GN.123.0001
Aioli: The Garlic Emulsion
Aioli — from the Catalan all i oli (garlic and oil) — is traditionally made from only garlic and oli…
GN.123.0002
Aioli — The Mortar and the Patience
True aioli is garlic pounded to a smooth, sticky paste in a marble or stone mortar, then emulsified …
GN.123.0003
Ajaad Summary, Nahm Jim Principles, and Condiment Architecture
Thai table condiments operate as a system — not as individual accompaniments but as a coordinated se…
GN.123.0004
Ají de Gallina: Creamed Chicken in Chilli Sauce
Ají de gallina — shredded poached chicken in a sauce of ají amarillo, bread, walnuts, Parmigiano, an…
GN.123.0005
Ají de Gallina: Creamy Walnut Chicken
Ají de gallina — shredded chicken in a creamy ají amarillo sauce thickened with bread and walnuts — …
Ají de gallina belongs to
GN.123.0006
Alabama White Sauce
A thin, creamy, pale sauce: mayonnaise, cider vinegar, lemon juice, prepared horseradish, black pepp…
Alabama white sauce — a t
GN.123.0007
Battuto and Pesto: Fresh Herb Sauces
Pesto Genovese — basil, pine nuts, garlic, Parmigiano, Pecorino, and olive oil pounded or processed …
GN.123.0008
Béarnaise
Hollandaise's more assertive sibling — an emulsified butter sauce built on a reduction of white wine…
Created in 1836 at the Pa
GN.123.0009
Béarnaise — Hollandaise’s Sharper Sister
Béarnaise is a tarragon-and-shallot reduction folded into the architecture of hollandaise — the same…
GN.123.0010
Béchamel
Béchamel is white roux combined with hot milk — one of Escoffier's five mother sauces and the founda…
GN.123.0011
Béchamel (Besciamella): The Italian Version
The Italian besciamella — identical in principle to the French béchamel but used in different contex…
GN.123.0012
Béchamel: Italian White Sauce
Hazan's béchamel — called besciamella in Italian — differs from the French version in proportions an…
GN.123.0013
Beurre Blanc
A white butter sauce of impossible lightness — a reduction of shallots, white wine, and vinegar into…
Attributed to a cook from
GN.123.0014
Beurre Blanc — The Broken Butter Sauce That Isn't
Beurre blanc is a shallot-and-wine reduction mounted with cold butter, added one cube at a time, whi…
GN.123.0015
Beurre Monté — Emulsified Whole Butter
Beurre monté is whole butter held in an emulsified liquid state — neither melted (which separates in…
GN.123.0016
Beurre Monté — Emulsified Whole Butter
Beurre monté is whole butter held in an emulsified liquid state — neither melted (which separates in…
GN.123.0017
Beurre Rouge — Red Wine Butter Sauce
Beurre rouge is the red wine sibling of beurre blanc — a broken butter emulsion built on a reduction…
GN.123.0018
Beurre Rouge — Red Wine Butter Sauce
Beurre rouge is the red wine sibling of beurre blanc — a broken butter emulsion built on a reduction…
GN.123.0019
Biscuits and Sausage Gravy
Pork breakfast sausage (seasoned ground pork — sage, black pepper, cayenne, salt) browned and crumbl…
Biscuits and sausage grav
GN.123.0020
Bolognese Ragù: The Correct Method
Hazan's Bolognese ragù is the authoritative Western statement on this preparation — not the tomato-f…
Ragù alla Bolognese is th
GN.123.0021
Brodo: Italian Meat Broth
Italian brodo — made with beef, veal, chicken, or a combination — differs from French stock in its i…
GN.123.0022
Brown Stock (Fond Brun)
The foundational dark stock of the French classical kitchen — bones roasted to deep mahogany, aromat…
Fond brun is rooted in th
GN.123.0023
Buffalo Wings
Chicken wings (separated into flats and drums, tips discarded) deep-fried at 190°C for 10-12 minutes…
Buffalo wings — chicken w
GN.123.0024
Building an emulsion
An emulsion is two liquids that don't want to mix — fat and water — forced into a stable suspension …
GN.123.0025
Bumbu Pecel: The Kencur Peanut Sauce
Bumbu pecel — the East Javanese peanut sauce — is distinguished from gado-gado's bumbu kacang by ONE…
GN.123.0026
Bún Bò Huế: Spicy Lemongrass Broth Construction
A beef bone broth (similar base to phở but not charred) flavoured with lemongrass, shrimp paste, ann…
Bún bò Huế is the spicy,
GN.123.0027
Butter Sauces: Beurre Noisette and Beurre Noir
Two preparations that exist at opposite ends of the Maillard browning scale for butter — and that de…
GN.123.0028
Cacio e Pepe: The Charcoal Burner's Pasta and the Emulsion That Defeats Chefs
Pasta is cooked in a smaller-than-usual amount of well-salted water (to concentrate the starch). Pep…
Cacio e pepe (cheese and
GN.123.0029
Cacık, Tzatziki's Turkish Ancestor
Cacık — Turkish yogurt with cucumber, dried mint, garlic, olive oil, and cold water — is the ancesto…
GN.123.0030
Caldo de Gallina: Peruvian Hen Soup
Caldo de gallina — the national hangover cure of Lima, served from street carts at 3am — uses the de…
GN.123.0031
Cambodian Tuk Trey (Fish Sauce Dipping Sauce)
The Cambodian equivalent of Vietnamese nước chấm (Entry ND-02) — Cambodian fish sauce (tuk trey — li…
GN.123.0032
Centrifuged and Clarified Stocks: Restaurant Clarity
Consommé — the classical French clear soup — achieves its crystal clarity through the raft method: a…
GN.123.0035
Chicken Stock (Fond de Volaille)
Chicken stock is the first stock a cook must learn and the one most likely to be made wrong througho…
Stock — the extracted fla
GN.123.0036
Chimichurri: The Only Sauce Argentina Needs
Chimichurri — a raw sauce of flat-leaf parsley, oregano, garlic, red chilli flakes, red wine vinegar…
GN.123.0037
Chinese Dumpling Sauces and Dips
A reference entry for the three standard dipping sauce formats used with Chinese dumplings — each ca…
GN.123.0038
CHINESE MASTER STOCK: BUILDING AND MAINTAINING
The Chinese master stock — lǔ shuǐ — is a seasoned, spiced liquid used to poach proteins that is nev…
Master stock cooking is p
GN.123.0039
Chutney: Fresh and Cooked
Chutney divides into two fundamentally different preparations that share a name: fresh chutneys (chu…
