When Following a Recipe, Rely on Descriptions Instead of Times
by Claire Lower on Skillet, shared by Claire Lower to from Lifehacker on (#4R3EM)

When you're following a recipe, you'll probably notice that it provides two pieces of guiding information: how long you should cook an ingredient, and what that ingredient should look like before moving on to the next step (or plating). For the best-tasting food, you should (mostly) ignore that first bit, and focus on"