Double boilers are handy to have in the kitchen for making delicate sauces like hollandaise, preparing custards or stretchy doughs and melting chocolate for sweet treats. You need a double boiler when ...

Tinky Weisblat joins us with a demonstration on how to use a double boiler to melt chocolate. Then she shows us how to use that chocolate to make some decadent dipped strawberries! Wash your berries ...

Tempering eggs isn't for the faint of heart, or at least that's what most of us believe. Pouring a raw egg mixture into a hot liquid is a high-risk, high-reward situation with no middle ground. Either ...

Melted chocolate is a versatile and delicious ingredient. But even the most seasoned home cooks can sometimes fall victim to burnt and bitter chocolate. The culprit? The misuse of a double boiler.