GN.123.0040
Clarified Butter (Beurre Clarifié) and Brown Butter (Beurre Noisette)
Whole butter contains three components: water (16%), milk solids (4%), and fat (80%). Each of these …
The technique of clarifyi
GN.123.0041
Comeback Sauce
A thick, pale orange-pink sauce: mayonnaise as the base, chili sauce (or ketchup), Worcestershire sa…
Comeback sauce — a tangy,
GN.123.0042
Compound Butter — Beurre Composé: Café de Paris, Maître d'Hôtel, Montpellier
Compound butter — beurre composé — is softened unsalted butter beaten with flavouring agents, rolled…
GN.123.0043
Compound Butter — Beurre Composé: Café de Paris, Maître d'Hôtel, Montpellier
Compound butter — beurre composé — is softened unsalted butter beaten with flavouring agents, rolled…
GN.123.0044
Consommé
The supreme demonstration of classical technique — a perfectly clarified stock, trembling and transp…
Consommé represents the a
GN.123.0045
Coulis — Puréed Vegetable or Fruit Sauce
A coulis is a smooth, strained purée of vegetables or fruit used as a sauce — thickened by nothing b…
GN.123.0046
Coulis — Puréed Vegetable or Fruit Sauce
A coulis is a smooth, strained purée of vegetables or fruit used as a sauce — thickened by nothing b…
GN.123.0047
Creole Sauce
A smooth, deeply flavoured tomato sauce with a colour that ranges from bright red-orange (short cook…
Creole sauce — tomato, th
GN.123.0048
Dark Roux
Flour cooked in fat past the point where a classical French chef would have stopped — pushed from bl…
Dark roux is French techn
GN.123.0049
Dashi for Noodles: Kaketsuyu and Mentsuyu
The seasoned broths for soba and udon differ from suimono and nimono dashi in concentration, seasoni…
Soba and udon developed a
GN.123.0050
出汁の哲学 (Dashi no Tetsugaku): The Philosophy of Dashi
The philosophical framework for dashi — documented from Japanese professional sources.
The Japanese professional
GN.123.0051
Dashi: The Foundation of the Japanese Flavour System
Dashi is Japan's fundamental stock — the clean, light, deeply savoury infusion of kombu (dried kelp)…
Dashi has been produced i
GN.123.0052
Dashi Variations: Beyond Ichiban
The full Japanese dashi family — ichiban dashi (first extraction), niban dashi (second extraction), …
Tsuji's Japanese Cooking
GN.123.0053
Debris
A thick, dark brown-to-black gravy made from the drippings, fond, and shredded meat fragments that a…
Debris (*deh-BREE*) is th
GN.123.0054
Deglazing — Releasing the Fond
Deglazing is the act of adding liquid to a hot pan to dissolve the caramelised proteins and sugars —…
GN.123.0055
Demi-Glace and Sauce Espagnole
Demi-glace is fond brun (brown veal stock) reduced by half or more, with sauce espagnole (a roux-thi…
Sauce espagnole appears i
GN.123.0056
Eastern North Carolina Vinegar Sauce
A thin, clear-to-pale-red liquid: white or cider vinegar as the base (90%+), salt, coarsely ground b…
The vinegar sauce of East
GN.123.0057
El Mole: The Complete Sauce System
The mole system — principles and the seven Oaxacan moles.
Mole — from the Nahuatl m
GN.123.0058
Emulsification: Building Stable Dispersions
An emulsion is a stable dispersion of two immiscible liquids — typically fat and water — where dropl…
GN.123.0059
Emulsification science (mayo, aioli, hollandaise family)
Emulsification is the technique of suspending fat droplets in a water-based liquid (or vice versa) t…
GN.123.0060
EMULSIFICATION: THE STABLE FAT-IN-WATER SYSTEM
An emulsion is fat dispersed in water (or water in fat) in droplets small enough to remain suspended…
Emulsification has been u
GN.123.0061
Emulsification: Why Oil and Water Stay Together (Sometimes)
An emulsion is a stable mixture of two liquids that normally don't mix — typically oil and water. Ma…
GN.123.0062
Emulsified vinaigrette and cold sauces
A vinaigrette is the simplest emulsion in cooking — oil suspended in acid (vinegar or citrus) with t…
GN.123.0063
Étouffée
Shellfish — almost always crawfish, sometimes shrimp — smothered in a butter-rich, coral-orange sauc…
*Étouffer* means to smoth
GN.123.0064
French mother sauces
The five foundational sauces of classical French cuisine from which all others derive: béchamel (mil…
GN.123.0065
French Stocks: Fonds de Cuisine
Robuchon's stocks — the foundation of classical French cooking — are the complete reference for the …
GN.123.0066
Fried Garlic and Fried Shallots: Thai Condiment Crisps
Two preparations that serve as the universal garnish and flavour-enhancer of the Thai kitchen — gold…
GN.123.0067
Fumet de Poisson (Fish Stock)
A delicate, quickly made stock of fish bones and heads, white wine, and aromatics — simmered for no …
Fumet de poisson is the f
GN.123.0068
Gado-Gado: The Peanut Sauce Salad
Gado-gado — blanched and raw vegetables dressed in bumbu kacang (peanut sauce) — is Indonesia's most…
GN.123.0069
Gamja Tang: Pork Bone Soup
Pork spine bones blanched, then simmered for 2–3 hours with doenjang, gochugaru, garlic, and aromati…
Gamja tang — pork spine a
GN.123.0070
Ganache — The Emulsion and the Ratio That Determines Everything
Ganache is an emulsion — cocoa butter (from the chocolate) and water (from the cream) forced into a …
The word "ganache" first
GN.123.0071
Gastrique — Caramelised Sugar and Vinegar Reduction
A gastrique is caramelised sugar deglazed with vinegar — the sweet-acid base that underpins some of …
GN.123.0072
Gastrique — Caramelised Sugar and Vinegar Reduction
A gastrique is caramelised sugar deglazed with vinegar — the sweet-acid base that underpins some of …
GN.123.0073
Gravy — Building Body from Fond
Great gravy is built by deglazing the roasting pan with stock, dissolving the fond — those dark, car…
GN.123.0074
ग्रेवी की तैयारी (Gravy Preparation): The Onion-Tomato Foundation
The complete professional gravy construction — the stages that define Indian curry cooking.
