Busting The Most Common Kitchen Myths

Do you do something religiously in the kitchen just because your mother told you to? Salting the pasta water to make it boil faster, storing coffee in the freezer to extend its life span, or searing a steak for juicier meat are all tips we've picked up over the years for how to be a better cook, but the truth is that some of these tips are actually just myths.

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Enter Angela McKeller, award-winning recipe writer and author of Gluten-Free Made Easy as 1, 2, 3: Essentials for Living a Gluten-Free Life, whose years of experience in the kitchen have taught her what to believe and what not to believe. McKeller has some surprising facts about certain rules that we've been living by in the kitchen, and she walks us through the most common ones and spells out the truth behind them.

Think you're destroying your mushrooms when you give them a quick rinse under the faucet? Think again. Want to know the truth behind adding marbles to milk or heavy cream? We'll tell you. Some of the most well-known kitchen myths may not be as truthful as you've been led to believe, and McKeller puts all of your doubts to rest. We hope you join us in our myth-busting brigade.

Anne Dolce is the Cook editor at The Daily Meal. Follow her on Twitter @anniecdolce