Bruce and Mark wrote the entertaining and informative LOBSTERS SCREAM WHEN YOU BOIL THEM and 100 OTHER CULINARY MYTHS. In these short episodes of their podcast they debunk another piece of kitchen wisdom that's been handed down but has nothing to back it up. This episode tackles the theory that you're always supposed to add cold oil to a hot skillet.

Culinary Myth #17: Cold oil in a hot skillet? Um, not really.

Join us, Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough, for weekly episodes all about food, cooking, recipes, and maybe a little marital strife on air. After writing thirty-six cookbooks, we've got countless opinions and ideas on ingredients, recipes, the nature of the cookbook-writing business, and much more. If you've got a passion for food, we also hope to up your game once and a while and to make you laugh most of the time. Come along for the ride! There's plenty of room!

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Culinary Myth #17: Cold oil in a hot skillet? Um, not really.

Culinary Myth #17: Cold oil in a hot skillet? Um, not really.

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