The masala gravy base — t
GN.123.0075
Guacamole: The Technique
Guacamole — avocado processed with lime, salt, and optional additions — is one of the most misrepres…
Guacamole (from Nahuatl a
GN.123.0076
국물 (Gungmul): The Korean Broth Tradition
The Korean broth system — categories and techniques.
Korean cooking distinguis
GN.123.0079
Hollandaise
Hollandaise is an emulsified butter sauce — clarified butter dispersed into a base of egg yolk and l…
Hollandaise emerged in th
GN.123.0080
Hollandaise — The Emulsion That Breaks
Hollandaise is an emulsion of clarified butter whisked into warm egg yolks over gentle heat, stabili…
GN.123.0081
Hot Sauce Culture: From West Africa to Frank's Red Hot
The hot sauce tradition from Africa to America.
The specifically American
GN.123.0082
Hummus: The Correct Texture and the Tahini Ratio
A smooth paste made from cooked chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice, garlic, and salt, blended to a speci…
Claudia Roden's hummus re
GN.123.0083
Hungarian Paprikás: The Mother Sauce of Budapest
Hungarian paprikás — a sauce built from onions sweated in lard, deglazed with Hungarian paprika, sim…
GN.123.0084
Ichiban Dashi (Primary Dashi)
The foundational liquid of Japanese cooking — a clear, pale gold broth of extraordinary delicacy mad…
Dashi has underpinned Jap
GN.123.0085
Italian regional pasta sauces
Italian pasta sauces are not one tradition but twenty — each of Italy's regions has distinct sauce f…
GN.123.0086
Kansas City Sauce
A thick, dark reddish-brown sauce: tomato (ketchup or tomato paste as the base), molasses or brown s…
Kansas City barbecue sauc
GN.123.0087
กะทิ (Kati): Coconut Cream and the Cracking Technique
The complete coconut cream cracking technique and its applications.
Coconut cream (kati — กะท
GN.123.0088
Kecap Manis: The Sweet Soy That Defines a Cuisine
Kecap manis — thick, sweet, molasses-like soy sauce — is arguably the single most important seasonin…
GN.123.0089
Konbu Dashi: The Vegetarian Stock
Konbu dashi — the clear, faintly oceanic broth extracted from kombu (dried giant kelp, Saccharina ja…
GN.123.0090
La Liaison: Épaississement et Finition des Sauces
The seven classical French sauce liaisons — each producing a different texture, flavour contribution…
Larousse Gastronomique's
GN.123.0091
Lao Jeow Bong (Roasted Chilli Paste Condiment)
The primary condiment of the Lao kitchen — a thick, dark, complex paste of roasted dried chillies, g…
GN.123.0092
La Salsa: Raw, Cooked, and Charred
The three salsa techniques — documented from Mexican culinary sources.
Salsa — "sauce" in Spanis
GN.123.0093
Leche de Tigre: The Ceviche Marinade as Dish
Leche de tigre — "tiger's milk" — has evolved from the incidental byproduct of making ceviche into a…
GN.123.0094
Le Fond: La Hiérarchie des Fonds Classiques
The classical French stock hierarchy — each fond producing a specific flavour character that determi…
Larousse Gastronomique de
GN.123.0095
Les Fonds de Cuisine: Escoffier's Stock System
Escoffier's specific instructions for fond brun de veau — the foundational stock of classical French…
Escoffier's stock system
GN.123.0096
Ma Po Tofu: Textural Precision and the Sauce Build
Silken tofu in a sauce of doubanjiang (fermented chilli bean paste), ground meat, fermented black be…
Dunlop's documentation of
GN.123.0097
Master Stock (Lu Shui): The Living Broth
Lu shui — master stock or "brine" — is the Chinese preparation of a spiced, soy-based liquid used re…
GN.123.0098
Mayonnaise
Mayonnaise is an oil-in-water emulsion stabilised by the lecithin in egg yolk — a thick, stable sauc…
GN.123.0099
Mayonnaise: Hand Method and Recovery
A stable emulsion of egg yolk, acid, and oil produced by adding oil drop by drop to beaten yolk unti…
Julia Child's documentati
GN.123.0100
Mayonnaise Variations: Aioli, Tartar Sauce, Remoulade
Three classical derivatives of the emulsified egg-and-oil sauce technique (Entry 15), each occupying…
GN.123.0101
Miyeok Guk: Seaweed Soup Technique
Dried miyeok (wakame seaweed) rehydrated and briefly sautéed in sesame oil, combined with beef (usua…
Miyeok guk — seaweed soup
GN.123.0102
Mole Negro: The Complete Technique
Mole negro — the most complex preparation in Mexican cooking, and one of the most complex single pre…
Mole (from the Nahuatl mo
GN.123.0103
Mole Poblano: Puebla's Red-Brown Mole
Mole poblano — the most internationally recognised Mexican mole, darker and richer than mole rojo, u…
GN.123.0104
Momofuku Ramen Broth: The Composite Stock
Momofuku's tare-based ramen broth system — a base broth flavoured at service by a concentrated tare …
The tare system is the te
GN.123.0105
Muhamara: Roasted Pepper and Walnut Paste
Roasted red peppers (charred over flame or in a very hot oven), combined with toasted walnuts, Alepp…
Muhamara is a Syrian and
