Beurre blanc, or "white butter" in French, is the perfect sauce for seafood (and most other things, really). It's a simple mixture of butter, white wine, shallots, white vinegar, and some salt and ...

Thomas Keller shares a simple recipe for a workhorse sauce he can't imagine cooking without. The super-simple sauce can be used on its own or augmented with whatever flavors you'd like. You can also ...

PITY the poor saucier. Though the position of maker-of-sauces has been, since Escoffier, near the top of the kitchen brigade hierarchy, often the sauces themselves go unsung. Unlisted on menus, taken ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are miracles happening in restaurant kitchens every day. Cooking techniques and complex recipes that can take years to master and ...

One of the most glorious and mysterious sauces in a professional chef's repertoire is easy to make at home and only requires two ingredients: butter and water. It's called beurre monté. Most famously, ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. The French lean pretty heavily on butter—and we ...