The ingredients and techniques for making a Basic Tomato sauce vary by household, tradition and by personal preference. A basic Pomodori sauce is thinner than a typical Marinara sauce. My preference ...

Oscar Wilde once wrote, “the only immortality I desire is to invent a new sauce.” It was a characteristically pithy statement that could very easily have been uttered by Antonin Careme as well. But as ...

A good sauce is key to an exceptional meal. It can save a bland dish, moisten dry meats, or star as the main event (creamy mac and cheese, full stop). Having a few simple sauces up your sleeve and on ...

In every cuisine of the world, sauces are an integral part of fine cookery. It is especially true of Western cuisines, as exemplified by the French chefs. Talleyrand, the 18th century French statesman ...

"What's for dinner?" might be the most dreaded question of everyday life. Even if you have a ton of ingredients at the ready, you have to figure out what to do with them and, more importantly, whether ...

Spaghetti is one of the first dishes many young cooks learn to make, and while homemade pasta sauce has its advantages, there are many great uses for store-bought ingredients too. In fact, adding ...

If you're anything like me, you love a good sinus-cleaning from a cocktail sauce. I want more than just the barest hint of a kick. I want to be left hollering and then marveling over the fact that I ...