GN.123.0106
Mutabal: Aubergine and Tahini Integration
Roasted and collapsed aubergine (the char-collapse technique from OT-06) combined with tahini, garli…
Mutabal is often confused
GN.123.0107
Nage — Aromatic Court-Bouillon as Sauce
A nage is a court-bouillon that has been elevated to sauce status — the poaching liquid for shellfis…
GN.123.0108
Nage — Aromatic Court-Bouillon as Sauce
A nage is a court-bouillon that has been elevated to sauce status — the poaching liquid for shellfis…
GN.123.0109
Nahm Jim Jaew (Roasted Chilli Dipping Sauce)
A dark, smoky dipping sauce of roasted dried chillies, fish sauce, lime juice, toasted rice powder, …
GN.123.0110
Nahm Jim Seafood (All-Purpose Thai Dipping Sauce)
A bright, intensely flavoured dipping sauce built on lime juice, fish sauce, garlic, fresh and dried…
GN.123.0111
Nam Jim Satay (Peanut Dipping Sauce)
The peanut sauce served with satay — made from red curry paste (Entry TH-04), roasted peanuts, cocon…
GN.123.0112
Nam Jim Satay (Thai Peanut Sauce)
The peanut sauce served with satay — a preparation of red curry paste fried in coconut cream, combin…
GN.123.0113
Nam Jim Sauces: The Thai Dipping Sauce Family
Nam jim — Thai dipping sauce — is not a recipe but a calibration discipline: each preparation has it…
GN.123.0114
Nam Prik Kapi (Roasted Shrimp Paste Relish)
The most fundamental of all Thai relishes — a preparation of roasted shrimp paste (kapi) pounded wit…
Nam prik (literally 'wate
GN.123.0115
Nam Prik Kapi (Shrimp Paste Relish)
A pounded relish of roasted shrimp paste, fresh chillies, garlic, lime juice, palm sugar, and fish s…
Thompson's scholarship tr
GN.123.0116
Nam Prik Long Rua (Central Thai Relish with Dried Fish)
A cooked relish of dried shrimp paste (kapi), fresh chillies, garlic, and dried fish — fried togethe…
GN.123.0117
Nam Prik Num (Chiang Mai Green Chilli Relish)
A charred-roasted fresh green chilli and garlic relish — among the most important preparations of th…
GN.123.0118
Nam Prik Ong (Northern Thai Tomato and Pork Relish)
A northern Thai relish of minced pork, fresh tomatoes, and dried chilli paste — cooked down to a rou…
A specifically northern T
GN.123.0119
Nam Prik Pao (Roasted Chilli Paste)
A slow-cooked preparation of dried red chillies, shallots, and garlic, all individually charred befo…
Nam prik pao is central T
GN.123.0120
Niban Dashi (Secondary Dashi)
The second extraction from the same kombu and katsuobushi used in ichiban dashi — a more robust, les…
Niban dashi is inseparabl
GN.123.0121
Niboshi Dashi: Dried Sardine Stock
Niboshi dashi — extracted from dried baby sardines (niboshi or iriko) — is the most robustly flavour…
GN.123.0122
Norman Butter-Cream-Apple Trinity
Norman cuisine is built on three ingredients: butter, cream, and apple. Normandy's lush pastures pro…
GN.123.0123
Nuoc Cham: The Four-Flavour Balance
Fish sauce, lime juice, sugar, water, garlic, and chilli combined in proportions that achieve balanc…
Nước chấm is the universa
GN.123.0124
Nuoc Cham: The Four-Flavour Calibration
A dipping sauce and dressing made from fish sauce, lime juice, sugar, water, garlic, and fresh chill…
Nuoc cham is the foundati
GN.123.0125
Nuoc Cham: Vietnamese Dipping Sauce
Nuoc cham — the Vietnamese table dipping sauce and dressing — is the four-flavour principle expresse…
Nuoc cham is specific to
GN.123.0126
Papa a la Huancaína: Creamy Chilli Cheese Sauce
Huancaína sauce — a creamy preparation of ají amarillo, queso fresco, evaporated milk, crackers (or …
GN.123.0127
Papa a la Huancaína: Potato in Spiced Cheese Sauce
Papa a la huancaína — cold boiled potato in a creamy, bright yellow-orange sauce of ají amarillo, fr…
GN.123.0128
Pesto alla Genovese: The Mortar Method
Pesto from the mortar — pestare means to pound in Italian — produces a sauce of different character …
GN.123.0129
Pesto — The Mortar Method
Pesto alla Genovese begins with seven specific ingredients: Genovese basil (small-leafed, grown with…
GN.123.0130
Petis: Shrimp Paste Reduction Sauce
Petis — a thick, dark, intensely savoury sauce made by reducing shrimp or fish stock with palm sugar…
GN.123.0131
Pho Broth: Char, Spice, and Long Extraction
Beef bones (knuckles, marrow, oxtail) parboiled and rinsed to remove impurities, then simmered for 4…
Phở is Vietnam's national
GN.123.0132
Pho Broth: Spice Charring and Long Extraction
A clear, deeply spiced beef broth made by charring ginger and onion over direct flame, toasting whol…
Pho is Northern Vietnames
GN.123.0133
Pho Broth: The Northern Vietnamese Clear Broth
Pho broth is achieved through a combination of techniques that produce clarity, sweetness, and aroma…
Pho is a 20th-century dev
GN.123.0134
越南汤面 Pho: The Most Technical Vietnamese Preparation
The complete pho technique — documented from Andrea Nguyen's framework.
