Recipes

Ground Beef Chili with Chocolate and Peanut Butter

Making use of a well-stocked pantry, this weeknight chili takes inspiration from the flavor profile of mole negro, an Oa...

Sheet-Pan Fish Tikka with Spinach

Tikka marinade imbues meats and veggies with extreme flavor: Complex, layered heat comes from garam masala and red chile...

One-Pan Shrimp and Pearl Couscous with Harissa

This easy dish relies on harissa for its flavorful broth. Different brands can vary wildly in flavor and heat, so incorp...

Creamy Cucumber Salad

Use any mix of cucumbers you like for this tangy salad. If using slicing cucumbers — the slightly thicker ones you’ll fi...

Mac Salad

Hawaii’s mac salad is not the summer standard of cookouts on the mainland (what locals call the rest of the United State...

Tomato-Watermelon Salad with Anchovy Bread Crumbs

Slightly sweet and very savory, this juicy, colorful salad is perfect for summer, when tomatoes and watermelon are at th...

Cauliflower Ceviche

On the hottest summer days, this is the dish to make because it requires zero cooking. A quick marinade of lemon juice, ...

Turkey and Apple Sandwiches with Maple Mayonnaise

Here’s a new fall classic for a young student’s lunch box: a fresh sandwich of turkey and apple, bound together with may...

Spicy Turkey Stir-Fry with Crisp Garlic and Ginger

This quick-cooking stir-fry is packed with umami from fish sauce and soy sauce, and heat from both red-pepper flakes and...

The Greenest Green Salad

The cookbook author Jessica Battilana's advice to home cooks is simple: "If you're going to spend your energy somewhere,...

Spring Vegetable Japchae (Korean Glass Noodles)

Japchae is a savory Korean stir-fry with mixed vegetables, beef and sweet potato noodles. Also known as glass noodles, s...

Slow-Cooker Masala Dal

This recipe, which is adapted from “Classic Indian Cooking” by Julie Sahni (William Morrow, 1980), a treasury of foolpro...

Middle Eastern-Inspired Herb and Garlic Chicken

This recipe was inspired by the Middle Eastern dried seasoning mix called za’atar, a combination of herbs (usually thyme...

The Masters Pimento Cheese

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Pasta E Fagioli

This is a classic Italian bean and pasta soup. If you have already made a pot of beans using a pound of beans, and want ...

Smoked Almond Pesto Spaghetti

Smoked almonds lend their signature salty, smoky flavor to this unique weeknight pesto pasta. The sauce is reinforced wi...

Slow Cooker Chipotle-Honey Chicken Tacos

These may be the easiest tacos you ever make, but you’d never know it. The recipe hinges on just two ingredients: canned...

One-Pan Bruschetta Spaghetti

Spaghetti in the dead of summer, when tomatoes are at peak ripeness and break down quickly to coat any pasta in irresist...

Turmeric-Ginger Salmon

This simply marinated and roasted salmon is lemony, garlicky, gingery and all with a hint of heat. Inspired by the North...

Smoky Jollof Rice

It’s hard to think of a more iconic West African dish than jollof rice, the red-tinged rice dish with depth, thanks to a...

Scuttlebutt

Tangy and salty and colorful, the scuttlebutt sandwich vibrates with flavor: hard-boiled egg, pickled beets and carrots,...

Sheet-Pan Tarragon Chicken with Sherry Vinegar Onions

Roasting chicken with tarragon is a classic combination, but here it’s given a twist. Instead of a whole bird, bone-in t...

Miso-Mushroom Barley Soup

This hearty vegan dish uses miso and soy to add a tremendous amount of depth and flavor to a relatively quick, one-pot m...

Sautéed Spinach

This is a wonderfully simple, snappy side dish, and it welcomes variations. Try a little lemon zest, sauteed onion or wh...