We have a terrible weakness for those Chinese take-out stir fries that come coated with glossy, unctuous sauces. We could never quite duplicate it in our kitchen, and then we stumbled upon the secret ...
If you like cooking Asian food at home, then you should have a bottle of ponzu in your cupboard. It is an essential condiment and marinade with a wonderful, zingy flavor that pairs well with vegetabl...
Over the weekend we had the pleasure of testing out a sauce we've walked by many times in the grocery store, without even knowing it was there. Although we make most of our sauces at home, there are...
Do you keep certain ingredients in your fridge or pantry, knowing that you can always rely on them to whip up a fast, healthy meal? For us, these go-to staples include miso and tahini. ...
Tomato season is drawing to a close in many parts of the country, so it's time to eat them while you have them, or put them up for the winter. We want to know: what are you doing with your tomatoes? ...
Did anyone have the chance to make some homemade barbecue sauce over the weekend? If you did, you're probably eager for more excuses to slather on the sauce even when ribs aren't on the menu! Here are...
Whether you're trying to eat light or not, this is a good trick to know about: if your sauce seems a little soupy, add splash of starchy water leftover from cooking the pasta! Sound crazy? Here's how ...
You know those recipes that tell you to reduce a sauce down to a certain amount? And you stand there wondering just how in the world you're supposed to know when this molten liquid has really reduced ...
Harissa is a sauce made from smoked red peppers and is widely featured in North African cooking, particularly Tunisian cooking....
We have a backyard garden party for Mother's Day in the works, and we're thinking that some homemade hollandaise will be a perfect - and classic - accompaniment to the fresh spring asparagus and eggs ...
Remember Magic Shell, that thin chocolate sauce that you pour over ice cream? It "magically" hardens in a matter of seconds into a waxy layer of hard chocolate. It's junk food, and we love it. We don'...
One thing that helps us make delicious, healthy meals on the fly is a freezer full of portioned homemade stock of all kinds - vegetable, crab, chicken, beef, etc....
Sometimes a sauce will break no matter how attentive you are to its whims and needs. (See our post here with the most common reasons why emulsified sauces break.) It's frustrating and discouraging, es...
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