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Tajín: What It Is and How to Use the Chili-Lime Seasoning

Tajin is a Mexican chili lime seasoning made of three core things: chili, lime, and salt. It is the reddish powder you see dusted over mango from a street cart and crusted around the rim of a miche...

Tamarind: What It Is and Why It's in Your Worcestershire

Tamarind is a sweet and sour fruit that grows in a pod, and you have almost certainly tasted it without knowing. If you have ever used Worcestershire sauce, splashed it into a Bloody Mary, or eaten...

Horseradish: What It Is and Why It Makes Your Eyes Water

Horseradish is a root, and it is the reason a good Bloody Mary bites back. Whole and uncut it smells like nothing. Grate it, and within seconds it clears your sinuses and stings your eyes. That sud...

Cocktail Sauce Without Horseradish (Easy 5-Minute Recipe)

Most cocktail sauce recipes lean on horseradish for the bite. If you are out of it, cooking for kids, or you just do not like the sinus burn, you do not have to skip the sauce. This version leaves ...

Best Non-Alcoholic Vodka: What Actually Works (and Why Most Doesn't)

A truly neutral non-alcoholic vodka can't exist. Here's what actually works, the 6 bottles worth buying, and how to use them in a Bloody Mary, mule, or vodka soda.

Sangrita: The Traditional Tequila Chaser, Explained

Sangrita is the non-alcoholic chaser sipped alongside tequila in Jalisco. Both schools of recipe, how to serve it, and how to host a tasting around it.

What Is a Chelada? Mexico's Three Ingredient Beer Cocktail

A chelada is beer, fresh lime, and salt over ice in a salted glass. What separates it from a michelada, the regional name flip, and the classic recipe.

Bloody Mary Gazpacho (No-Cook Summer Soup)

Bloody Mary gazpacho is the closest thing there is to a Bloody Mary you eat with a spoon. It is a cold, no-cook tomato soup built on the same flavors as the drink, and it is one of the best things ...

Bloody Mary Oysters (Mignonette & Shooters)

A Bloody Mary and a plate of raw oysters want the same things. Brine, acid, horseradish, and heat. That is why the two have shared a brunch table for a hundred years. This is how to put the flavor ...

Bloody Mary Ketchup (One-Stir Recipe)

Bloody Mary ketchup is regular ketchup with the savory, spicy, briny kick of the cocktail stirred in. It goes on everything ketchup already goes on, but it tastes like it came from somewhere better...