Open Kitchen Discussion: What cooking or baking skill do you want to learn next?

After spending the past two months in Louisiana I spent some time this week learning how to make a really good dark roux. It’s a simple thing, a roux. Just flour and oil, cooked low and slow until the Maillard reaction transforms it into a rich base that is the foundation of Louisiana’s most famous dishes.

In all my years of cooking, I’d never made a proper southern roux and now it’s another tool in my toolbox.

I used my new dark roux skills to make a Louisiana classic - Chicken and Sausage gumbo!

This is one of the things I love the most about cooking and baking. No matter how long you do it, there is always something new to learn. So that’s this week’s question…

What cooking or baking skill do you most want to learn? Maybe it’s something super complicated or maybe it’s something simple, like learning to make a good southern roux. Either way, what do you want to learn next?