If you’re learning to cook, buy yourself a good set of chef’s knives and a reliable cookware set. When you’re ready to turn yourself into a great cook or baker, invest in a food scale. A food scale is ...

Using a scale can be beneficial to you in the kitchen. It ensures that you always have a correct volumetric measurement for ingredients. You may have noticed that Ive started including weight measures ...

While some people don’t use kitchen scales as they they have full confidence in their estimating skills for ingredients when cooking, smart food scales are an entirely different thing. In addition to ...

Allie has been Lifehacker’s Food Writer since 2021. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Ithaca College in drama and studied at the Institute of Culinary Education to earn her diploma in Pastry and ...