The Smartest Pork Chop Tips from Classic Cookbooks — Tips from The Kitchn

A while ago Maria Ribas said, "Cookbooks exist to help us cook," and that statement really got me thinking. Of course there are the recipes, but there's so much more to take away from our cookbook collections. The best tidbits to be found in cookbooks (both new and old) that truly make us better home cooks are the tips and sometimes-unexpected cooking methods that take us out of our comfort zone and usual habits in the kitchen.

Armed with a fresh package of pork chops, I turned to some cookbook classics. Here are the smartest tips I learned.

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