Pantry guide
Best Mole for home cooking
What Mole is for, which kitchens use it, and where to find a jar worth cooking with.
Why cooks start here
The family of Mexican sauces that are not one recipe — nut, chile, spice, and patience.
In the International Cuisines books, Mole is not decoration. Add it where the recipe puts it: early if it needs fat and time, late if it is perfume.
Taste Mole before you empty the spoon. Fresh jars smell like themselves; tired ones smell like dust. Buy the smallest amount you will finish.