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Orange Cranberry Sauce Recipe

Fresh Orange Cranberry Sauce Recipe

Turkey Gravy Recipe

Turkey Gravy Recipe

Pan Seared Duck Breast Recipe

Gourmet Pan-Seared Duck with Earthy Mushroom Sauce

Chicken Marsala with Mushrooms Recipe

Chicken Marsala Recipe: How to Nail the Sauce Every Single Time

A ladle lifting glossy, deep-brown demi-glace from a saucepan

How to Make Demi-Glace — Not Classic, But Just As Good

Four sauces illustrating the world of sauces

Sauces Aren’t as Hard as You Think

A container filled with pomegranate molasses.

Pomegranate Molasses Recipe

Thanksgiving Cranberry Sauce Recipe

How to Make Cranberry Sauce from Scratch for Thanksgiving

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I’ve been cooking seriously since the mid-1980s — self-taught, a lot of trial and error, and genuinely interested in why things work in the kitchen. I started this site in 1997 because I couldn’t find cooking writing that explained the reasoning. Still at it.

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