Recipes with salt

Soft, buttery sugar cookies with a hint of lemon zest, made with both butter and oil for a tender crumb. Cream of tartar keeps them pillowy. A holiday cookie jar classic.

Authentic Bermuda fish chowder built on a rich stock from fish heads, simmered with tomato, white wine, and warm spice, then finished the island way with sherry and dark rum. A deep, savory tomato-based chowder.

Fresh banana rhubarb pie with sliced bananas and rhubarb baked in a double crust with orange juice, cinnamon, and nutmeg. A sweet-tart tropical twist on classic rhubarb pie.

It's quite easy to make your own gluten-free muffins using these instructions for a gluten-free flour mix.

Crispy fried eggplant: rounds salted to draw out any bitterness, then breaded in seasoned flour, egg and thyme-flecked crumbs and fried golden in butter and oil. Crisp outside, tender-not-mushy inside, finished with lemon.

Chocolate crinkle cookies with a hint of mint, rolled in powdered sugar before baking. They crack open in the oven to reveal fudgy chocolate beneath a snowy white shell.

Tangy Moroccan lemon yogurt dressing with warm spices like cumin, ginger, and cinnamon. Quick 5-minute salad dressing that's creamy, bright, and perfectly balanced.

Ribbon Pumpkin Pie with Crunchy Praline Pastry recipe

Pumpkin nut cake (a.k.a. pumpkin dump cake) layered with spiced pumpkin custard, dry yellow cake mix, chopped nuts and melted butter on top. Bakes into a gooey-bottom, crisp-top fall classic.

Nutty sesame seeds, sharp Parmesan, and aromatic celery seed combine in this versatile homemade salad seasoning mix. Sprinkle it on tossed greens, baked potatoes, or stir into sour cream for a quick dip.

Lemon baked fish fillets with butter, fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, and rosemary. A light, simple weeknight dinner using flounder or haddock, ready in 35 minutes.

Roly-poly peach cobbler: juicy peaches under a biscuit topping rolled jelly-roll style with cinnamon sugar, then sliced into pinwheels. A Southern-style cobbler that looks as good as it tastes.

Herb-marinated snails dipped in a light egg-white batter and fried golden. A crispy French appetizer with tarragon, chervil, chives, and parsley.

Herman coffee cake bakes a 10-day fed sourdough-style starter into a tender cinnamon-raisin coffee cake. The classic friendship cake passed jar-by-jar between neighbors.

A buttery, custard-like chess pie loaded with earthy black walnuts and baked until the center is just set. Simple Southern baking with a rich, caramelized filling that needs no fancy technique.

Another slow cooker recipe where succulent lamb chops are served with a savory orange sauce.

Hubbard squash and yams simmer in coconut milk with cinnamon and cloves for a lightly sweetened West African side dish ready in 25 minutes.

Microwave spiced red cabbage with vinegar, cloves, coriander seeds, peppercorns, and tart apple cooked tender in 20 minutes. A quick German-style braised cabbage side dish without the long stove time.

Amy Scherber's bakery-quality pecan sticky buns. Soft yeasted dough with autolyse rest, caramel-pecan bottom, cinnamon swirl. The classic NYC bread shop sticky bun at home.

Prysnac (Serbian broccoli casserole): a slow-cooker custard packed with broccoli, eggs, cottage cheese, and American cheese. Old-world Serbian comfort food made hands-off in the crockpot.

Traditional Greek vasilopita, a fragrant New Year's bread scented with orange zest, cinnamon, and masticha. A golden, egg-glazed yeast loaf topped with almonds to ring in good luck.

Bermuda's national dish from The Reefs resort in Southampton. Firm fish like grouper or wahoo simmers in a rich, tomato-laced broth spiked with dark rum and fiery sherry peppers. Hearty, warming, and unmistakably island-born.

Try this succulent slow cooker dish made with pineapple chunks and chow mein noodles.

Impossible cauliflower quiche made with Bisquick, eggs, and milk that bake into a self-forming crust around tender cauliflower, peppers, onion, and Colby cheese. Crustless and crowd-friendly.

