You see it sold in jars in the pasta sauce aisle and have probably spotted it on restaurant menus starring in everything from grain bowls to sandwiches to steak entrées. But what is pesto, exactly, ...

Basil pesto is made up of six main ingredients — basil, cheese, nuts, salt and pepper, garlic, and oil. You can make pesto using a blender, food processor, mortar and pestle, or with just a knife. The ...

California Live’s Jessica Vilchis is joined by Francesca Pittaluga, Italian-American entrepreneur and founder of the ready-made pantry sauce line ‘Ciao Pappy.’ Learn how to make the perfect pesto ...

Pesto is the greatest scam you can pull in your kitchen. I mean this as a compliment! You take the leftover, wilty green things from the scarier corners of your refrigerator, blitz them in a food ...

Potato salad is a picnic and cookout classic for a reason, but if you want to try something new and zhuzh up your recipe, ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. In terms of savory no-cook sauces, it’s hard to ...

“What most people associate with pesto is classic pesto Genovese, which is the perfect balance of nutty, sweet, salty, buttery and umami,” TV personality, cookbook author, and restaurateur Giada De ...