Now that you’ve browned your meat and sweated your vegetables, it’s time to add the meat back to the pot. Some juices will release from the meat while you’re sweating the vegetables, which is fine; add that to the pot, too. While sweating the vegetables, you’ll notice that more fond has developed. It’s time to…

Dried chiles are not used right out of the box or bag. If you do that, your finished sauce will taste of little more than mildly hot dust. Roasting the chiles until they’re charred and blistered will intensify their flavor. This is the first step to waking them from their slumber, and it’s critical to…

Nate Larsen, executive chef at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa, shares one of his most famous recipes and gives insider tips on cooking with New Mexico’s prized green chile. As green chile harvesting season is upon us, executive chef Nate Larsen at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa on the Santa Ana…

For her latest cookbook, “Latinísimo,” Sandra A. Gutierrez found creative ways to meet cooks to document the home cooking of Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Just as Sandra A. Gutierrez was about to embark on a research trip to the 23 cities throughout Latin America that she planned to cover in her fifth…

Air-frying might be our new favorite way to cook hot dogs Hot dogs are such an easy meal. Since they’re precooked, all you need to do is heat them up, and they’re ready to go. As a matter of fact, you don’t even have to cook them before eating. But why do that? Especially when…

If you’re in the mood for a robust, filling meal that hits all the right spots, pasta alla carbonara is hard to beat. Between the pancetta bits, eggs, parmesan cheese, and heavy cream (sometimes), it’s the perfect post-marathon meal or dish for when you feel like you haven’t eaten in days. But Ina Garten’s recipe…

At its heart, paella is a simple dish with relatively few ingredients considering all of the fantastic aromatics and flavors having a full-out fiesta on your tastebuds with each and every bite. So, what’s the trick to making a traditional Spanish paella with enough flavor to knock your socks off? Well … like most things…

Beef stew is perfect for dinner in the wintertime. This rich, warm, nourishing dish is bound to warm you right up on a cold night. Because they’re so dense and hearty, root vegetables are traditionally eaten during the winter when other more delicate vegetables are no longer available. And root vegetables are perfect for beef…