Matt Gross, Author at TASTE https://tastecooking.com/author/mgross/ An online magazine for today's home cook, reporting from the front lines of dinner. Wed, 20 Jul 2022 20:44:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 The Bo Ssäm Decade https://tastecooking.com/history-of-momofuku-bo-ssam/ Thu, 24 Oct 2019 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.tastecooking.com/?p=110891

How Momofuku’s slow-roasted pork became David Chang’s signature “fajita moment.”

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New York City’s Taiwanese-Food Boom (It’s About Time) https://tastecooking.com/new-york-citys-taiwanese-food-boom-its-about-damn-time/ Wed, 25 Jul 2018 11:00:19 +0000 https://www.tastecooking.com/?p=101356

Once "too esoteric" and obscure to sell on its own, Taiwanese food now stands proudly in the spotlight.

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Preppers Don’t Survive, They Thrive https://tastecooking.com/preppers-dont-survive-thrive/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 11:00:14 +0000 https://www.tastecooking.com/?p=98520

When we think about “preppers,” we think about paranoia and underground bunkers. But who are the people stockpiling cans in their basements, …

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Curry Bread Quest https://tastecooking.com/curry-bread-quest/ Wed, 28 Feb 2018 12:00:56 +0000 https://www.tastecooking.com/?p=97971

A meal in Malaysia over a decade ago sends one writer down a very fragrant rabbit hole. Can he re-create a long-lost …

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Malaysian Curry Chicken Challah https://tastecooking.com/recipes/malaysian-curry-chicken-challah/ Tue, 27 Feb 2018 19:46:23 +0000 https://www.tastecooking.com/?post_type=recipe&p=97970

With the help of two Southeast Asian chefs, a distant memory in Malaysia comes to life. The freshly baked bread and fragrant …

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Confessions of a Hot Sauce Addict https://tastecooking.com/confessions-hot-sauce-addict/ Wed, 02 Aug 2017 11:00:44 +0000 https://www.tastecooking.com/?p=93049

I got hot sauce in my bag—and my pantry, my fridge, my pockets, my sock drawer, my blood. Swag. Down in the …

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Maricel Presilla Dances With Chiles https://tastecooking.com/maricel-presilla-dances-chiles/ Mon, 31 Jul 2017 11:00:13 +0000 https://www.tastecooking.com/?p=93066

How a chef, cookbook author, and recovering medieval-history scholar became obsessed with the world of Carolina Reapers, Trinidad Scorpions, and the deadliest …

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Fermentation 2.0 https://tastecooking.com/fermentation-2-0/ Wed, 31 May 2017 11:00:42 +0000 https://www.tastecooking.com/?p=91719

Ambitious chefs and home cooks alike are pickling sweet corn, crab apples, fish bones, and basically anything they want. I remember the …

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Breaking In The Pho Cookbook https://tastecooking.com/breaking-pho-cookbook-2/ Wed, 05 Apr 2017 11:00:08 +0000 https://www.tastecooking.com/?p=89359

Crack open any cookbook and you are confronted with a dizzying collection of recipes. If you are actually going to make something …

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