Single-subject cookbooks are my favorite. I am intrigued to see how the authors and chefs creatively and tastefully incorporate one ingredient in each recipe. For example, there are cookbooks with ...

þ It may be because I grew up in Louisiana, but I firmly believe that everything tastes better with a few dashes of Tabasco sauce. Especially eggs. The McIlhenny Co., which produces Tabasco sauces in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... I’ve tried them all, those bottled incendiaries. I’ve slathered ribs with Satan’s Blood, marinated chicken wings in Marie Sharp’s Habanero, dotted my roast ...