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Each week, Allison Fishman of the Wooden Spoon Cooking School in New York chooses a particular ingredient to illuminate the building blocks of great cuisine.

Greek Yogurt
Greek Yogurt
Mar 25, 2010
Thick, rich Greek yogurt, typically made from sheep's milk, is the yogurt I love most. To be fair, thick yogurt isn’t the provenance of the Greeks. Thick or strained yogurt (from which the whey has been drained) is also used in Indian, Russian, Turkish, Nepalese, and Middle Eastern cooking. Continue... Continue...
Anchovy Paste
Anchovy Paste
Mar 11, 2010
Anchovies are possibly my favorite dirty-secret ingredient, and I’m not alone in keeping my love closeted. How can we help the ones we love to get over their fear of anchovies? Continue... Continue...
shredded pork shoulder
Pork Shoulder
Feb 25, 2010
If you have not yet cooked pork shoulder, you're in for a treat. The Kitchn.com said it, and I agree: "It is incredibly hard to screw up, and yet turning a big hunk of pork shoulder into tender shreds of juicy meat still feels like a noteworthy accomplishment every time we do it." Continue... Continue...
Lasagne Noodles
Lasagne Noodles
Feb 11, 2010
Leftover lasagna noodles, you plague both my pantry and me! I'm not a fan of ingredients that aren't versatile, and even after I've baked an enormous lasagna, I always seem to have extra pasta left over. Continue... Continue...
fennel
Raw and Roasted Fennel
Feb 4, 2010
I first met fennel at a cocktail party. It was on a crudité tray, raw, nestled between the "baby" carrots and the grape tomatoes. It was only fair that I mistook it for celery. Continue... Continue...
ice cream homemade
New Year's Freezer Guide: What to Buy
Jan 22, 2010
Last week, I suggested what you can get rid of in your freezer while you're embarking on winter kitchen cleaning. This week, we'll talk about what you want to keep stocked in your freezer: these are ingredients that you'll be reaching for again and again. Continue... Continue...
freezer essentials throwaway
New Year's Freezer Guide: What to Throw Away
Jan 14, 2010
My freezer is often packed with accumulated foodstuffs I can’t bear to toss. But with the change of the decade, I feel compelled to discard the old and make room for the new, in life and in my freezer. This week, I'll suggest what you can dump from your freezer for the New Year. Continue... Continue...
ginger
Ginger's Time To Shine
Dec 17, 2009
It's ginger's time of year. The heady root is a headline ingredient in gingerbread houses, a natural partner in pumpkin pies and spiced cookies, and the base for a medicinal tea to help un-wreak the havoc we’ve wrought upon our stomachs during holiday feasting. Continue... Continue...
latkes hanukkah
Potatoes, Hanukkah, and the Holiday Spirit
Dec 10, 2009
I am Jewish. And in New York, where I live, many folks who aren’t Jewish consider themselves Jewish-ish if they speak a little Yiddish, eat some chopped liver, spin a dreidel, or cook a latke—or potato pancake. Continue... Continue...
black cake fruitcake fruit cake
The Gifts of Time and Black Cake
Dec 3, 2009
There’s a cake recipe that has been on my mind for 10 years. I’ve been thinking about the cake—not about baking it—because the key ingredient is time, something that I cannot buy. Continue... Continue...