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You're likely familiar with miso soup, but where does that umami flavor come from? The answer is miso paste, and here's ...

In 2014, Food & Wine called it the "new sriracha" sauce.Time named it one of 2015's food trends.Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has been using it in recipes for years.London's Yotam Ottolenghi learned ...

Tomato paste is one of those essential ingredients, and a pantry just wouldn’t be complete without at least one can of it. At least I know mine isn’t.

When we talk about umami, red meat, mushrooms and soy sauce often come to mind. But there’s another widely used, intensely flavored ingredient that packs a major umami punch: miso.

Push tomatoes through a food mill to separate the pulp from the seeds and peels. Add the salt and citric acid to the pulp. Bake the tomato pulp on 2 large cookie pans until it is reduced to a paste.

Guava Paste: It's a combination of guava pulp and often sugar and pectin. A popular item in Caribbean and Spanish cuisine, "its favorite food companion is cheese," says Katzen — such as manchego.

May Flower International Inc of Maspeth, NY, is recalling its 8.82-ounce/250g packages of “Beijing Soybean Paste” food treats because they may contain undeclared wheat. People who have ...