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Vinegar and Vinaigrettes

How To Prepare Vinaigrette

The French term "vinaigrette" tends to make something which is beautifully simple sound unnecessarily complex. In its most basic form, a vinaigrette is nothing more than a mixture of oil and vinegar.
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Making Home-Brewed Vinegar

In this day of wicked excess no self-respecting gourmand would be caught without a bottle - several bottles - of exotic vinegar from faraway lands, resplendent in chic bottles, some actually costing as much as vintage wines. ...
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Oil and Vinegar

One egg yolk, a squirt of white vinegar and lemon juice, half a teaspoon of dry mustard, a cup of vegetable oil and salt and pepper to taste. You toss all the ingredients in the food processor except the oil and whiz them till they're mixed....
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Emulsions - When Opposites Attract

One egg yolk, a squirt of white vinegar and lemon juice, half a teaspoon of dry mustard, a cup of vegetable oil and salt and pepper to taste. You toss all the ingredients in the food processor except the oil and whiz them till they're mixed. Then you slowly drizzle in the oil with the machine on. You remember that the oil must be added extremely sparingly at first until it comes together, then poured in a small but steady stream. Voila! Suddenly, you have mayonnaise...
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