Depending on the dish being served, many different other liquids can be used as a substitute for cooking wine. (First of all, if you are using wine in recipes, if it isn't good enough to drink, then it generally shouldn't be used for cooking either.)
Water can be used but as it brings no additional flavor to the dish, it is not ideal. However other options could include chicken or vegetable stock, tomato water, or even something like a very mild vinegar can serve as a substitute.
Yes but you will change the outcome
No. Cooking wine does not contain vinegar, and would introduce too much salt.
yes you can _______ Red cooking wine would be a better substitute as sherry has a red wine base. White cooking wine wouldn't have the same depth.
As long as you pick a wine of similar dryness. Chardonnay is a medium wine (not dry as many people often make the mistake of thinking). Pick an average medium white and it should be fine.
Hi! Boy, it all depends on what you are cooking...If it is meat, then yes, if potato salad, then no.
Yes it is like switching form Cabernet to Pinot Noir
No. Grappa is a distilled spirit like brandy or bourbon. It's too strong in alcohol and in flavour to substitute for white wine. It can be used where dishes require brandy say for flaming off the juices from a cooked steak. White vermouth though stronger than wine in alcohol can sometimes be a substitute for white wine particularly if you want to add a herby mediterranean taste.
Zinfandel can be substituted for Merlot in either cooking or drinking, although zinfandel has a uniquely discernible taste. There are a number of other red wines that more closely approximate Merlot.
You can use equal parts dry sherry/pale sherry wine; not the cooking wine... the drinking wine. :)
Yes
White wine vinegar would be the best substitute, if you have it on hand.
You could substitute rice vinegar for cooking sherry. Rice vinegar has a mild, sweet flavor.