Toasting the noodles gives this dramatic squid ink pasta a nutty flavor and helps it maintain the perfect al dente texture while cooking undisturbed like a paella. The garlicky aioli, called allioli ...

This bold Catalan garlic sauce, whipped into a creamy emulsion, is the ultimate Mediterranean condiment for meats, seafood, and vegetables alike. This recipe is as traditional as they come, calling ...

An Italian marble mortar with a wood pestle sits on the corner of my worktop. It’s for making traditional Pesto alla Genovese. Yes, with a mortar and pestle. I don’t use it much but it reminds me of ...

Sauces from the source: Aioli is one of several oil and garlic-based-emulsion sauces found around the Mediterranean rim, including alioli and allioli.Marina Oliphant I read recently somewhere that ...