This week you do not make a sauce. Tuesday makes it for you.

Brown, soften, deglaze, cover. Four moves. The same four moves in August with tomatoes and peppers. In January with red wine and carrots. Every braise you will ever make.

New country this week. Cut the backbone out. It's easier than it sounds.

Thirteen weeks in, you've cooked Mexican, Italian, Southeast Asian, and American. This week we go somewhere you haven't been.

The figs are in. Buy a second container and don't plan anything for it.

Nine weeks of sauces. Every one of them was soft. This week adds crunch, and it keeps for a month in a jar.