In 2011 chef Alexandre Viriot was opening a hotel for decorated French chef Alain Ducasse in St. Petersburg, Russia. “I was trying to sear off fish on the plancha, [and it] was sticking,” Viriot ...

I have seen recipes that call for buttering or greasing a cake pan, then placing parchment paper on top and then buttering the parchment. What is the point of buttering the bottom of the pan? For that ...