In a lot of home kitchens today, there’s a new red jar that definitely wasn’t there five years ago. It’s not ketchup, even though it has that same promise of intensity. It’s not sriracha either, ...

Kat Thompson is the audience editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. The rhythmic pounding of my late grandma’s century-old mortar and pestle is as familiar to me as any lullaby. The ...