6 Tips and Recipes to Help You Master the Art of Latin Cooking

Stock is one of those basic cooking needs everyone should know how to make. It's the wet base for soups, stews, chilis, beans, roasts . . . you name it and stock can find its way into the dish. But if you're into cooking and learning from scratch, making your own vegetable, beef, or chicken stock is a great place to start. "Unlike most foods to which I default to the pressure cooker, stocks are the one thing I love making in slow motion . . . in one of my beautiful cast-iron pots," Herrera says.