Condiment
Nutty and Salty Gunpowder Spice
Gunpowder spice, also known as idli podi or milagai podi, is not a spice blend but instead a dry chutney found in South India that’s eaten with dosa and idli.
BySohla El-Waylly
Easiest Cranberry Sauce
Save your over-the-top machinations for the pie–cranberry sauce is meant to be simple.
ByPriya Krishna
Chili Jam
This Vietnamese chili jam is sweet and slightly spicy, and it is especially delicious with noodle dishes.
ByHelen Lê
Mafé Peanut Sauce
Known as one of the mother sauces of African cuisine, mafé can be paired with chicken, fish, vegetables, rice, or pretty much whatever you want.
ByPierre Thiam
What Are Liquid Aminos and How Did They Become a Staple of Hippie Cooking?
This salty, savory sauce has a story.
ByMargarett Waterbury
The Best Way to Keep Guacamole From Turning Brown
Does storing guacamole with the avocado pit actually keep it green?
ByZoe Denenberg
Old Bay Remoulade
This remoulade recipe is punctuated with mustard, garlic, capers, and hot sauce and is ideal for cutting through the richness of seafood.
ByJesse Szewczyk
Easy Green Cocktail Sauce
For this green cocktail sauce recipe, salsa verde gets amped up with fresh cilantro, lime juice, green hot sauce, and horseradish to embolden its color and add a bright, herby flavor.
ByJesse Szewczyk
Classic Cocktail Sauce
While many cocktail sauce recipes call for chili sauce, ketchup lets you add your desired level of spice to tailor it to your exact taste.
ByJesse Szewczyk
Salad’s Better With This Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Any-Pickle Dressing
Pickles and ranch dressing, together at last.
ByAsha Loupy
Creamy Any-Pickle Dressing
Pick any pickle you want—or a mix of dill pickles, cocktail onions, capers, pickled green beans, cornichons, and hot cherry peppers—for this creamy, tangy dressing.
ByAsha Loupy
A History of Ketchup, America’s Favorite Condiment
This go-to cookout condiment originated in South Asia and contained no tomatoes.
ByMatthew Zuras
Chocolate Syrup
This homemade chocolate syrup recipe is rich and versatile, and the process is nearly as easy as running to the grocery store to pick up a bottle of Hershey’s.
ByMelissa Roberts
Spicy Giardiniera Is a Busy Cook’s Best-Kept Secret
Turn up the flavor of your pasta sauce and your tuna salad with this jarred condiment from the Windy City
ByAnikah Shaokat
Quick-and-Easy Hot Fudge Sauce
This luscious hot fudge sauce comes together in the time it takes to let your ice cream soften up a bit.
ByJesse Szewczyk
Homemade Maraschino Cherries
From cocktails to sundaes, these homemade maraschino cherries will serve you well.
ByJesse Szewczyk
Microwave Hot Fudge Sauce
Let the microwave do all the work for this better-than-store-bought quick hot fudge sauce.
ByJesse Szewczyk
Garlic Mayonnaise
Call it garlic mayonnaise or aioli, this zhuzhed-up condiment brings a boost of flavor to just about everything it touches.
ByPenelope Casas