Culinary DeLites

How to make the perfect piece of toast

Even the most basic of breakfast foods (and the one thing almost anyone can make) has gone gourmet. 

Six steps 

Also: 

• Perfect-pancake tips
• Ultimate grilled cheese 
• Bread machine recipes

Four appetizers that will do your diet in

A chicken quesadilla at Outback Steakhouse will cost you 2,140 calories.

Not to mention 132 grams of fat 

Also: 

• Eat out and still lose
• 7 fat-fighting desserts  
• Bad restaurant 'freebies'

Stunning images from $625 cookbook

The 2,438-page guide relies on tricks like “reverse spherification” and “cryo frying.”  

See why it costs so much 

Also: 

• High-end kitchen gear
• Rules of defensive dining  
• 25 must-have spices