Culinary Experts Recommendbr These Helpful Cooking Tips.br If you’re one of the many people that tookbr up cooking as a pandemic-hobby, you know howbr advanced some recipes and techniques can seem.br Thankfully, there’s a plethora of tips available to makebr your time spent in the kitchen much more enjoyable. .br Here are 10 helpful tips that are taught in culinarybr school, as shared by professional chefs. .br 1. Make sure youbr are keeping yourbr knives sharp.br 2. Dry your meat and fish before cooking.br 3. Brine meat before cooking to add flavor.br 4. Use a doughbr scraper, not a knife,br to scrape food off ofbr your cutting board.br 5. Add baking soda to your tomatobr sauce to lower its acidity. .br 6. Always preheat your oven,br grill, stove and skillet.br 7. Put an avocado in a paper bag with abr banana to speed up the ripening process.br 8. Don’t overheat your oils,br as it can ruin the flavor.br 9. Don’t wastebr your food scrapsbr — use them tobr make soup stock. .br 10. Rescue over-br salted foods withbr butter, lemon juice,br vinegar or water.