The Best Ways to Thicken Chili
The word “chili” can mean a lot of different things, depending on where you are in the country. Setting chili peppers aside, the dish known as “chili” can take a…
Scramble Your Eggs in a Spoonful of Thai Curry Paste
There’s nothing wrong with plain old scrambled eggs, but nine times out of ten, I want a little more flavor. Eight of those times that flavor involves spice. A drizzle…
Make This Cheap Pasta Sauce With Browned Butter and Tomato Paste
Photo: Claire Lower Whenever my boyfriend asks me if I want to “make a sauce,” it is implied that it’s going to be an activity. A “sauce” is not a…
This Is the Easiest Way to Fix a Runny Pan Sauce
Photo: Tatiana Volgutova (Shutterstock) A good pan sauce can be impressive—luxurious even—but it all hinges on the consistency. A too-thin sauce feels watery on the tongue and runs all over…
How to Make Tomato Ranch, the Ranch of the Summer
Photo: Claire Lower My refrigerator is broken. Not broken in a way that cannot be fixed, but broken in a way that requires a specialist of some kind. It has…