35 Incredibly Cool Charts About Cooking And Food That Will Make You So Much Smarter

Reading this is like taking a cooking course in a five minutes.

1. Ever wonder what the exact differences are between the ways you can cook a steak? This chart's for you:

A Restaurant Guide For How You Want Your Steak Cooked from coolguides

2. And this chart explains the cooking differences for burgers:

Burger joint in town. from coolguides

3. Never wonder, "Wait...do I put the veggies in the water before or after I boil it?" ever again:

When to boil water to cook vegetables from coolguides

4. Make box cake taste like it was baked by the fanciest bakery in town with these easy tips:

Cake from coolguides

5. Here's the ultimate chart for understanding apples:

Apples on a scale from most tart to most sweet from coolguides

6. And here's a chart that takes the mystery out of knowing which onion to use:

Onion use guide from coolguides

7. This chart shows you the most popular sandwich in every US state, from Alabama (pulled chicken with white sauce) to Wyoming (trout sandwich):

United States of Sandwiches from coolguides

8. And this chart shows you the most popular sandwiches around the world:

Types of Sandwiches from coolguides

9. This chart tells you which tea to drink in every situation:

A quick guide to tea! from coolguides

10. And this chart takes the mystery out of coffee:

Know your coffee from coolguides

11. This chart makes buying sliced meat a cinch:

cold cut guide I saw at the deli section from coolguides

12. This one explains how to slice limes to get the most juice out if it (and spoiler...most of us are doing it wrong):

How to open a lime! from coolguides

13. This chart explaining when you should eat a banana has made me rethink my whole life (or at least when I eat bananas):

Banana ripeness guide from coolguides

14. Ever wonder what afternoon tea is like? This chart breaks it down:

I would love to have this for afternoon tea! from coolguides

15. This chart shows you how to pick the best watermelon possible at the store:

How to pick the right watermelon from coolguides

16. Confused — like me — by "macaroon" and "macaron"? This chart clears it up (and yes, they're different):

Macaroon or macaron? from coolguides

17. This chart will make you so much more informed about which yogurt you should buy:

Yogurts of the world. from coolguides

18. This "easy spice combo" chart will seriously up your cooking game:

Spice Combos from coolguides

19. This trick for measuring out rice and water is a game changer:

This is how to measure rice (asian style🍚) from coolguides

20. This chart teaches you how to make chocolate chip cookies EXACTLY the way you like them:

Guide to Ratio Rules in Chocolate Chip Cookies from coolguides

21. And this chart shows you what chocolate chip cookies look like when you screw them up...in a variety of ways:

All the ways to f*ck up a chocolate chip cookie... from coolguides

22. This chart explains the differences between the world's most popular cheesecakes:

Different kinds of cheesecake from coolguides

23. And this chart explains all the differences between various fruits in jars (and I admit I had no idea):

Preserves are probably my favorite from coolguides

24. This cheese melting guide is key to look at before you make your next dip or sauce:

A cheese melting guide! from coolguides

25. This is just kind of interesting — here's how to know what state your milk is from:

Ok now you know. from coolguides

26. And this chart shows you where common foods are grown in the United States:

Where is usa are common foods grown? from coolguides

27. Here's one more "that's interesting" chart...it explains how six common veggies all come from a single plant:

Six vegetables that all came from the same plant from coolguides

28. If you love vertical street meats, this chart explains the differences between each:

Vertical foods from coolguides

29. Now you can speak food fluently on both sides of the pond:

U.K. & U.S. from coolguides

30. This chart is like a bucket list of fruit to try before you die:

Weird fruits from coolguides

31. This chart shows why you should consider Nutella — delicious as it may be — a dessert treat and not a healthy snack:

An healthy snack from coolguides

32. This chart will basically make you a wine expert:

The only wine chart you'll ever need from coolguides

33. And — lol — this chart tells you how to perfectly pair wine and donuts:

Donut & wine pairings from coolguides

34. This is what a strawberry looks like throughout its life cycle, and, wow, I did not know it looked like a flower at one point:

Not sure if this counts because there aren’t actually words, but I just think the life cycle of a strawberry is neat 🥰 from coolguides

35. And finally, if you ever are lost in nature and need to eat a plant, this chart just might save your life:

How to Test if a Plant Is Edible from coolguides