Have you ever needed buttermilk for a recipe — like Chili Pepper Madness’ jalapeno “bottle caps” or Alexandra’s Kitchen’s buttermilk blueberry breakfast cake — but didn’t have any on hand? If so, ...

Sometimes you see it coming: Buttermilk pancakes. Buttermilk fried chicken. Buttermilk biscuits. Other times, it sneaks up on you: “Wait, there’s buttermilk in this recipe?” If you don’t have it on ...

Kat Thompson is the audience editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. I never have buttermilk on hand unless I know I’ll be making buttermilk pie, which, to be honest, is a once-a-year ...