2,020 bay leaf recipes

Mexican Cincinnati chili spiced with cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and a square of unsweetened chocolate, ladled over spaghetti and topped with cheddar. The Greek-American Midwestern classic with a Mexican mole twist.

Grilled oysters on the half shell drenched in a rich curry cream sauce made with homemade fish fumet, topped with a tropical red banana salsa spiked with serrano chiles, tamarind, and fresh mint. A showstopper.

Fragrant biryani with yogurt-marinated chicken or lamb layered over saffron rice with crispy fried onions and whole spices. Authentic South Asian comfort food from scratch.

Nevada Annie's cowboy chili browns 8 pounds of ground chuck with onions, peppers, jalapeños, beer, and 12 tablespoons of ground chile. A no-beans, three-hour Western chili built for a crowd.

Hearty six-bean soup with lima, white, black, chickpea, pink, and kidney beans simmered with vegetables, fines herbes, and chicken noodle soup mix. Topped with Parmesan and tomatoes.

Slow-braised shredded beef chuck in a tangy ketchup, brown sugar, and mustard sauce with a kick of hot sauce. A ranch-style crowd-pleaser built for sandwiches.

Ohio-style chili with ground beef, sausage, cocoa powder, cinnamon, and allspice over kidney beans. Cincinnati-inspired with a warm, sweet spice backbone and a sour cream finish.

Austrian Wiener Schnitzel seasoned with Worcestershire, mustard, and Parmesan, then breaded and pan-fried in butter. Served with a velvety tomato-cream sauce that steals the show.

Best red snapper Veracruz bakes flaky pan-seared snapper under a tangy tomato sauce loaded with green olives, capers, peppers and a whisper of cinnamon. The classic coastal Mexican pescado a la Veracruzana.

Ambush your tastebuds with this savory chili made with succulent beef chuck, jalapeno peppers and red hot pepper sauce.

Creole gumbo loaded with shrimp, crab, oysters, chicken wings, veal, ham bone, and okra, thickened with file powder. A true New Orleans-style gumbo served over rice.

Balsamic-honey marinated chicken skewers threaded with fragrant bay leaves, grilled until charred, and topped with a bright fresh tomato and basil salsa. Summer grilling at its finest.

Navy bean borscht with beef, bacon, kielbasa, beets, cabbage, and potatoes in a sweet-sour broth. A hearty Polish-style beet soup thickened with a butter-flour paste and topped with sour cream.

Veal ragout with red pepper braises cubed veal in white wine, plum tomatoes, and herbs, then finishes with sweet bell pepper and a bright lemon-garlic gremolata over fresh fettuccine.

A southern living take on stuffed peppers. Crab, crawfish and smoked sausage stuffing.

Cold shrimp pasta salad with wine-poached shrimp, fresh basil, sweet peas, and bell pepper in a Dijon-garlic vinaigrette made from the shrimp poaching broth. A no-mayo pasta salad packed with fresh flavor.