Spend enough time in a professional kitchen and you pick up plenty of MacGyver-like skills and tricks that can come in handy in all sorts of situations — techniques you only learn when you’re on an ...

Note: This recipe requires a kitchen scale, xanthan gum and an iSi siphon. Xanthan gum can generally be found at health food stores and cooking supply stores. ISi siphons can generally be found at ...

Foams may seem passé, an overused chef trick. But their airy consistency can help make a good dish great. Consider the blue-cheese foam here, made by loading a homemade blue-cheese dressing into a ...

In a bowl, whisk 3/4 cup of the all-purpose flour with the rice flour, 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt and the baking soda. Whisk in the beer and vodka until the batter is very smooth. Strain the batter, then ...

Our top pick is the iSi Gourmet Whip 1-Pint. The iSi Gourmet Whip was well-made and produced lovely, well-aerated results. We also found a solid affordable option from Octandra that performed very ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. This week’s introductory Master Class series, featuring recipes and ...

Sabayon is a foamy dessert that typically has to be made just moments before serving—if left to stand for too long, it deflates. With the help of a siphon, you can make the sabayon hours in advance, ...

Whipping siphons tools that seem best for fancy restaurant chefs. I appreciate everything you can do with them, but I’m not topping my weeknight dinner with a smoked salmon espuma. I’m interested in ...