Pho — the rice noodle sou
GN.123.0135
Pomegranate Molasses: Reduction and Acid Balance
Fresh pomegranate juice reduced with sugar and lemon juice to a thick, pourable syrup. The reduction…
Pomegranate molasses is t
GN.123.0136
Ponzu and Citrus-Based Sauces
Ponzu — from the Dutch pons (punch, a citrus drink) combined with the Japanese su (vinegar) — is a d…
Ponzu developed as a cond
GN.123.0137
Ponzu: Citrus Soy Sauce
Ponzu — the Japanese citrus-soy condiment made from yuzu, sudachi, or kabosu juice combined with ric…
GN.123.0138
Pot Likker: Using Everything
The cooking liquid remaining after braising greens (collards, kale, turnip tops, chard) — dark, inte…
Tamar Adler's An Everlast
GN.123.0139
Prik Nam Pla (Table Condiment and Finishing Sauce)
The simplest and most universal of Thai table condiments — fish sauce with sliced fresh bird's eye c…
GN.123.0140
Provençal Aioli: The Grand Aioli as Philosophy
Aioli — garlic pounded with olive oil into a thick, golden emulsion — is the defining condiment of P…
GN.123.0141
Ragù alla Bolognese: The Complete Method
Hazan's ragù alla Bolognese is the most authoritative version of the most misrepresented sauce in th…
Ragù alla Bolognese is th
GN.123.0142
Raita: Yogurt as Condiment and Counterpoint
Raita — yogurt combined with vegetables, herbs, and spices — serves a precise physiological function…
Yogurt has been fundament
GN.123.0143
Red Chile Sauce
Dried red New Mexican chiles (stems and seeds removed) toasted briefly on a dry skillet or in a hot …
Red chile sauce — dried r
GN.123.0144
Red Chile Sauce: New Mexico's Mother Sauce
New Mexican red chile sauce — the foundation sauce of New Mexican cooking, appearing in enchiladas, …
GN.123.0145
Red-Eye Gravy
A thin, dark brown sauce — half pan drippings, half black coffee — with a small pool of rendered ham…
Red-eye gravy — the pan s
GN.123.0146
Red Gravy
A slow-cooked tomato sauce — "gravy" in the dialect — built on olive oil, garlic, canned San Marzano…
Red gravy — New Orleans C
GN.123.0147
Reduction
Reduction is simmering a liquid to evaporate water, concentrating everything that remains — flavour …
GN.123.0148
Reduction — Concentrating Flavour Through Evaporation
Reduction is the technique of simmering a liquid uncovered to evaporate water and concentrate flavou…
GN.123.0149
Remouillage — Second Extraction Stock
Remouillage — 'rewetting' — is the stock made from bones that have already been used for a first sto…
GN.123.0150
Remouillage — Second Extraction Stock
Remouillage — 'rewetting' — is the stock made from bones that have already been used for a first sto…
GN.123.0151
Remoulade
A thick, mustardy, spiced sauce — tan to reddish-orange depending on the paprika quantity — served c…
French remoulade is a may
GN.123.0152
Romesco: Catalan Pepper and Nut Sauce
Romesco — the roasted pepper, tomato, and almond sauce from Tarragona — is one of the most complex c…
GN.123.0153
Rouille — Saffron and Garlic Pepper Emulsion
Rouille — 'rust' — is a fiery, saffron-coloured emulsion of garlic, chili, bread, olive oil, and saf…
GN.123.0154
Rouille — Saffron and Garlic Pepper Emulsion
Rouille — 'rust' — is a fiery, saffron-coloured emulsion of garlic, chili, bread, olive oil, and saf…
GN.123.0155
Roux and starch thickening
Using flour, cornstarch, or other starches to give body to sauces, soups, and gravies. A roux (equal…
GN.123.0156
Roux — The Three Stages
A roux is equal parts fat and flour by weight, cooked together to form the thickening base for sauce…
GN.123.0157
Roux (White, Blonde, and Brown)
A roux is equal parts fat and flour cooked together — the classical thickening agent for the entire …
GN.123.0158
Rujak: The Spiced Fruit Salad Family
Rujak (rojak in Malay) is the Indonesian fruit salad tradition — but calling it "fruit salad" is lik…
GN.123.0159
Sabayon Salé — Savoury Wine Sabayon
Savoury sabayon applies the technique of Italian zabaglione — egg yolks whisked with wine over heat …
GN.123.0160
Sabayon Salé — Savoury Wine Sabayon
Savoury sabayon applies the technique of Italian zabaglione — egg yolks whisked with wine over heat …
GN.123.0161
Salsa: Raw and Cooked Principles
Mexican salsa encompasses two fundamentally different preparation principles: raw salsa (cruda) — in…
GN.123.0162
Salsas Verdes: Tomatillo-Based Preparations
Salsa verde — tomatillo-based green sauce — exists across a spectrum from raw (cruda) to cooked (asa…
GN.123.0163
Salsa Technique: Raw, Cooked, and Roasted
Mexican salsa — not a single preparation but a complete family of cold and warm condiment sauces — d…
GN.123.0164
Salsa Verde and Italian Cold Sauces
Italian salsa verde — flat-leaf parsley, capers, anchovies, garlic, mustard, and olive oil — is a co…
GN.123.0165
Sambal Bawang: Garlic Chilli Oil
Sambal bawang — fried garlic and chilli in oil. Sliced garlic and sliced red chilli fried in abundan…
GN.123.0166
Sambal Ijo: The Green Chilli Sambal of Padang
Sambal ijo (sambal hijau — green sambal) — green chillies, shallots, garlic, and tomato pounded toge…
GN.123.0167
Sambal Kecap: The Sweet Soy Chilli Condiment
Sambal kecap — kecap manis mixed with sliced bird's eye chilli, sliced shallot, and a squeeze of lim…
GN.123.0168
Sambal Oelek: The Raw Chilli Base
Sambal oelek (ulek) — the most basic sambal. Red chillies and salt, pounded in the cobek. Nothing el…
GN.123.0169
Sambal Roa: Manadonese Smoked Fish Sambal
Sambal roa — the signature Manadonese sambal. *Roa* is a type of garfish (needlefish) that is smoked…
GN.123.0170
Sambal: The Condiment System That Defines the Table
If bumbu is the DNA of Indonesian cooking, sambal is its pulse. Every Indonesian meal — from the mos…
GN.123.0171
Sauce Allemande — Egg Yolk and Lemon Liaison Velouté
Allemande — despite its name ('German sauce'), a thoroughly French creation — is velouté enriched wi…
GN.123.0172
Sauce Allemande — Egg Yolk and Lemon Liaison Velouté
Allemande — despite its name ('German sauce'), a thoroughly French creation — is velouté enriched wi…
GN.123.0173
Sauce Américaine (and Lobster Bisque)
A sauce of extraordinary depth built from live lobster — the shells roasted in the pan, the bodies f…
The origin of sauce améri
