Prepping spinach and other greens—whether it’s for lasagna or to serve straight—usually involves boiling or blanching them in a pot of boiling water. This method from America’s Test Kitchen brings the ...

Blanching simply means to quickly boil foods (typically vegetables, fruits, or nuts) without fully cooking them. The blanched foods are then placed in a bowl of ice water for shocking (another cooking ...

Not knowing how to boil water is the standard shorthand for culinary incompetence. There are, in fact, important lessons to learn from blanching, a basic technique that lies only one ingredient and ...