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Corn kernels, fresh in season, frozen the rest of the year, are charred in a hot dry pan with a bit of oil until many kernels are blackened
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Corn kernels, fresh in season, frozen the rest of the year, are charred in a hot dry pan with a bit of oil until many kernels are blackened

Pita breads are torn into pieces and toasted (or fried) until crisp and crunchy

A torn pita is brushed with olive oil and grilled or fried until golden and crisp

Fried green tomatoes are the South's answer to using up the last of the summer tomato patch before frost, firm unripe…

Well-fermented sour kimchi is chopped fine; the juice is reserved

Madrasi masala paste represents the very hot end of British-Indian curry pastes

This is mapo tofu without the pork, where the dried shiitake mushroom steps in and does most of the heavy lifting

A Cambodian banana flower salad, the kind of bright herby starter that opens a Khmer meal

A wok is heated hot; garlic flashes briefly in oil; vegetables go in by cook time, firmest first (broccoli, carrot, baby…

Day-old crusty bread is torn into rough pieces and briefly moistened with water-and-vinegar, just enough to soften without making mush

A British-Indian-Restaurant standard, built on a base of cold, fully-dried basmati so the grains stay separate under high heat

This is the masala. The sauce that turns tikka, the marinated, grilled protein from [Restaurant-Style…

Tandoori masala paste is unique: it's designed to be diluted with yogurt to create a marinade for the tandoor clay oven or modern broiler