Pantry guide
Best Coconut oil for home cooking
What Coconut oil is for, which kitchens use it, and where to find a jar worth cooking with.
Why cooks start here
Solid in the jar, perfume in a South Indian or Caribbean fry.
In the International Cuisines books, Coconut oil is not decoration. Add it where the recipe puts it: early if it needs fat and time, late if it is perfume.
Taste Coconut oil before you empty the spoon. Fresh jars smell like themselves; tired ones smell like dust. Buy the smallest amount you will finish.