Sticking to the Pan

If food starts to stick to the pan it is in while cooking soup, rice, etc: Turn off the burner and pull the pan off its heat source and let the steam from the moisture in the food loosen it. I had added Quinoa to this leftover bean soup, so it would add a few extra serv- ings to it. It started to stick at the bottom and the above tech- nique fixed it. I was just glad it wasn't at the burning point stage.