This 11-minute tomato sauce comes straight from a classic French grandma recipe. Simple ingredients, fast technique, and huge flavor. It’s rich, comforting, and perfect for pasta, chicken, vegetables ...

It’s no secret Americans love their french fries. Estimates suggest that the average American eats nearly 30 pounds of fries each year. When it comes to enjoying a side of fries (or a full plate, ...

The five mother sauces are classic for a reason, but it’s time to meet their modern descendants. A good sauce can take an average meal and turn it into something memorable. Most chefs know this secret ...

Hollandaise is one of the five French mother sauces, along with béchamel, velouté, espagnole, and tomato. These sauces are known as the foundation for all other sauces, dubbed daughter sauces (the ...

Think of the classic French sauce gribiche as a dolled-up egg salad. But instead of adding mayonnaise to hard-cooked eggs, the eggs are mashed with bold ingredients like capers, mustard and herbs to a ...

This summer, NPR is getting crafty in the kitchen. As part ofWeekend Edition's Do Try This At Home series, chefs are sharing their cleverest hacks and tips — taking expensive, exhausting or ...

When chef John Williams first tasted sauce périgourdine at nineteen, he was captivated by the combination of earthy truffle, sweet Madeira and Port, and savory veal stock. “That experience has stayed ...

Anthony Bourdain had a lifelong affinity for French food, stemming from childhood summers in the French town his father's family was from. There, Bourdain was introduced to French cuisine. He was the ...