5 Ways Vinegar Can Improve Your Food | What’s Eating Dan?

/ December 20, 2025

From America’s Test Kitchen.

Today, Dan Souza shares vinegar’s many origin stories, explains why the "mother" is so valuable, and introduces five ways you can use vinegar to enhance flavors in your cooking and food prep.

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