Countless recipes starts with heating oil in a pan. It's the workhouse ingredient that helps soften onions, develop a deep brown crust on your steaks, and create nonstick surfaces on your pans. There ...

The choice of oils to cook with can be overwhelming. Here is what to use for frying, drizzling and general cooking.

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Avocado oil or olive oil for frying chicken? A professional chef explains how to choose the right cooking oil for your meal.

I’ll be honest: until recently, I had a fairly laissez-faire attitude to cooking oils. For the most part, I would just reach for the closest bottle and say, “yeah, that will do”. Well, it turns out ...

Cooking oil is a kitchen staple. It can help prevent sticking, sear meat or vegetables to perfection, moisten a cake, dress a salad and so much more. At the grocery store, you'll find an endless array ...