Sometimes one dish can sum up a whole kitchen. That’s how it was at Euzkadi, a new Basque restaurant in the East Village. We ordered fresh figs for dessert and got a skewer of warm, gently caramelized ...

1/2 pound thick-cut bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces 1 red bell pepper, diced 1 small onion, chopped 3 garlic cloves, minced1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and minced 1 (10 ounces) package yellow rice 1 (14.5 ...

The combination of onion, tomato, garlic and red pepper is used in many cuisines. The Spanish call it sofrito. The Basque region of Spain adds lots of red pepper and some hot peppers to their sofrito.