Food preparation skills are needed to prepare low-cost, nutritious meals that meet current dietary recommendations. Research indicates that many youth and adults can read a recipe for ingredients, but they often do not know basic food preparation techniques such as how to broil, fold, dredge, baste and other cooking methods. To address the need to find a visual and interactive way to teach food preparation skills, practices, and techniques, a video with four 5-minute sequences was developed. In this article, the authors describe the content of the video and the features it offers.