Garlic

The baby artichokes are cooked in advance, so they only need to be grilled for a short time.

This versatile dish is equally delicious served piping hot or at room temperature.

You can serve this dish hot, cold, or at room temperature. Cook the fish in batches if your oven is small. Dried beans work best, but you can substitute 6 cups of drained, rinsed canned beans; begin with step 3.

You can use any firm-fleshed fish for this recipe. Scattering salt in the skillet prevents the fish from sticking without adding fat, and also seasons it. This dish is delicious at any temperature.

Garlic gives the dish a mellow flavor.

To tone down the sauce for little mouths, omit some of the chiles.

This recipe makes enough sauce for 8 chickens. Refrigerate leftover sauce for up to 2 weeks.

Roasting the garlic in its skin mellows and sweetens its flavor; to remove the cloves, squeeze them with your fingers or press on the cloves with a butter knife.

Brine-curing the pork makes it soft, tender, and juicy. The pork is cut into small pieces, so it only needs to be cured for 4 hours.

Brush on fish, chicken, and burgers.