Sofrito is the a cooking technique that ties much of Latin America together. Plus, it's vegan and heart-healthy. Here's everything you need to know. “It’s the one technique that really identifies the ...

Like many Puerto Rican matriarchs, my abuela was notorious for reusing branded food containers to store anything. The biggest containers were usually giant tubs of butter filled with a fresh, green ...

As an Associate Food Editor, Bridget Hallinan primarily focuses on home cooking content for Food & Wine.com. She writes and edits recipe content, interviews chefs for helpful tips and tricks, and ...

The foundation of flavor for these savory, creamy beans comes from sofrito, a base of sauteed aromatics that Diaz grew up eating thanks to her Puerto Rican family. You will produce more sofrito than ...

I was standing in my new Bronx kitchen, facing a fridge of forgotten jars filled with homemade sofrito, a housewarming gift from my mother to kick-start my dinners. As I cracked open the lids, the ...

The combination of tomato, olive oil, garlic and onion in a sofrito increases the amount of polyphenols and carotenoids. These bioactive compounds respectively help to prevent cardiovascular diseases ...