Category: Takeaways
Prepare more nutritious meals
Master simple cooking techniques
Transport yourself to the Caribbean and make Kwame and Jewel’s favorite rum-based libation.
Discover how to properly sear, braise, and stew oxtails, just don’t crowd the pan.
Soaking Beans
Soak dried beans overnight for tender, never tough, skins. Simmer with aromatics for extra flavor. The result? A plump bean bursting from It’s skin.
Oxtails with Rice & Peas
Learn Kwame’s secrets to making the sumptuous and savory Jamaican classic.
Jerk Brine
Infuse with the foundational flavors of Jamaican cookery: allspice berries, thyme, scallions, and Scotch bonnet chiles.
Stew red and pigeon peas on a low heat with salted meat to develop and layer rich flavors of this smokey and unctuous broth.
Stew Peas & White Rice
Make a huge pot of this ‘magic liquid’ for the whole family to taste the love.
Build a sweet and tangy barbecue sauce, perfect for jerk chicken and so much more.
Fish Marinade
Impart flavor in every nook and cranny of the fish with all-purpose seasoning and marinating.
Jerk Chicken
Make Jamaica’s most famous dish, known for It’s intense depth of smokiness, heat, spice, and flavor.
A staple of the Caribbean, Ackee is a fruit with vegetable like qualities. Learn how to handle, prep and cook it fresh – or from a can.
Escovitch Sauce
Prepare a deeply flavorful pickled dressing that brings acidity and spice to the fried fish.
These tasty and spicy shrimp bites are great as a crowd-pleasing appetizer, side, or snack.
Marinating Chicken
Once you make this chicken marinade, you’ll want to use it for all of your dishes.
Shallow-Frying
Kwame breaks down how to shallow fry fish so that it comes out perfectly crispy every time.
Ackee & Saltfish
Kwame teaches how to make reminds him of comfort and heritage. “This Jamaica’s pride on a plate,” Kwame says.
Master this addictive spicy pepper shrimp sauce that’s so good, you’ll want to make again and again.
Curried Goat
The beating heart of Jamaican cuisine. Serve this nourishing island braise with potatoes.
Frying Potatoes
Make Kwame’s GBD potatoes with green seasoning, a recipe you’ll need in your cooking repertoire.
Maintain a positive attitude in the kitchen and connect with your cooking in a mindful way.
Techniques
Looking for the secret of how to get your food to taste better than everyone else’s? Kwame shows you how with his stock recipes.
Patty Dough
Your patty dough will come out golden and ultra flaky, mostly thanks to the chilled butter cubes.
Meat Filling
Stuff the quintessential hand-held Jamaican pie with jerk paste, all-purpose seasoning, and curry powder.
Coco Bread
Knead, fold, and bake fluffy, buttery coco bread, which uses coconut milk to impart a tropical flavor.
Cooking Fundamentals
Kwame breaks down how he makes stocks — and how they are the building blocks of flavor and cuisine.
Marinating Oxtails
Douse every inch of the oxtails in this aromatic marinade highlighting fundamental every day Jamaican ingredients.
Did you know replacing stock for water will be a total game changer for your cooking? Once you start using stock, you’ll never go back.
Marinating Goat
Kwame marinates goat for 24 hours in curry powder, marination, garlic, ginger, and all purpose seasoning. you’ll need some time, but it’s well worth it.
Easy to Make
Learn how to quickly sauté shrimp in just a few minutes for this vibrant dish that transcends It’s simple ingredients.
Learn how to make paneer, India’s fresh cheese, at home.
Knife Skills
Size matters. Cut celery and green onions on the bias for a more elegant shape. Cut across for a more rustic, ordinary shape.
Make a well of flour and crack eggs inside with olive oil. Watch closely and you’ll make pasta just like an Italian nonna.
Tagliatelle
Learn the right ratio to make the most wonderful tagliatelle. All you’ll need is flour, salt, olive oil, and eggs.
Join Nancy inside her favorite kitchen in Panicale, Italy where she learns to make traditional tagliatelle from the world’s foremost pasta authorities: two Italian nonnas!
Basil Pesto
Make a basil pesto using the freshest herbs possible. Pound pine nuts, lemon zest, parm, and basil with a mortar and pestle.
Party Prep
Learn how to prepare for a dinner party like creating checklists and setting deadlines. The hostest with the most will teach you all her tricks.
Caramelized Apples
Peel, chop, sautée, and caramelize an extraordinary amount of apples. Pack it all in a delicious pie.
Make a cascade of contorni that highlights the season’s freshest ingredients including: roasted tomatoes; cauliflower; baked cabbage; and onions with sage and vinegar.
Learn the virtue of patience and waiting when baking because sometimes a great product takes time to make.
Each pie bursts with a heaping cupful of sautéed apples. Nancy loves to top each pie with a big mound of vanilla gelato, and so should you.
Quarter onions and slice through the root so it stays intact. Even slices not only look better, it will prevent uneven cooking, too.
Peperonata with Passata di Pomodoro
Put a creative spin on the Italian classic by roasting the entire dish in the oven to achieve a richer, more deeply caramelized flavor profile.
Searing Veggies
Learn cooking fundamentals like how to sear and caramelize. Apply this technique to all sorts of vegetables.
