Cooking Your Vinaigrette Is Missing Fish Sauce Spoon some of this briny dressing into the center of an avocado for a quick snack, or use it as a flavorful liquid for simmering shrimp. Story: Christian Reynoso
Cooking Tofu’s Many Plot Twists The mighty bean curd can crisp up like fried chicken, absorb fiery sauces, or smooth out dairy-free desserts. Story: Tatiana Bautista
Don't Call It Comfort Food Pupusas, Hot off the Comal There are many ways to cook with masa, but there’s nothing quite like the pupusa’s golden crust and molten cheesy filling. Story: Leonel Ramirez
Cooking Chickpea Flour Has Big Frying Power Whether a crispy socca or wispy spring onions, chickpea flour brings the crunch. Story: Christian Reynoso
Cooking Mornings Are Better With Milk Jam An aromatic spread brings together cardamom pods with burnt orange zest for a creamy, bittersweet brightness. Story: The TASTE Editors
Cooking The New Faces of Cover-to-Cover Cooking For some home cooks, a completist approach to books like Falastin and Indian-ish has become more than just a pastime. Story: Alix Wall
Cooking Quick Confit, Big Payoff Give your thinly sliced leeks and lemons the low-and-slow treatment to spruce up your roast chickens, sandwich spreads, and dressings. Story: Christian Reynoso
Don't Call It Comfort Food A Smothered Steak That Spans Generations Retracing the steps and muscle memory of a recipe from Jim Crow–era Louisiana to 21st-century Northern California. Story: Malik Francis
Cooking This Fried Chicken Has a Waitlist—and a Secret For chicken that stays crispier for longer, chef Eric Huang calls upon EverCrisp, a modernist ingredient that home cooks can use, too. Story: Priya Krishna
Cooking Putting the Chips Back in Chocolate Chip Cookies Craggy shards of hand-chopped chocolate have taken over our cookies. But what did chips ever do wrong? Story: Emily Paster
Cooking 300 Percent More Chile Crisp What to buy, cook, and read to find your next favorite jar. Story: Anna Hezel
Cooking Give Your Spaghetti the Gift of Chile Crisp Fold it into peanut pesto, swirl it into lemon and butter, or spoon it onto butternut squash puree. Story: The TASTE Editors
A Kitchen In New Orleans The More-Is-More Way to Étouffée It starts with a darker roux, a generous smother, and a heady blend of ginger, cardamom and coriander, thanks to Asha Gomez. … Story: Scott Hocker
Cooking The Shortcut to Clam Opulence Conventional wisdom says that fresher is better, but when it comes to umami-packed brine and easy volume, canned clams have the edge. Story: Anna Hezel
Don't Call It Comfort Food Mung Beans, Milk, and Sugar Is a Revelation The combination brings back after-school memories of comfort in a mug. Story: Charisma Madarang
Cooking What Makes a Great Meatball? Salt, fat, season, and roll your way to a better meatball. Story: Jamie Feldmar
Cooking A Bun That Can Be Anything, Go Anywhere Soft, light, and faintly sweet, mantou are perfect for filling with savory pork belly or just snacking on straight from the steamer. Story: Shayne Chammavanijakul
Cooking Teach an Old Rice Cooker New Tricks Inspired by Hainanese chicken rice (and Colonel Sanders), a better bowl of rice can be yours with the flip of a switch. Story: Tatiana Bautista
Don't Call It Comfort Food The Pliable Comforts of Agua de Jamaica Hibiscus can be sweetened, spiced up, and cooled down for a choose-your-own-adventure tea. Story: Rahanna Bisseret Martinez
Cooking Fondue Is Great for a Party, and Better for Two The luxurious Swiss dish is more than just a piece of Mad Men–era kitsch. Story: Jordan Michelman
Cooking Wait, Canned Salmon Is Good? A crop of new producers are starting to give this very American fish a very European conserva treatment. Story: Anna Hezel