10,000 buttery recipes

Make your own chocolate pie crust with the chocolate wafers, it only takes you a few minutes!

Escargots a la Bourguignonne served in large mushroom caps instead of shells, filled with canned Burgundy snails and topped with garlic-herb snail butter. An elegant French appetizer.

Smooth, naturally sweet baby food puree blending tender carrots with brown rice. Freeze in ice cube trays for single-serve portions packed with vitamins and fiber.

Oysters Lafitte: oysters on the half shell topped with crabmeat in dill cream and a tarragon béarnaise, broiled until golden. A French Quarter classic for the brave home cook.

Patty Ann's cheese cake tarts: bite-size cream cheese pastry shells with two fillings, pecan and coconut. Muffin-tin desserts for holiday cookie trays.

A Southern-style pound cake with butter, five eggs, and a hint of almond extract, baked low and slow then soaked with a warm lemon glaze. Dense, buttery, and utterly addictive.

A succulent shrimp dish that doesn't take a whole lot to make or eat!

This delicious cookies made from cream cheese make an excellent treat after a meal.

Fish fumet, the quick French fish stock: bones simmered briefly with white wine, onion, carrot and herbs, then strained and reduced. The aromatic base for seafood soups, sauces and risotto.

Lamb and bulgur bake: a Middle Eastern-style kibbeh pie with layered ground lamb, bulgur, onion, and a pine nut stuffing. Crisp on top, juicy inside, sliced into wedges.

No-cook chocolate walnut fudge made with just cocoa, powdered sugar, hot butter, and chopped walnuts. Rich, dense, and ready to set in the fridge with no candy thermometer.

Stilton mille-feuille layers crisp puff pastry rounds with whipped blue cheese mousse, port-soaked golden raisins, and warm walnuts. An elegant dinner-party first course or cheese-course dessert.

Baked bananas with brown sugar, butter, and lemon zest — a 30-minute side dish that pairs beautifully with roasted meats or doubles as a warm dessert with ice cream.

Chocolate orange brioches with bittersweet chocolate chunks and fresh orange zest baked into a classic buttery brioche dough, topped with an orange juice glaze.

Old-fashioned lemon chess pie with cornmeal as the traditional thickener and fresh lemon juice for tang. The simplest Southern dessert: 5 ingredients, one bowl, no fuss.

Simple garlic butter spread with softened butter and crushed garlic. A 2-ingredient base for garlic bread, grilled meats, roasted vegetables, and savory fillings.