If your kitchen repertoire consists of even a few dishes, you've likely made a version of either sofrito or mirepoix. Both mixtures are made of finely chopped vegetables cooked in fat to concentrate ...

Sofrito is the a cooking technique that ties much of Latin America together. Plus, it's vegan and heart-healthy. Here's everything you need to know. “It’s the one technique that really identifies the ...

For her sublime version of everyday chicken and rice, Marcia Kiesel coats chicken legs in chili powder and cooks rice with sofrito—a Spanish mixture of chopped onion, garlic and bell pepper. She bakes ...

What luck Charles Pierre Gaston Francois de Lévis had. He began his public life at a deficit, “an incompetent and mediocre individual,” wrote the great Pierre Larousse, as quoted in the “Oxford ...

Maricel Presilla, featured in this month's Gourmet magazine, stirs sauces and shares culinary secrets with listeners from her home. And joining me now is Chef Maricel Presilla. She is profiled in ...

“Since when does sushi have meat?” someone at our table asked. Since Latin sushi, that’s when. Ricardo Cardona, chef for the New York Yankees and visiting teams (not to mention caterer for Jennifer ...