Pantry guide
Best Canola oil for home cooking
What Canola oil is for, which kitchens use it, and where to find a jar worth cooking with.
Why cooks start here
The quiet modern fry oil — named in the books when flavor should come from somewhere else.
In the International Cuisines books, Canola oil is not decoration. Add it where the recipe puts it: early if it needs fat and time, late if it is perfume.
Taste Canola oil before you empty the spoon. Fresh jars smell like themselves; tired ones smell like dust. Buy the smallest amount you will finish.