改善家庭烹饪的4个步骤
改善家庭烹饪的4个步骤
Take your homemade meals to the next level with some surprisingly simple concepts.
用一些令人惊讶的简单概念让你的自制饭菜更上一层楼。
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.
如果你会做饭，那你的生活就很好了。你不仅能控制自己的饮食，还能更有效地预算，按季节吃饭，提前安排饭菜，轻松娱乐。但是烹饪不仅仅是把互补的食材和快速切洋葱结合在一起。根据你的兴趣，有一些关键的方法可以提高你的厨艺，并使它达到一个新的水平。
©. K Martinko
#1: Practice
实践
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，你就会做得越好。要成为一名出色的厨师，你必须一次又一次地准备食物。不一定要用同样的食谱;每天在家做饭会让你成为一个更好的厨师。不管食谱有多详细，或者食谱的作者已经试过多少次了，你要意识到，结果是无法保证的;你也不会每次都得到同样的结果。
#2: Keep it simple
保持简单
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.
人们太沉迷于在美食节目和杂志上看到的新奇玩意儿了。做好吃的食物不需要太复杂。用你现有的东西就可以——只要它包括一把锋利的厨师刀和一把锋利的削皮刀。有了这两种工具在手，你就能轻松地准备大部分菜肴了。
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.
同样的规则也适用于晚宴计划。如果简单的意大利面酱和沙拉就能达到这个目的，那就不要为一顿烤肉配蔬菜晚餐而紧张。
#3: Get feedback
得到反馈
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.
问问你的家人和朋友，他们觉得你做的食物怎么样。问问你自己，有什么是你可以做得不一样的，一道菜如果你改变或替换原料会变成什么样子，以及你是否想要尝试下一次。
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.
做笔记。用铅笔把这些想法和意见直接写在你的烹饪书里(这也是为什么我更喜欢从我收藏的最爱的书中烹饪而不是在网上)。在胜利的后面加上星星，或者在糟糕的旁边加上X。当你几周或几个月后再来找他们的时候，这些参考资料会非常有用。
#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《旧金山美食》上的一篇精彩文章中，专业厨师莫莉·沃森认为，在厨房里保持冷静、细心和镇定是做好食物的必要要素。在多年的教学生涯中，她遇到过一些人，他们极度害怕自己会因为缺乏一项特殊技能而毁掉一道菜。家庭厨师需要放松，而不是压力，并学会享受自己在厨房。
