This Quiz Will Test Your Home-Cooking IQ

Sardines are not included in a Caesar salad. The Caesar dressing traditionally includes anchovies, beaten eggs, Worcestershire sauce, and lemon juice, which is tossed on romaine lettuce and topped with Parmesan cheese and croutons.

A roux forms the foundation for many dishes from soups to gravies, and it is made with equal parts flour and fat (butter or oil). In a sauce pan, melt the butter and whisk in the flour, stirring until it forms a thick white paste.

One of the basic knife skills, a julienne cut means cutting food (most often veggies like carrots, potatoes, or celery) into long, thin matchsticks that can be used as a garnish or in slaws.

Brining is a great way to tenderize meat before cooking it. To brine, add salt water to a large pot and submerge the meat into the water. Let the meat soak for a few hours or as long as overnight.

Arborio rice is the rice used to make risotto. It's a short and milky grain of rice that gets super creamy when cooked.

Braising is one of those cooking techniques that takes meat to the next level and turns it into an impressive main dish. To braise, lightly fry meat in a dutch oven, slow cooker, or heavy bottomed pot. Then add a small amount of cooking liquid to the covered pot and let the meat slow cook. The result is juicy, tender, melt-in-your-mouth meat.

An aioli is a creamy sauce similar to mayonnaise that is made with olive oil, egg yolk, garlic, and lemon juice. Mix everything together until emulsified and serve as a delicious dipping sauce or condiment.

Homemade pie dough calls for cutting in the butter, which is just the process of slicing cold butter into small pieces and adding it to dry ingredients (in this case, flour). The result is that little lumps of the raw butter remain whole in the flour, a crucial step for flaky homemade pie dough.