My Favorite Ingredients
Just as I have my favorite gear, I keep a well-stocked kitchen filled with all my favorite ingredients. As you have likely noticed, my recipes rarely lean on boxed mixes, bottled sauces, or premade dressings.
Mark and I like the freshness and quality control of making our mixes and sauces, but it also enables endless possibilities. It is similar to mixing watercolors. If you have all the primary colors, you can create infinite combinations instead of being restrained by someone else’s swatch options. We like the idea of endless possibilities, and I think you will, too!
There are exceptions, of course. If the recipe requires exotic ingredients that are difficult and expensive to source and rarely used, then a bottle or a box makes plenty of sense. Garam masala is one example. Making a spice mix like that can require a dozen or more spices that make the recipe out of reach from a shear cost perspective.
For the most part, I will highlight hard working ingredients that you can use in your everyday cooking to create infinite combinations. Bon Appétit
