Recipes and Cooking Techniques

All well written recipes display how much of each ingredient is required to make the dish – either by how much it weighs or by how much volume it takes up.

Measuring out ingredients can be done with the help of a number of kitchen tools - measuring spoons (for small amounts), measuring cups (for slightly larger amounts), scales (for much larger amounts) and measuring jugs (specifically for liquids).

While most liquids are equal in terms of their volume and mass (e.g. 1 litre of water is 1 kg), many ingredients need to be specially converted. A culinary conversion table can help to do this.