Condiments
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Green Sauce for Fish

Mint Ice

Tahini Sauce

Stilton Rouille

Tomato Mayonnaise Michel Fitoussi

Sauce Forestiere (Wild mushroom sauce)

Green-Pea Sauce

Black Currant Cumberland Sauce

Cilantro Sauce

Provencal Spice Rub
This rub from the south of France can be used with lamb or beef, but is particularly delectable with chicken and game. For chicken, marinate two 3-pound chickens, split in half, in the refrigerator for 6 hours. Place the chicken on the grill, skin side down. Cook over hot coals until the skin is charred, about 5 minutes. Turn the chicken and cover the grill. Continue cooking slowly until the meat is opaque at the bone, about 20 to 25 minutes. For duck breast, marinate two 10-to-12-ounce breasts in the refrigerator for 6 hours. Grill, skin side down, until charred, about 5 minutes. Turn the breasts and continue grilling until medium-rare, about 3 to 5 additional minutes.

Red Pepper Puree

Herb Butter Sauce

Celery Juice

Pimentón Potted Shrimp

Parsley Pesto
A twist on the typical basil recipe, this pesto combines flat-leaf parsley and some mint. It’s marvelous on sandwiches and pizza and, if you thin it out with a little pasta water, it’s a great addition to spaghetti. Shower the dressed bowl with Parmesan and serve.

Mustard Vinaigrette
A generous spoonful of Dijon mustard makes this vinaigrette creamy and tart. Use the dressing with sturdy salad greens like romaine or with softer lettuces like Bibb lettuce or oak leaf. The dressing is too strong to work with baby salad greens or mesclun. It’s also great with cooked vegetables like beets or broccoli and with grain salads.

Sesame Ginger Vinaigrette
My decision to devote this week’s recipes to salad dressings was partly a reaction to my son’s request for a bottled sesame ginger dressing. “We don’t buy dressings in this house,” I said huffily. The next day I looked at a bottle of sesame soy ginger dressing at a local market and was horrified to see that the second listed ingredient was sugar. I thought: I can make something sort of sweet and do better than that. And so I did. This dressing is great with green salads and cooked vegetables, as well as with noodles and grains.

Miso Spice
Limiting miso to soup is like limiting Parmesan to pasta. For starters, you can dry it and turn it into a condiment (which happens to be reminiscent of Parmesan). Use this to season a whole fish, croutons or bread crumbs; sprinkle the top of bread with it before baking; warm it in sesame or peanut oil for a bagna-cauda-style dip.

Melted Red Peppers and Garlic

Tomato and Avocado Salsa
Serve this rich-tasting salsa with fish or chicken, or on its own with soft corn tortillas and a sprinkling of queso fresco or feta.

Gremolata

Olive Gremolata

Martha Rose Shulman's Rouille
This variation is served with bouillabaisse and other fish soups. I like it with just about anything that aioli is good with.

Dill Cucumber Slices
Pickling is an essential skill for preserving the bounty that comes from the agrarian South. Here, two sons of the South – the cookbook authors Matt and Ted Lee – use the traditional boiling-pot method to preserve cucumber slices. Packing slices instead of whole cucumbers allows greater volume per jar, and slices are easier to serve. These pickles, adapted from a recipe used at Stone Barns in New York, get some slight heat and personality from garlic and chilies. The latter can be omitted for a milder end result.