里(這也是為什么我更喜歡從我收藏的最愛的書中烹飪而不是在網(wǎng)上)。在勝利的后面加上星星，或者在糟糕的旁邊加上X。當(dāng)你幾周或幾個(gè)月后再來找他們的時(shí)候，這些參考資料會(huì)非常有用。

#4: Relax

放松

In a wonderful article for Edible San Francisco, Molly Watson, a professional chef, come to believe that being calm, cool, and collected in the kitchen is a necessary ingredient for good food. Over years of teaching, she has encountered people who suffer from paralyzing fear that they’ll ruin a dish because they lack a special skill. Home cooks need to relax, not stress out, and learn to enjoy themselves in the kitchen.

在《舊金山美食》上的一篇精彩文章中，專業(yè)廚師莫莉·沃森認(rèn)為，在廚房里保持冷靜、細(xì)心和鎮(zhèn)定是做好食物的必要要素。在多年的教學(xué)生涯中，她遇到過一些人，他們極度害怕自己會(huì)因?yàn)槿狈σ豁?xiàng)特殊技能而毀掉一道菜。家庭廚師需要放松，而不是壓力，并學(xué)會(huì)享受自己在廚房。