There is no other aroma coming from the kitchen - not truffle, not freshly peeled orange, not a chocolate cake baking - that will stop you in your tracks and make you inhale as deeply as this ranchero...
Sauce gribiche has a category problem - is it a vinaigrette, a mayonnaise, a condiment, a sauce? - but that liability turns out to be its strongest asset; it can be used as you would any and all of those...
This sauce is a Northern Italian classic, and tastes delicious on pretty much anything. It is a traditional dipping sauce for vegetables, but try drizzling it over roasted fish. Be sure to sop up all leftovers...
This formula, adapted from the chef Barbara Tropp, yields both a fragrant, fiery oil and a brick-red chile sludge. They work as well in a wok as they do in a bean soup or meat braise, on cold noodles,...
Not too hot is the point of this sauce. When a recipe tester suggested an optional serrano chile if cooks yearned for more spice, Mark Bittman said nope.