Cornstarch may not be the most exciting ingredient, but it's utterly essential in so many recipes — from thickening stir-fries to keeping a cheesecake creamy and baking up a fruit pie. So there’s ...

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While the turkey rests, use the juices in the roasting pan, along with more turkey or chicken stock, to make this gravy. You also need something to thicken the juices: cornstarch, potato starch, ...

The first option for cornstarch substitute is arrowroot. Arrowroot is a starchy type of flour made from the roots of the Maranta genus of plants that are found in the tropics. To make this flour, the ...