Selecting Ingredients

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A World of Dates
There are more than 1,500 varieties of date grown in the world today. These eight are some of the most popular ones in the U.S.
Selecting a Potato
Sink or float, it all depends on a potato’s starch content.
About Dried Morels
Morel season is short, so the supply of fresh ones is of necessity limited. But dried morels are always available.
Finding Morels
A good morel is hard to find—but here are some handy tips on where to look for them, and what to do with them if you are lucky enough to find any.
Best Sesame Oils
We’ve selected five varieties and brands of sesame oil that represent the breadth of flavors found in this kitchen staple.
A Guide To Greens
The raw truth on 8 popular leafy greens.
The Italian Pantry
Essential ingredients for your Italian pantry.
We tasted two dozen domestic and imported tomato pastes and particularly liked the following eight.
30 Great Butters
The variety of domestic and foreign butters available today is immense. Here are the ones that impressed us the most.
How Fish Get Their Unique Flavor
The circumstances determining the taste of a fish are many and complex.
The Kerala Kitchen Pantry
An essential list of ingredients to make the exotic dishes of Kerala.
Our Best Pumpkin Picks
A photographic guide to the best squash the market has to offer.
Prized Pumpkins
An in-depth look at what's growing in neighborhood pumpkin patches.
Pickled, powdered and preserved, ginger is used in a variety of ways.
Young or mature, the age of ginger matters when it comes to the type of dish to be prepared.