Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Made to fit comfortably in one hand, kitchen torches—also known as cooking or culinary torches—typically run on butane gas. (Note ...

To brown the sugar on top of the rich custard of your crème brûlée, you’ll need a culinary torch that uses propane or butane to create a little flame. This fiery kitchen gadget can also be used for ...

Basic creme brulee, whose roots can be traced to 17th-century England, has just four ingredients: heavy cream, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Sounds simple enough. Until you get to the part about the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are some essential kitchen tools you need, and then there are some tools that are just really fun to have on hand. Kitchen ...

As Food & Wine's Testing Editor, Jennifer's work focuses on finding the best tools for all sorts of cooks. She's vetted hundreds of products, from can openers to salad spinners and tortilla presses, ...

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When you want to add that artisan flair to your food, many individuals turn to a cooking torch. The right model can put the finishing touches on a sous vide dish and caramelize a crème brûlée. However ...

Q. I recently watched Martha Stewart use a kitchen torch to brown a meringue and creme brulee. Can you give information on where to buy one and how complicated (and dangerous) it is to use? A. A ...

Every juvenile troublemaker wants a flamethrower. The luckiest troublemakers grow up and become professionals who get paid to wield massive oxy acetylene torches. The rest of us stick with the butane ...

Whether you want to delight dinner guests with seared salmon, pro-level cocktails and perfectly browned Baked Alaska or just elevate your daily meals by caramelizing half a grapefruit, you can do it ...