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Sauce Aurore — Tomato-Tinted Béchamel
Aurore — 'dawn' — is béchamel coloured and flavoured with a small quantity of tomato purée, producin…
GN.123.0175
Sauce Aurore — Tomato-Tinted Béchamel
Aurore — 'dawn' — is béchamel coloured and flavoured with a small quantity of tomato purée, producin…
GN.123.0176
Sauce Béarnaise: The Emulsified Butter Sauce
Béarnaise — the warm butter emulsion sauce of the French tradition — is structurally similar to holl…
GN.123.0177
Sauce Bercy — Shallot, Wine, and Fish Fumet Velouté
Bercy is fish velouté built on a reduction of shallots and white wine with fish fumet, finished with…
GN.123.0178
Sauce Bercy — Shallot, Wine, and Fish Fumet Velouté
Bercy is fish velouté built on a reduction of shallots and white wine with fish fumet, finished with…
GN.123.0179
Sauce Bordelaise
A reduction of red wine (specifically Bordeaux, or any structured, tannic red wine) with shallots, t…
Sauce bordelaise takes it
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Sauce Cardinal — Lobster Butter and Truffle Velouté
Cardinal is fish velouté enriched with lobster butter, truffle, and cream — named for the vivid red …
GN.123.0181
Sauce Cardinal — Lobster Butter and Truffle Velouté
Cardinal is fish velouté enriched with lobster butter, truffle, and cream — named for the vivid red …
GN.123.0182
Sauce Charcutière and Sauce Robert
Two closely related compound brown sauces that form a family with sauce lyonnaise — all sharing the …
GN.123.0183
Sauce Chasseur (Hunter's Sauce)
A compound brown sauce of mushrooms, shallots, white wine, and tomato, finished with tarragon and pa…
Chasseur means hunter — t
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Sauce Choron — Tomato Béarnaise
Choron is béarnaise coloured and flavoured with tomato concassée or concentrated tomato purée — the …
GN.123.0185
Sauce Choron — Tomato Béarnaise
Choron is béarnaise coloured and flavoured with tomato concassée or concentrated tomato purée — the …
GN.123.0186
Sauce Crème — Cream-Enriched Béchamel
Sauce Crème is the simplest and perhaps most useful of the béchamel derivatives — béchamel thinned a…
GN.123.0187
Sauce Crème — Cream-Enriched Béchamel
Sauce Crème is the simplest and perhaps most useful of the béchamel derivatives — béchamel thinned a…
GN.123.0188
Sauce Crème — Cream-Enriched Béchamel
Sauce Crème is the simplest and perhaps most useful of the béchamel derivatives — béchamel thinned a…
GN.123.0189
Sauce Diable (Devil's Sauce)
A piquant compound brown sauce built on a reduction of white wine, white wine vinegar, shallots, cay…
GN.123.0190
Sauce Diplomate — Lobster, Brandy, and Truffle Velouté
Diplomate is Sauce Normande taken to its most lavish conclusion — enriched with lobster butter, bran…
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Sauce Diplomate — Lobster, Brandy, and Truffle Velouté
Diplomate is Sauce Normande taken to its most lavish conclusion — enriched with lobster butter, bran…
GN.123.0192
Sauce finishing and mounting with butter
Monter au beurre — mounting a sauce with butter — is the classical French technique of whisking cold…
GN.123.0193
Sauce Foyot (Valois) — Béarnaise with Meat Glace
Foyot — also known as Valois — is béarnaise enriched with glace de viande (meat glaze), a reduction …
GN.123.0194
Sauce Foyot (Valois) — Béarnaise with Meat Glace
Foyot — also known as Valois — is béarnaise enriched with glace de viande (meat glaze), a reduction …
GN.123.0195
Sauce Gribiche
A cold sauce of hard-boiled egg yolks emulsified with oil, then enriched with capers, cornichons, an…
Sauce gribiche is a speci
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Sauce Lyonnaise
A compound brown sauce of caramelised onions deglazed with white wine and white wine vinegar, enrich…
GN.123.0197
Sauce Madère — Madeira Wine Espagnole
Madère is demi-glace finished with Madeira wine — one of the simplest classical derivatives and one …
GN.123.0198
Sauce Madère — Madeira Wine Espagnole
Madère is demi-glace finished with Madeira wine — one of the simplest classical derivatives and one …
GN.123.0199
Sauce Maltaise — Blood Orange Hollandaise
Maltaise is hollandaise finished with the juice and finely grated zest of blood oranges — a seasonal…
GN.123.0200
Sauce Maltaise — Blood Orange Hollandaise
Maltaise is hollandaise finished with the juice and finely grated zest of blood oranges — a seasonal…
GN.123.0201
Sauce Mornay — Gruyère and Egg Yolk Béchamel
Mornay is béchamel enriched with grated Gruyère (or a blend of Gruyère and Parmesan) and finished wi…
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Sauce Mornay — Gruyère and Egg Yolk Béchamel
Mornay is béchamel enriched with grated Gruyère (or a blend of Gruyère and Parmesan) and finished wi…
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Sauce Mornay — Gruyère and Egg Yolk Béchamel
Mornay is béchamel enriched with grated Gruyère (or a blend of Gruyère and Parmesan) and finished wi…
GN.123.0204
Sauce Mousseline — Hollandaise with Whipped Cream
Mousseline is hollandaise lightened with whipped cream — a sauce of extraordinary delicacy, airy whe…
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Sauce Mousseline — Hollandaise with Whipped Cream
Mousseline is hollandaise lightened with whipped cream — a sauce of extraordinary delicacy, airy whe…
GN.123.0206
Sauce Moustarde — Mustard Béchamel
Moustarde is béchamel finished with Dijon mustard — a sauce of sharp, nasal heat that cuts through t…
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Sauce Moustarde — Mustard Béchamel
Moustarde is béchamel finished with Dijon mustard — a sauce of sharp, nasal heat that cuts through t…
GN.123.0208
Sauce Nantua — Crayfish Butter Béchamel
Nantua is béchamel finished with crayfish butter, cream, and a garnish of whole crayfish tails — the…
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Sauce Nantua — Crayfish Butter Béchamel
Nantua is béchamel finished with crayfish butter, cream, and a garnish of whole crayfish tails — the…
GN.123.0210
Sauce Nantua — Crayfish Butter Béchamel
Nantua is béchamel finished with crayfish butter, cream, and a garnish of whole crayfish tails — the…
GN.123.0211
