Not necessarily but you should taste it before serving, even though you don't like that dish. If you're going to cook something for someone else. Its supposed you know how it should taste. read more
Since I’m doing so many recipes, and they need different cooking times, I usually start with the recipes that take the longest to cook, or to cool down, and work my way to the quicker ones, or the ones that don’t require any cooking, like salads. I try to do related prep tasks together, like chopping garlic and parsley in batches, the way a restaurant chef would do his mise en place. read more