Thai stir-fried rice noodles with pork, dried shrimp, bean sprouts, and a tangy fish sauce-lime-ketchup glaze, topped with crushed peanuts and cilantro.
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Green chicken chilaquiles casserole: shredded chicken in tangy tomatillo salsa and cream, layered with softened corn tortillas and three Mexican cheeses, then baked bubbling and golden.
Green broccoli is full of garlic flavor, with some savory and fresh anchovies, delicious.
Yeast-risen banana pecan bread with mashed bananas, evaporated milk, chopped pecans, and a cinnamon-sugar topping. A soft sandwich-style banana loaf, not a quickbread.
Use fresh rosemary, if possible (many supermarkets carry it). The flavor it imparts to the lamb will be far superior to that of dried. If you like, white potatoes may be substituted for the sweet potatoes, and turnips for the parsnips. You can also flavor lamb by covering it with lemon slices before roasting.
Smoked salmon pizza on homemade yeast dough with fresh tomato, garlic, dill, Asiago cheese, and capers. The salmon goes on in the last 3 minutes so it stays silky, not rubbery.
Picadillo ground beef simmered with olives, capers, raisins, tomatoes, cumin, and allspice over rice. A classic Latin American comfort dish with sweet-savory depth.
Plantain soup made from green plantains fried golden, crushed into a paste, and simmered in stock with fresh lime juice. A creamy, starchy Caribbean-style soup with no cream needed.
Lobster tails in patty shells spoons sweet lobster meat in a sauterne-spiked cream sauce with mushrooms, olives, and pimento into golden puff pastry shells. A retro special-occasion dinner straight from the supper-club era.
Oven-baked nutmeg French toast with a gingered maple-orange syrup, dusted in powdered sugar and served with jelly and sour cream. A brunch showstopper.
Eugenia's legendary 27-ingredient chili with chopped sirloin, sausage, pinto beans, mushrooms, olives, and orange zest. A kitchen-sink chili that freezes beautifully.
Bacon Caesar salad with a creamy homemade dressing emulsified from scratch with garlic, anchovy, lemon and mustard, then tossed with crisp romaine, crumbled bacon, croutons and parmesan. Restaurant-style at home.
Chinese chicken salad with shredded roast chicken, bean sprouts, cucumber, and carrots in a sesame-tahini dressing with soy sauce, garlic, and rice wine. Crisp, nutty, and satisfying.
Hearty chicken noodle soup simmers a whole chicken low and slow with aromatics, then finishes in homemade rolled egg noodles cut right into the pot. From-scratch Sunday soup the way your grandmother made it.
Pineapple upside-down muffins crowned with toasted coconut and a sticky pineapple preserve cap. Cinnamon-scented batter, individual portions, no mixer required.