Creamy Creole peanut soup with crunchy peanut butter, fresh chilies, chicken, and heavy cream. Rich, nutty, and spicy with roots in Southern and African cooking.

Hillary Clinton's chocolate chip oatmeal cookies made with shortening, brown sugar, rolled oats, and semi-sweet chips. The famous 1992 cookie contest recipe.

A light sponge cake rolled with whipped cream, applesauce, and walnuts for an elegant holiday dessert that looks impressive but comes together quickly.

San Francisco-style cioppino with halibut, shrimp, scallops and clams simmered in a slow-cooked tomato and white wine broth. The Italian-American fisherman's stew, served with crusty sourdough.

Rhubarb pie sweetened with applesauce instead of additional sugar, thickened with quick-cooking tapioca, and warmed with cinnamon and nutmeg under a lattice crust. The applesauce mellows the tart rhubarb naturally.

Rolled chicken breasts stuffed with crab meat and herb stuffing, baked golden and drizzled with a Swiss cheese hollandaise wine sauce. A showpiece dinner that's worth every minute.

Satisfy your kids sweet tooth with these scrumptious snacks made with coconut.

Elegant French pastry with puff pastry, vanilla pastry cream, and glazed apricot halves resembling sunny-side eggs. A playful Michel Richard classic.

A Kentucky Hot Brown open-faced sandwich layered with roasted turkey, tomatoes, and crispy bacon, all smothered in a rich Swiss cheese cream sauce and baked until bubbly. Inspired by the Beaumont Inn tradition.

Boston cream pie from scratch: tender vanilla butter cake split into four layers, filled with a homemade vanilla pastry custard, and crowned with a glossy milk chocolate glaze.

Classic Italian balsamic bruschetta with ripe Roma tomatoes, fresh basil, garlic and Parmesan on toasted French bread. Essential summer appetizer for tomato season.

Baked Swiss steak braises floured round steak in tomato sauce with onion, bell pepper, celery and carrots. Slow-baked until fork-tender for a hearty, family-style oven dinner with built-in gravy.

This very old recipe is famous for the artistic, decorative sculpture arranged on top. The picture in the cookbook has the upper outer edge circled with a braid of dough and cut-outs of ducks arranged flat on the top.

Spicy homemade beef or caribou jerky marinated overnight in soy sauce, Worcestershire, and cayenne then oven-dried to chewy, smoky perfection. Bold heat, no dehydrator needed.

We've kept all the great flavor of the original zesty chicken wings but eliminated some of the fat by using skinless breasts.

Rustic skillet hash with leftover roast beef or venison, chunky potatoes, and onions browned in bacon drippings, then simmered in beefy gravy with a touch of chili powder.

Red velvet pound cake baked low and slow in a tube pan with cocoa, shortening, and seven eggs for a dense, velvety crumb. Topped with cream cheese icing.

Buttery laminated dough enriched with cardamom and orange creates flaky Danish pastries through careful rolling and folding for serious bakers seeking a challenge.

Fresh spinach wilts into a savory peanut butter sauce with sautéed onions and tomatoes in this quick 15-minute West African side dish.

Lowcountry chicken perlow rice cooked in pan drippings and gizzard broth for deep, savory flavor. A Southern one-pot tradition with whole roasted chicken folded into seasoned rice.

Authentic Mexican birria with lamb, veal, and pork rubbed in a toasted ancho-guajillo-cascabel chili paste, marinated overnight, and slow-roasted until falling off the bone. Served with tomato broth, onion, and oregano.

Beefy Italian minestrone soup builds a full-bodied broth from chuck roast simmered with vegetables, then loads it with kidney beans, macaroni, bacon, zucchini, and a quirky splash of cola for caramel depth. Sunday simmer at its best.

Scottish meatballs in a sweet-savory sauce made with crushed pineapple, Scotch whisky, soy sauce, and red wine vinegar. Serve over rice for Hogmanay or any night.

Homemade vanilla wafer cookies bake up crisp, golden and buttery with a full tablespoon of vanilla in every batch. The pantry essential for banana pudding and trifles.