Universal Yums

Your Savory Sauce Cruise, but make it dinner. The beauty of food is that cultures never stay in their lane. Flavors travel, families move, and dishes pick up surprising roots along the way. Take Japan’s savory-sweet okonomiyaki sauce: it’s made with Worcestershire, a sauce from England, and now we’re drizzling it over American tater tots. That’s the spirit of the Savory Sauce...

Your Sweet Spreads Ride, but make it a treat. The beauty of food is that cultures never stay in their lane. Flavors travel, families move, and recipes put down roots in the most unexpected places. Japanese red bean tucked into a roll born in Hawaii. Turkish pistachio swirled over American cornbread. Greek cinnamon melted into your morning coffee. That’s the spirit of the Swee...

In Japan, okonomiyaki is a savory pancake made just the way you like it (okonomi means “what you like”), and it’s almost always finished with a thick, savory-sweet sauce. Otafuku, one of Japan’s most popular okonomiyaki sauce brands, is based in Hiroshima, a city famous for its own layered style of okonomiyaki. Its Okonomi Sauce is one of the bottles in our Savory Sauce Cruis...

In India, chutney is the bold sidekick that makes every bite pop. The word itself comes from the Hindi chaṭnī, from cāṭnā, “to taste.” Aara Khatti Meethi Chutney (khatti meethi means “sour-sweet”) blends coriander, mint, tamarind, green chili and ginger into a bright green sauce that’s usually drizzled over chaat, India’s beloved street snacks. Chutney is a world traveler, to...

Taste: sweet, roasty, cinnamon-spiced · Texture: rich, velvety, a little thicker than usual · Vibe: cozy café treat, extra adventurous Feeling extra adventurous? Stir a spoonful of spread into your morning cup. Greeks know a thing or two about both cinnamon and coffee: cinnamon shows up everywhere from rizogalo (Greek rice pudding) to savory classics, and Greece’s famous iced...