Cooking guides
Practical answers to the measuring, mixing and baking questions that come up mid-recipe.
How to halve a recipe with one egg
Divide the egg by weight and keep the rest of a small-batch bake in proportion.
Measure before or after chopping? Read the ingredient line
A comma can change when a cup of nuts, herbs or vegetables goes into the measure.
Read baker’s percentages without guessing the flour weight
Use flour as the reference to resize a simple dough and read its hydration.