Noodles solve the same problem everywhere: cheap starch, fast cooking, and a vehicle for whatever flavour you have. What differs is everything else. Here are fifteen dishes from around the…
There is a real puzzle in the chili pepper, and it is worth stating before the answer.
Fruits exist to be eaten. That is their function: a plant wraps its…
Here is a fact that reliably derails conversations: if you make a berry smoothie with strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and a banana, the only true berry in it is the banana.…
Condiments are the least examined things in any kitchen. They sit in the door of the fridge for months, get used without thought, and almost all of them arrived by…
Dumplings are one of those inventions that keep appearing in unrelated places, because the underlying idea is so sound: dough stretches expensive filling, seals in moisture, and travels well. Here…
Soup is the most universal thing people cook. It stretches scarce ingredients, it uses the parts of an animal nobody else wants, and it turns up in some form in…