Middle Eastern & Mediterranean
In Lebanon, a mezze table can be read the moment it is set. Cool white labneh sits beside a garnet…
Chinese
Chengdu dan dan mian arrives dry. Red chili oil pools at the bottom of a small bowl, and the noodles…
Italian
On Sunday afternoons in Bologna, the smell that climbs the stairwell is not tomato. Pancetta and butter turn golden in…
Indian
At six in a Dadar apartment block, one flat may put on toor for the next day’s lunch while another…
Japanese
A good bowl of miso soup smells of sweet kombu and a faint smoke from katsuobushi before the spoon touches…
American Southern
A wide cast iron skillet, loaded with no more than six pieces at a time, is what keeps the oil…
Region
American Southern
A wide cast iron skillet, loaded with no more than six pieces at a time, is what keeps the oil…
American Southern
A black iron skillet on a back burner, close to forty minutes of steady stirring, and a kitchen that fills…
American Southern
Browned flour and bay leaf fill the kitchen while a cast iron pot sits low from mid-morning and the roux…
Region
Chinese
Chengdu dan dan mian arrives dry. Red chili oil pools at the bottom of a small bowl, and the noodles…
Chinese
Set three soy sauce bottles side by side, all with red-and-gold labels. The darkest one moves slowly when tilted. Reach…
Chinese
A small Shandong dumpling shop in Chengdu sits between a mahjong parlour and a mala hot pot place. Clear chicken…
Region
French
Depth Over Heat: What French Cooking Chooses Instead of Spice A cube of beef pressed into a dry skillet at…
French
A bistro poulet rôti fills the kitchen with butter and thyme by the time it leaves the oven. Rest the…
French
In the farmhouse kitchens of Gascony, a stoneware crock kept in a cool pantry holds duck legs sealed under pale…
Region
Indian
At six in a Dadar apartment block, one flat may put on toor for the next day’s lunch while another…
Indian
Hyderabadi biryani announces itself before the lid comes off. Ghee and fried onion first, then mint and saffron, then the…
Indian
A masala dabba earns its place on the counter next to the salt and the pressure cooker: seven steel cups…
Region
Italian
On Sunday afternoons in Bologna, the smell that climbs the stairwell is not tomato. Pancetta and butter turn golden in…
Italian
Parmigiano Reggiano rewards a close look. A short almond-shaped knife is worked into the wheel, and the rind cracks like…
Italian
A common question from home cooks abroad: why does a Bolognese made in London taste nothing like one served in…
Region
Japanese
A good bowl of miso soup smells of sweet kombu and a faint smoke from katsuobushi before the spoon touches…
Japanese
Four bottles can share the shoyu label and still do very different work. The paler one suits takikomi rice. The…
Japanese
Traditional miso shops in central Kyoto keep their pastes in open wooden tubs. The lightest is pale straw, the colour…
Region
Korean
A first-time visitor to a small Korean restaurant often meets the same welcome. Before the main food arrives, the server…
Korean
Traditional Korean home fermentation lives on rooftops and in courtyards, where onggi (porous clay jars) stand in rows through the…
Korean
Bibimbap belongs to the end of the week, when the refrigerator holds the tail ends of several banchan: spinach from…
Region
Mexican & Latin American
At a small cevichería in Miraflores, service can begin as early as 11:30 in the morning. A cook cubes a…
Mexican & Latin American
A basalt molcajete gives a low, hollow sound as you grind in it, half stone and half drum. Set it…
Mexican & Latin American
Mole poblano can eat an afternoon fast. Eleven-hour attempts, three burned anchos, a dark pot that smells of ash by…
Region
Middle Eastern & Mediterranean
In Lebanon, a mezze table can be read the moment it is set. Cool white labneh sits beside a garnet…
Middle Eastern & Mediterranean
A shallow dish of Lebanese hummus can look almost lilac-pale in soft kitchen light, a small green pool of olive…
Middle Eastern & Mediterranean
In the spice arcade of Souk el Attarine in Tunis, a teaspoon of ras el hanout invites a slow inhale,…
Region
Southeast Asian
In a Padang kitchen on a wedding morning, the rendang has been on the fire since four. By nine it…
Southeast Asian
The wooden barrels at Phu Quoc smell of anchovy, sun, and old timber. Use a hot February morning in 2019…
Southeast Asian
At Or Tor Kor market in Bangkok, just past five in the morning, the women at the curry paste stalls…
Region
French
Depth Over Heat: What French Cooking Chooses Instead of Spice A cube of beef pressed into a dry skillet at…
Middle Eastern & Mediterranean
In Lebanon, a mezze table can be read the moment it is set. Cool white labneh sits beside a garnet…
Chinese
Chengdu dan dan mian arrives dry. Red chili oil pools at the bottom of a small bowl, and the noodles…
The kitchen
Mexican & Latin American Cuisine Editor
Italian Regional Cuisine Editor
Japanese Home Cooking Editor
Southeast Asian Cuisine Editor
Korean Home Cooking Editor
Indian & South Asian Cuisine Editor
Chinese Regional Cuisine Editor
French Home Cooking Editor
Middle Eastern & Mediterranean Editor
American Southern & Comfort Cooking Editor
