Article: VIM AND VINEGAR USED WITH FINESSE, A SPLASH OF RED OR WHITE WINE VINEGAR CAN ADD TART VITALITY TO A SLEEPY DISH OF SHELLFISH, POULTRY, OR PORK.

If your pot of soup seems to taste dreary, you can add a splash of vinegar. Then all the ingredients in your bowl will suddenly wake up. Although vinegar is used mainly for salad dressings at home, this piquant liquid has a place in the pan as well. At Flux, the South End restaurant that is so pared down that the crowd and the food provide the decor, plump mussels are steamed over cider vinegar and cream, which make an ethereal sauce when the shellfish open and the juices are sprinkled into the pan. Cooks at home can also splash a little white wine vinegar into a skillet of sauteed chicken breasts, and a sauce of great depth emerges even though the poultry has simmered for just 15 minutes. ...

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