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Gastrique
Chef Stephen Kalt learned the secrets of this sweet-sour sauce, designed to balance the earthy flavors of game, while cooking under Daniel Boulud at Le Cirque.
Lemon Basil
by Susan Spicer. When you cook with lemon basil, people ask what it is because it's reminiscent of basil, but it's kind of unusual. It has a superbright, lemony flavor that mixes nicely with chives and tarragon and dill and frisée in a salad.
Sweetbreads
"Sweetbreads…what are those?" I wondered. I pictured the Portuguese rolls the corner bakery in my neighborhood sometimes sold. I couldn't have been more wrong.Keep reading »
Koshary El Tahrir
Visiting Cairo, chef Anita Lo is captivated by koshary, a vegetarian mixture of toasted pasta, rice, lentils, chickpeas, and fried onions doused in flavorful sauces.
How To Butcher A Rabbit
Rabbit is a great starting point for cooks looking to extend their repertoire to butchering. All you need is a small, sharp paring knife and kitchen shears — and a rabbit.
Easy Peeling: How to Peel Hard-Boiled Eggs
When you hard-boil as many eggs as we did to test deviled egg recipes for the SAVEUR 100, you start to wonder what the best way is to peel the darned things. So we figured it out!
After a knife, there is no tool in a cook's hand more often than a spoon—for stirring, saucing, portioning, and, of course, tasting. One spoon boasts more passionate partisans than all others: the Gray Kunz spoon.
The Art of the Tart: How to Make a Beautiful Apple Tart
A step-by-step gallery for making Sara Moulton's French apple tart, in which uniform apple slices are fanned out in spirals that mimic the petals of a rose.
Bitter Truths: Why You Shouldn't Sweat Eggplant
How to cook eggplant and salting eggplants for roasted eggplant recipes, with photos.
Pencil and Paper
From SAVEUR Issue #135

by Oriol Balaguer 

I use all kinds of materials in the kitchen—some very simple, some extremely high-tech...Keep reading »

Housemade Kielbasa
Housemade Kielbasa
SAVEUR 100 Recipes
All the recipes featured in the 2011 SAVEUR 100.
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Corned Beef and CabbageCorned Beef and Cabbage
Nose-to-Tail Rabbit
Nose-to-Tail Rabbit
Le Contre-Quai
From SAVEUR Issue #135

by Pierre Gagnaire 

There is a place off the coast of Brittany, on Belle-Île, called Le Contre-Quai.Keep reading »