• To peel garlic pods easily, dip them in boiling water during 10 seconds.

• To peel tomatoes or peaches, make a little cross at bottom thanks to the point of a knife, take off the peduncle and dip them in boiling water for 30 seconds, then refresh them in cold water.

• To bring out shine a sauce (rabbit stew, casserole of beeef, wine sauce…) build in at the end of the preparation, a square of black chocolate.

• To take back a mayonnaise fallen down, add a spoon of boiling hot water.

• To take back a hot sauce (Béarnaise, hollandaise sauce) build in a spoon of cold water.

• To take off the bitterness of a reduction of red wine or white wine, It is necessary blazing wine as soon as it is boiling and let reduce.

• For a sweet cake, when you line a pan (butter+flour) flour can be replaced by granulated sugar.