Make a Booze-free Pan Sauce With Coca-Cola and Vinegar
Even though I rarely drink at home, I still have a healthy bar cart, full of liquor bottles I acquired back when I imbibed. I do not, however, have wine…
The Difference Between Fish Sauce, Oyster Sauce, and Lobster Sauce (and How to Use Them)
The food world has no shortage of potentially confusing terminology (and I’m not even talking about techniques where the French names happened to stick). Take, for example, fish sauce. The…
Buy Your Fast Food Sauces by the Bottle
I have an impressive, well organized collection of fast food sauce packets and tubs, some of them quite rare. I keep them around for saucing emergencies, like if Taco Bell…
Five Asian Sauces That Make Everything Taste Better
I was obsessed with helping my mom cook growing up (hard to believe, I’m sure). Though she would dabble in making Italian food, and try out popular boxed ingredients of…
The Easiest Ways to Thicken Up a Runny Sauce
Photo: Ramon grosso dolarea (Shutterstock) Saucing a piece of meat, only to have it run off and pool on the plate, is heartbreaking. A good sauce is a vehicle for…
Make Sweet & Sour Sauce With Apricot Preserves
Photo: Claire Lower My favorite sweet & sour sauce is the McDonald’s variety. It comes in a little plastic tub with a bright green label, and it is a perfect…