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Mushroom dumplings with curry oil from Tony Tan’s new book.

DIY dumplings aren’t as difficult as you think. Cooking teacher Tony Tan shows you how

Dumplings are an activity as much as they are a food. So gather the crew and get wrapping – it doesn’t matter if the sizes don’t match or one is misshapen.

  • Dani Valent
The essential herbs and spices in Nagi Maehashi’s, aka RecipeTin Eats, pantry.

The 13 secret herbs and spices RecipeTin Eats cannot live without

Queen of the everyday dinner, Nagi Maehashi, shares her no-fail tips to make your cooking sizzle.

  • Nina Rousseau
Julia Busuttil Nishimura.

‘Your cooking will be better for it, I promise’: Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s five essential tips

Including the kitchen tools she can’t do without, and the essential ingredients she always has in her pantry.

  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Stand firmly in one spot, and hold your kitchen utensils with confidence.

‘Start with the hips’: Six cooking tips to boost your confidence in the kitchen

Can’t stand the heat? If you’ve never really sauteed onions or seared a steak, let’s go back to basics.

  • Kristen Hartke
Yotam Ottolenghi spends plenty of time experimenting in the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen in London.

‘It’s the one ingredient I could never live without’: Yotam Ottolenghi’s essential kitchen wisdom

Keep these tips in your back pocket, and let them help you cook with confidence.

  • Yotam Ottolenghi
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Adam Liaw recipe: Chicken parmigiana.

Adam Liaw’s step-by-step guide to making the perfect chicken parmigiana at home

You won’t find it in Italy. But in Australia, the popular pub meal is vying for national dish status, whether you call it parma or parmi.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Step 9. Cut each log into 1.5cm pieces.

Top Melbourne chef shares the crucial secret behind his cloud-like gnocchi

Tipo 00’s Andreas Papadakis is one of Australia’s greatest pasta makers. He shares his step-by-step guide.

  • Andreas Papadakis
Canned tomato soup is elevated to new heights in this version, served inside a garlic-buttered cob loaf.

Five ways to magic a meal from a can of tomato soup (starring this garlic-bread cobb loaf bowl)

Give a humble, cost-effective can a bit of juju with these ideas from Katrina Meynink.

  • Katrina Meynink
Alice Zaslavsky suggests using a bill-splitting app or appointing a Designated Dave to pay.

But I didn’t even drink! How to fairly split the bill without the side serving of awkwardness

Forget fighting over who drank what and whose turn it is to pay. Follow these tips for friends with differing budgets to dine together without friction.

  • Alice Zaslavsky
Korean fried chicken.

RecipeTin Eats cracks the secret to making the greatest Korean fried chicken she has ever tried

It took a chef trained in top-level kitchens to create perfectly juicy, “mind-blowingly” crunchy chicken. These are his secrets.

  • RecipeTin Eats