"Miso soup's base is a broth called dashi that is made from strips of dried kelp (kombu) and dried smoked bonito flakes (katsuobushi). Miso, a salty fermented soybean paste, provides that savoriness ...

Ras el hanout chickpea and spinach stew, three-bean soup and spiced tomato and eggplant pasta leave no tomato paste behind.

Tomato paste is one of those essential ingredients, and a pantry just wouldn’t be complete without at least one can of it. At least I know mine isn’t. But when talking to friends about my great love ...

Gochujang is a deep red Korean fermented paste that combines spiciness, sweetness and umami and is already a part of many ...

For a special take on steak, add this North African condiment to compound butter and dollop some on your just-cooked cut for ...

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A mixture of ground nuts -- such as hazelnut and almonds -- sugar and liquid (egg whites and perhaps a liqueur), nut pastes are frequently added to baked cakes, tarts and pastries for added richness ...

As universal as vanilla flavoring is, there's a time to use vanilla bean paste and another to use extract. Understand when to ...

A good quince can be hard to find. And for many, they're also hard to define. Tammy Donroe Inman, who wrote the dessert cookbook Wintersweet and blogs at Food on the Food, says the tough yellow fruits ...