Sauce Normande — Normandy Fish Velouté
Normande is the aristocrat of fish sauces — a fish velouté enriched with mushroom cooking liquid, oy…
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Sauce Normande — Normandy Fish Velouté
Normande is the aristocrat of fish sauces — a fish velouté enriched with mushroom cooking liquid, oy…
GN.123.0213
Sauce Paloise — Mint Béarnaise
Paloise is béarnaise with mint replacing tarragon — a single substitution that transforms the sauce …
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Sauce Paloise — Mint Béarnaise
Paloise is béarnaise with mint replacing tarragon — a single substitution that transforms the sauce …
GN.123.0215
Sauce Périgueux and Sauce Périgordine
A Madeira-enriched demi-glace finished with diced or sliced black truffle — the most luxurious of th…
Both sauces take their na
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Sauce Piquante
A thick, reddish-brown stew built on a medium-to-dark roux, the trinity, substantial tomato (crushed…
Sauce piquante — a thick,
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Sauce Piquante — Sharp Gherkin and Caper Espagnole
Piquante is demi-glace sharpened with a white wine and vinegar reduction, garnished with cornichons,…
GN.123.0218
Sauce Piquante — Sharp Gherkin and Caper Espagnole
Piquante is demi-glace sharpened with a white wine and vinegar reduction, garnished with cornichons,…
GN.123.0219
Sauce Poivrade — Peppercorn Espagnole
Poivrade is demi-glace transformed by two aggressive additions: a mirepoix sweated with crushed pepp…
GN.123.0220
Sauce Poivrade — Peppercorn Espagnole
Poivrade is demi-glace transformed by two aggressive additions: a mirepoix sweated with crushed pepp…
GN.123.0221
Sauce Portugaise — Garlic and Tomato Concassée
Portugaise is sauce tomate made more robust with the addition of garlic, onion, and fresh tomato con…
GN.123.0222
Sauce Portugaise — Garlic and Tomato Concassée
Portugaise is sauce tomate made more robust with the addition of garlic, onion, and fresh tomato con…
GN.123.0223
Sauce Provençale — Garlic, Tomato, Olive, and Herb
Provençale is the taste of Provence in a saucepan — tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, olives, and herbes …
GN.123.0224
Sauce Provençale — Garlic, Tomato, Olive, and Herb
Provençale is the taste of Provence in a saucepan — tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, olives, and herbes …
GN.123.0225
Sauce Ravigote (Warm) — Herb and Caper Velouté
Warm Ravigote is velouté sharpened with a reduction of white wine and vinegar, finished with shallot…
GN.123.0226
Sauce Ravigote (Warm) — Herb and Caper Velouté
Warm Ravigote is velouté sharpened with a reduction of white wine and vinegar, finished with shallot…
GN.123.0227
Sauce Reduction and Mounting (Monter au Beurre)
The finishing techniques that transform a reduced liquid into a sauce — concentration to amplify fla…
Monter au beurre — to mou
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Sauces de Déglaçage: Pan Sauce Technique
The French pan sauce — deglazed from the fond (the caramelised residue left in the pan after roastin…
GN.123.0229
Sauce Soubise — Onion Purée Béchamel
Soubise is béchamel married to a purée of slowly sweated onions — a sauce of extraordinary subtlety …
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Sauce Soubise — Onion Purée Béchamel
Soubise is béchamel married to a purée of slowly sweated onions — a sauce of extraordinary subtlety …
GN.123.0231
Sauce Soubise — Onion Purée Béchamel
Soubise is béchamel married to a purée of slowly sweated onions — a sauce of extraordinary subtlety …
GN.123.0232
Sauce Suprême — Velouté with Cream and Butter
Suprême is chicken velouté reduced with mushroom cooking liquid and heavy cream, then mounted with b…
GN.123.0233
Sauce Suprême — Velouté with Cream and Butter
Suprême is chicken velouté reduced with mushroom cooking liquid and heavy cream, then mounted with b…
GN.123.0234
Sauce Tomate (Tomato Sauce — The Fifth Mother Sauce)
The fifth of Escoffier's five mother sauces — a long-cooked reduction of tomatoes with aromatics, fa…
Tomatoes arrived in Franc
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Sauce Velouté and Variants: The Classical Second Tier
A roux-thickened stock (chicken, veal, or fish) that serves as the base for a family of classical Fr…
Child's treatment of the
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Sauce Vin Blanc — White Wine Fish Sauce
Vin Blanc is the workhorse white wine sauce for fish — simpler than Normande, more refined than Berc…
GN.123.0237
Sauce Vin Blanc — White Wine Fish Sauce
Vin Blanc is the workhorse white wine sauce for fish — simpler than Normande, more refined than Berc…
GN.123.0238
Shira-ae: White Sesame Dressing
Shira-ae — the white sesame and tofu dressing applied to blanched vegetables — is one of the most el…
GN.123.0239
Shrimp Creole
Large Gulf shrimp — shells on or off, depending on tradition and formality — in a thick, brick-red C…
Shrimp Creole is the Creo
GN.123.0240
South Carolina Mustard Sauce
A thick, smooth, golden-yellow sauce: yellow mustard as the base (50-60%), cider vinegar, brown suga…
South Carolina mustard sa
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South Indian Coconut Chutney: Preparation and Variations
South Indian coconut chutney — fresh grated coconut blended with green chilli, ginger, and salt, the…
GN.123.0245
Stock Reduction Derivatives: Glace de Viande and Glace de Volaille
A perfectly made brown stock or white chicken stock reduced to one-tenth of its original volume — pr…
Glaces (glazes) appear th
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Stocks: Fond Blanc vs Fond Brun
Two stock families requiring different bone preparation techniques: fond blanc (white stock) from bl…
Pépin's stock documentati
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Stocks in Chinese Cooking: Superior, Second, Milk
Chinese professional cooking uses a tiered stock system — shang tang (superior stock), er tang (seco…
GN.123.0248
Sunday Gravy (Italian-American Ragù)
A large pot of tomato sauce — San Marzano or good quality crushed tomato, garlic, olive oil, basil, …
Italian-American Sunday g
