How Much Is That, Really? Measurements and Conversions for Home Cooks

A recipe only works if the amounts mean the same thing in your kitchen as they did in the one that wrote it. These answers give you the exact conversion first, then the practical part: how to measure it, when being close is fine, and when a few grams change the result.

Baking is where precision pays off, which is why weighing with a kitchen scale settles most questions about cups. Cooking is more forgiving, and swapping dried herbs for fresh is a good example of a conversion that works by ratio rather than exact weight.