Cooking Basics

Boil eggs about 6 minutes for soft yolks, 8–9 minutes for medium, and 10–12 minutes for hard-boiled eggs.

How to Bake Potatoes: show how to bake potatoes with crisp skin and soft centers.

Cook pasta by boiling enough water, salting it, stirring after adding pasta, checking doneness early, and draining it before serving with sauce.

How to Make Scrambled Eggs: explain a simple beginner method for soft scrambled eggs.

Rinse rice, add the right amount of water, simmer covered, then let it rest before fluffing with a fork.