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Tomato Sauce Recipe

Marinara Sauce Recipe

Chipotle Sauce

Chipotle Sauce Recipe

Indian sauce base in a wide cast iron or stainless skillet

How to Make an Indian-Style Sauce Base — And Why the Smell Tells You Everything

Beurre Blanc Sauce Recipe

How to Make Restaurant Quality Beurre Blanc Sauce

Pan Sauce Recipe for Chicken

Simple Pan Sauce For Chicken Video

BBQ Sauce Recipe

The Ultimate Fourth of July BBQ Sauce Recipe for Ribs

Spinach Walnut Pesto Sauce Recipe

Spinach Walnut Pesto Recipe

Mango Salsa Recipe

Mango Salsa Recipe

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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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