Condiments, Sauces & Pastes

This breakfast-for-a-crowd crams everything good about babka into a hearty casserole: sweet custard, cinnamon, chocolate, and tender slices of bread.

Warming harissa and cinnamon, briny olives, and sweet dried fruit make up the flavorful base for this weeknight-friendly take on tagine.

A luxuriously creamy and bright dressing made with aquafaba, miso, and crunchy poppy seeds makes a star out of summer produce.

An accidental recipe (sbagliatio means mistaken in Italian) yields a delicious herby tahini dressing that is excellent poured over lightly blanched green beans.

With salty-sweet miso butter, chives, and savory flakes of nori, this cheesy sweet potato gratin recipe bears little resemblance to traditional versions.

This saucy noodle recipe gets its crunch from fiery, garlicky toasted cashews.

This speedy dinner features a verdant take on chili crisp, with scallions, jalapeños, and roasted peanuts for crunch.

Matcha tints this refreshing noodle dish a delightful green hue—and imparts its characteristic grassy flavor.

Herby chickpea falafel gets the veggie burger treatment with harissa mayo and pickled onion.

Dive into this creamy cauliflower and potato chowder for a comforting vegetarian meal.

This spiced chili paste adds life to slow-roasted salmon, eggplant parm, one-pan chicken, and more.

Including pesto, salsa verde, chimichurri, and more, these kicky condiments zhuzh up any meal.

This vegetarian bowl is as colorful as it is hearty: brown rice and quinoa, roasted tofu and broccolini, avocado, cabbage slaw, and a turmeric-spiked dressing.

We tried 19 Caesar dressings—Ken’s, Cardini, Marzetti, and more—to find our favorite.

This dinner salad combines decadent burrata cheese with a spicy tahini dressing that clings to every crinkly leaf of Napa cabbage.

The ideal sick-day soup, with a cozy broth and tiny pasta.

These striking, two-toned cookies get a nutty flavor from tahini and a dose of chocolate from cocoa powder.

Chinese five-spice gives classic crackle cookies a delightfully warming flavor and alluring aroma.

A festive, elegant gingerbread cake infused with orange and warm spices, and capped with a glossy dark chocolate ganache.

Salty-sweet miso glazed carrots topped with a savory scallion gremolata makes the perfect Thanksgiving side dish.

This sheet pan dinner taps savory miso mayo for richness and flavor—as a coating for roast chicken and a finishing drizzle.

No coating or frying here! Toasted breadcrumbs and a blanket of melty cheese replicate the flavors and textures of eggplant parm in a fraction of the time.

This spin on Korean kongguksu is a lightning-fast dinner for hot nights.

Nutty, cooling tahini yogurt makes the ideal condiment counterpart to tender, glazed long hot peppers—as a side dish, toast topper, or sandwich stuffer.