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Lol that's not a trick - you're describing cooking.
Sshhh.
Thing is, nobody explains how easy these things are to do. Deglazing a pan. Making a reduction. Sauté-ing. They sound fancy, but they're really, really simple; and sauté is so often misdescribed in recipes it's become a pet peeve of mine. When I read instructions like, "sauté on medium heat" it drives me nuts. Sauté isn't just a fancy word for frying. High heat, short cook time: it's the definition!
Although my post went on a bit long, I was mostly saying that adding a little salt, pepper, and an herb to a lot of a high-suger liquid like balsamic vinegar, or Amaretto, or Cointreau, and boiling it down makes a wonderful sauce; and it's easy to do.
I see recipes with 30 ingredients and 20 steps, and sometimes that's needed, but usually not. My favorite bread recipe is "combine all ingredients in a mixer, mix for 5 minutes." It doesn't have to be more complex than that.
The best description of good food I've ever heard is: "quality ingredients, prepared simply."
I wish someone had shown me when I was in my 20's how simple some of these things are to do, hidden behind fancy names and complex recipes. A handful of easy techniques can produce a large variety of dishes just by changing ingredients, and I think that is a trick.