Mike's Hot Honey

By Cory Baldwin

I first tasted this amazing condiment at a Brooklyn pizzeria, where it was drizzled over a sopressata pie. The piquant chile-and vinegar-spiked honey rounded out the pizza's salinity so well that I wondered what other dishes it could improve. So I bought a bottle and squeezed it over fried chicken, ice cream sundaes, and into salad dressings, marinades, even cocktails�any food that might be brightened by its syrupy spice. That turned out to be almost everything.

Mike's Hot Honey, $8.00 at mikeshothoney.com