In the Pantry: 8 Common Cooking Mistakes (and How to Stop Making
Them!)  Tired of spending time in the kitchen working on a meal
only to have it taste ho-hum? Maybe the problem isn't what
you're cooking, but how you're cooking it. This week on In the
Pantry, Aida Mollenkamp takes a look at eight of the most common
cooking mistakes made in the kitchen and how they impact the
food you're dishing up. Mollenkamp also offers easy solutions to
these problems.  Mistake: Under heating pans before cooking. "A
pan is a metallic surface so you need the metal to expand in
order for you to have even heat, and a good non-stick surface,"
Mollenkamp explained. "You really want to make sure that you're
heating the pan adequately before you even begin cooking."  Try
this: Let the pan heat up for two to three minutes before you
begin cooking.  Mistake: Overcrowding food in pans. If you are
cooking something where you're looking for a good brown--like
sautéing mushrooms, or browning chicken before you braise it--
then you're goin