Kingston, Jamaica
Travel to Kwame’s home in Jamaica as you take a culinary adventure to uncover his story
Inspirational
Go on an inspiring journey to the chefs home and city, to uncover their influences and get inspired to start cooking
Documentary
Discover the stories behind the chef and his food as you immerse yourself in the chef’s backstory before diving into the lessons
Kolkata, India
Travel to Asma’s home in Kolkata as you take a culinary adventure to uncover his story
Inspirational
Go on an inspiring journey to the chefs home and city, to uncover their influences and get inspired to start cooking
Documentary
Discover the stories behind the chef and his food as you immerse yourself in the chef’s backstory before diving into the lessons
Julienning
Make eggs extra indulgent and load them with two of life’s gifts: pork and fried shoestring potatoes.
Patagonia, Argentina
Travel to Francis’s home in Patagonia as you take a culinary adventure to uncover his story
Inspirational
Go on an inspiring journey to the chefs home and city, to uncover their influences and get inspired to start cooking
Tel Aviv, Israel
Travel to Erez’s home in Israel as you take a culinary adventure to uncover his story
Documentary
Discover the stories behind the chef and her food as you immerse yourself in the chef’s backstory before diving into the lessons
Inspirational
Go on an inspiring journey to the chefs home and city, to uncover their influences and get inspired to start cooking
Documentary
Discover the stories behind the chef and his food as you immerse yourself in the chef’s backstory before diving into the lessons
Panzano, Italy
Travel to Dario’s shop in Panzano as you take a culinary adventure to uncover his story
Inspirational
Go on an inspiring journey to the chefs home and city, to uncover their influences and get inspired to start cooking
Documentary
Discover the stories behind the chef and his food as you immerse yourself in the chef’s backstory before diving into the lessons
Italy & California
Travel to Nancy’s homes in California and Panicale as you take a culinary adventure to uncover his story
Inspirational
Go on an inspiring journey to the chefs home and city, to uncover their influences and get inspired to start cooking
Documentary
Discover the stories behind the chef and her food as you immerse yourself in the chef’s backstory before diving into the lessons
Louisville, Kentucky
Travel to Edward’s home in Louisville as you take a culinary adventure to uncover his story
Inspirational
Go on an inspiring journey to the chefs home and city, to uncover their influences and get inspired to start cooking
Documentary
Discover the stories behind the chef and his food as you immerse yourself in the chef’s backstory before diving into the lessons
Jamaican Breakfast
Sautée the fruit with vegetables for an egg-like consistency and briny flavor.
All Levels Welcome
Asma teaches over 25 recipes for cooks of all skill levels. She makes it easy for you to follow them step-by-step and to find success. No matter how much culinary experience you have, Asma will help you make the kitchen your playground!
All Levels Welcome
Francis teaches over 40 recipes for all levels of cooks, step-by-step, and easy to follow.
Repurposing leftovers is a great skill. Learn how to turn leftover country ham into a flavor-packed salt.
Compound Butter
Seasoned butter is one of the most versatile things to keep on hand, especially when seasoned with Korean barbecue flavors.
Aloo Gobi Filling
Stuff this delectable Bengali-style spiced cauliflower, potato, and peanut mash inside your samosas, or prepare it as a scrumptious side dish.
Transform how you make eggplant dip and char the eggplant directly in the flame for a smokey – not burnt – flavor.
Infusing Saffron
Infuse saffron in milk and bring sweet, floral, and earthy flavors to the traditional dessert.
Julienning
Use this julienne peeler that will be a total game changer. Quickly and easily peel green papaya in perfect julienne strips.
Sweetbreads are grilled low and slow until the texture becomes crunchy on the outside and tender within.
Bengali-Style Rice
Feed your family Bengali-style boiled rice, one of the healthiest ways to eat rice.
Saffron Sandesh
There are many different types of sandesh, but Asma likes to infuse it with saffron to attain a nuanced floral complexity.
Want to know why this tortilla is better than the rest? It calls for three different types of onions, cooked with the potatoes in olive oil until soft and sweet.
Filleting Fish
Learn the technique for fillet a trout. Detach the flesh from the bones while keeping the fish intact.
Emulate grilling the Mallmann way and attempt his signature hang-roasting technique over an open fire.
Mustard Vinaigrette
Put a spin on potato salad by dressing it in a tangy mustard vinaigrette. Also great on salad or grilled vegetables.
Caramelization
Slow cook carrots in cream for the ultimate sweet honey-like texture. You’ve never tasted carrots quite like these.
Join Francis on a nature walk. Whip up a no-fuss Gaucho inspired lunch: skirt steak and burnt bread sandwich.
Tempering Spices
Infuse oil with masala spices like cassia bark, cloves, cardamom pods, bay leaves. Wait for the clove to pop and you’ll know your oil is ready.
Basmati Rice
Follow Asma’s tips and your rice will never be mushy again. Learn the simplest cooking method and traditional presentation of basmati rice.
This version of chupín, a fish stew found near lagoons, rivers, and fishermen’s towns, features fresh Patagonian trout.
Cheesemaking
Become a cheesemaker at home and learn how to make fresh cheese with just two everyday ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen.
Tortilla Española
A Spanish-themed egg dish that is perfect for Sunday brunch, weekday lunch, or if you’re cooking for a crowd.
Salt-Crusted Trout
Bake the trout inside a salt crust for a wonderful flaky texture. Serve just with olive oil and salt to respect the pure fish flavor.
What’s better than homemade flatbread? Bread fried in ghee, or clarified butter. It’s buttery, it’s crispy, it’s flakey, it’s delicious.
Uncover the technique of charring citrus and taste how the inherent flavor of the fruit is amplified in each bite.
Masala 101
Listen closely as Asma reveals her secret tips on making the ultimate homemade garam masala spice blend.
Railway Curry
Balance the spiced mutton with creamy coconut milk and potatoes. A nourishing recipe for any night of the week that your family will love.