Thus, cookies near these walls will tend to cook faster.

Here, the potatoes are cubed even finer and thus cook faster.

The higher temperature causes food to cook faster; cooking times can typically be reduced to one-third of the time for conventional cooking methods.

"Well, for one thing, I've cut off the wind; for another, the shield is concentrating the heat and the meat will cook faster now."

The misconception is that since the water boils at a higher temperature, food will cook faster.

I believe (guessing here) chefs add the salt in order to achieve a higher temp, so that the food itself will cook faster.

Make three or four slashes on each side of the fish to help it cook faster and allow the flavors to permeate.

And although these pale green beauties can be cooked without prior soaking they will cook faster, with more uniform results, if soaked first.

This will over cook the outside less and get the center cooked faster.

It makes things cook faster.