Hot dogs should be juicy and maintain a perfect snap. The secret to achieving this texture and keeping your franks from bursting is poaching them beforehand.

Cooking poached eggs can be intimidating, but with a few simple tips and tricks, you'll be enjoying the runny yolks of your ...

A reader writes for some help “with the high heat and doldrums” and suggests tips on poaching, especially fish and chicken. “Cooking this way seems like a good bet to have some protein ready ...

The Genius Egg-Cooking Trick We Wish We’d Known About Sooner first appeared on Parade on Jul 6, 2025 This story was ...

Poached fish is the classic food to serve with silky wine-based sauces. With its light, delicate flavor, poached fish provides the perfect background to highlight the subtleties of many sauces ...

Learn how to poach an egg, how to poach chicken, how to poach salmon, fruit, and anything else that would benefit from this classic cooking technique.

My previous go-to poaching method was inspired by the late, great writer Laurie Colwin, who wrote in “Home Cooking,” her charming collection of essays, that “the chicken breasts must be ...