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Green salad.

How to make (and dress) the best green salad ever

Your hands-on guide to prepping, spinning, dressing, tossing and serving salad that is the best version of itself.

  • Jill Dupleix
How to take the perfect Instagram food shot.

‘Remove the cutlery’: The expert’s guide to snapping the perfect Instagram food shot

These pro-tips from Nikki To will turn your blurry, grainy phone snaps into crisp, clean images that guarantee higher engagement.

  • Jill Dupleix
Egg

The best way to boil an egg, whether runny, jammy or hard

How to get the perfect boiled egg – and how to peel it.

  • Jill Dupleix
How not to annoy your waiter.

The rules of engagement (or how not to annoy your waiter)

Jill Dupleix defines the rules of engagement between diner and floor staff, so that both sides have a better time.

  • Jill Dupleix
To steam the rice, cover it with a lid. No peeking.

The secret to perfect fluffy rice (no rice cooker required)

Stick to the golden ratio of rice to water and you’ll never serve soggy rice again.

  • Jill Dupleix
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Lifting the lid on yum cha secrets.

Dim sum 101: How to order yum cha like a pro

Jill Dupleix lifts the (steamer) lid on how to elevate your dim sum experience.

  • Jill Dupleix
Bring some artistry to your grazing platter.

Go big or go home (but don’t show off): The fine art of building the perfect grazing board

Want to wow a crowd? Go big. Nobody ever won friends with a small grazing board.

  • Jill Dupleix
Cafe-style folded eggs on toast.

How to cook folded eggs (aka the perfect cafe-style scramble)

Here’s how to cook folded eggs at home as beautifully as they do at your local cafe.

  • Jill Dupleix
Perfect pork crackling.

How to get pork crackling that really crackles

Meet Jill Dupleix’s new column, Know how, with tips, tricks and kitchen techniques to make your life work. First up, mastering crackling.

  • Jill Dupleix