Pickled Jalapeno Peppers1/17
These Korean-style jalapenos that take a dunk in soy sauce and soda are perhaps not pickled in the traditional American sense, but pickled nonetheless. Wait'll you taste 'em.
Chimichurri2/17
Drizzle, douse, souse, or otherwise acquaint this emerald elixir with grilled steak, chicken, chops, seafood, or heck, anything.
Homemade Sriracha Sauce3/17
The traditional and incendiary Thai condiment has incited quite the following. Here's how to save yourself a trip to your local Asian market.
Homemade Old Bay Seasoning4/17
An American classic, this indispensable spice blend brings a taste of the Eastern Shore to anything, anywhere, anytime.
Blue Cheese Dip5/17
Tired of settling for an ordinary blue cheese dip that practically necessitates a search party to locate a stray chunk of cheese swimming in mayo? This one won't disappoint.
Bread and Butter Pickles6/17
We've no idea where the saying "in a pickle" comes from, but we'd love to find ourselves in a jar of these subtly sweet specimens.
Pesto Genovese7/17
A spoon-it-straight-from-the-jar-and-slather-it-on-everything sauce with the taste of tradition, the seduction of sophistication.
Homemade Mayonnaise8/17
Millions have become adept at slathering mayo on all manner of food stuff. Yet few have attempted to make it at home. This foolproof recipe may change that.
Bacon Jam9/17
Maybe what the world needs is a single currency. Like jars of this sweet, rich, intense bacon jam that makes everything better.
Cheddar Cheese Sauce10/17
This stupendously cheesy spread is so satiatingly super you'll want to ladle it on everything. And we do mean everything.
Chili Honey Butter11/17
Sweet, spicy, and just a little sassy. That's what we think of this sensational synthesis of everyday ingredients. Slather it at will.
Bobby Flay’s Barbecue Sauce12/17
This sweetly spicy little number wooed us from our very first spoonful, banishing bottled barbecue sauce forever from our pantries.
Day After Thanksgiving Cranberry Chutney13/17
We can't help but think that all we want for Christmas is jar after jar of this sweet-tart cranberry condiment.
Pepper Sherry14/17
What could be easier than plopping some hot peppers in a bottle of booze, setting it aside for as long as you can resist, and then dribbling it over everything? Exactly.
Portuguese Red Pepper Paste15/17
Each Portuguese family has its own rendition of this classic, a pantry staple known as massa de pimentão. Here's how the Leite family makes it.
Milk Mayonnaise16/17
Known as maionese de leite in Portuguese, milk mayonnaise--you heard us--is an incredibly creamy, eggless emulsion held together by oil, milk (natch), and a lotta love.