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Sunomono (Vinegared Dishes) and Sanbaizu
Sunomono — vinegared things — are lightly dressed salads of seafood, vegetables, and sometimes noodl…
Vinegar has been used in
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SWEET AND SOUR PORK (TANG CU LI JI)
Tang cu li ji — the original Cantonese sweet and sour pork — bears almost no resemblance to the West…
Tang cu pork originated i
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Tahini Emulsification: Sesame Paste and Acid
Raw tahini (sesame paste) emulsified with cold water, lemon juice, garlic, and salt into a smooth, p…
Tahini as a sauce base is
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Tamarind Chutney for Chaat
The tamarind chutney used for North Indian chaat (street food snacks) is a sweet-sour-spiced reducti…
GN.123.0253
Tapenade and Provençal Preparations
Tapenade — from the Provençal tapeno (capers), the name revealing the ingredient hierarchy: capers f…
GN.123.0254
Tare: The Concentrated Seasoning Base
A concentrated reduction of soy sauce, mirin, sake, and aromatics (kombu, dried shiitake, dried fish…
Tare (pronounced TAH-reh)
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Teriyaki Sauce and Glazes
Teriyaki sauce — soy, mirin, sake, and sometimes sugar — is the basis for the glazed grilling prepar…
GN.123.0256
The Ajaad (Cucumber Relish) and Its Role
A simple, quickly made relish of thinly sliced cucumber, shallot, and fresh chilli in a sweetened ri…
GN.123.0257
The Emulsification Principle: Stable Fat-Water Suspension
The creation of a stable suspension of fat droplets in a water-based liquid (or vice versa) through …
Nosrat's treatment of emu
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The French Mother Sauces: Technical Survey
Robuchon's treatment of the five French mother sauces — béchamel, velouté, espagnole, hollandaise, a…
GN.123.0259
The Meatball
Large, round meatballs (5-7cm diameter) of ground meat (the classic blend is equal parts beef, pork,…
The Italian-American meat
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The Mexican Mole: Architecture of the Ancient Sauce
Mole — from the Nahuatl molli (sauce) — is simultaneously the most ancient and most complex sauce tr…
Mole's pre-Columbian orig
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The Roman Pasta Quartet: Carbonara, Amatriciana, Gricia, and Cacio e Pepe
Rome's four canonical pasta preparations form a family tree. Each builds on the one before, and toge…
GN.123.0262
The Sauce from the Pan: Deglazing as Habit
The addition of liquid (wine, stock, water, vinegar, citrus juice) to a hot pan after cooking protei…
Adler's central practical
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Tomato Sauce: Hazan's Three Essential Versions
Hazan's three tomato sauces are the most widely referenced Italian sauce recipes in the English-spea…
GN.123.0264
Tomato Sauce: The Simplest and the Best
Hazan's most famous recipe — butter, onion, and canned tomato, cooked for 45 minutes, onion discarde…
This specific preparation
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Tomato Sauce: The Three Methods
Three tomato sauce approaches, each producing a categorically different result:
Hazan established definit
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Tonkotsu Ramen: The Cloudy Pork Bone Broth
Tonkotsu broth — the rich, creamy, opaque, collagen-saturated pork bone broth of Hakata (Fukuoka), K…
Tonkotsu ramen originates
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Tteokbokki: Rice Cake in Gochujang Sauce
Tteokbokki — cylindrical rice cakes (garae-tteok) simmered in a gochujang-based sauce — is the most …
GN.123.0268
Tteokbokki: Sauce Coating and Rice Cake Technique
Cylindrical rice cakes simmered in a gochujang, gochugaru, soy sauce, and sugar-based sauce until th…
Tteokbokki — spicy rice c
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Veal Piccata and the Lemon Sauce
Piccata — thinly pounded veal scaloppine, lightly floured and sautéed, finished with lemon juice and…
GN.123.0270
Velouté
One of Escoffier's five mother sauces — a blonde roux married to a light, well-made stock (veal, chi…
Velouté appears in Carême
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Vietnamese Caramel Sauce: Bitter Dark Base
Sugar cooked without water to a very dark, almost black caramel, then carefully deglazed with warm w…
Vietnamese caramel (nuoc
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Vietnamese Caramel Sauce: Dark and Savoury
Sugar cooked in a heavy pan without any liquid until it reaches a deep mahogany, then a small amount…
Vietnamese caramel sauce
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Vietnamese Dipping Sauces: Nuoc Cham Family
Nuoc cham — the Vietnamese dipping sauce of fish sauce, lime, sugar, garlic, and chilli — is the tab…
GN.123.0274
Vietnamese Nước Chấm (Dipping Sauce): The National Condiment
The universal Vietnamese dipping sauce — a precise combination of fish sauce, lime juice, sugar, wat…
Nước chấm (literally 'dip
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Vinaigrette (and the Emulsified Dressing Family)
A vinaigrette is oil and acid — two liquids that do not naturally combine — temporarily dispersed in…
Vinaigrette as a named pr
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Vinaigrette: French Dressing Science
Vinaigrette — the French emulsified oil-and-acid dressing — is technically an unstable emulsion that…
GN.123.0277
Vinaigrette: Ratio, Acid Choice, and Emulsification
An emulsion of acid (vinegar or citrus) and fat (oil), seasoned with salt and mustard (as emulsifier…
The vinaigrette is the mo
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Vitello Tonnato: Veal with Tuna Sauce
Vitello tonnato — thinly sliced poached veal, served cold, covered with a creamy tuna-caper-anchovy …
GN.123.0279
Walnut Sauces: Georgia's Foundational Fat
Where France uses butter, Italy uses olive oil, and Southeast Asia uses coconut, Georgia uses walnut…
GN.123.0280
Yu Xiang: Fish-Fragrant Flavour
Yu xiang — "fish-fragrant" — is one of Sichuan's most important flavour profiles, applied to dishes …