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Krestianskiy zavtrak is a hearty Russian peasant breakfast: pumpernickel croutons crisped in butter, layered with bacon, kielbasa, and onions, then topped with eggs cooked until the yolks stay just runny.

Mocha nut butter balls with instant coffee, cocoa powder, pecans, and butter, rolled in powdered sugar. A melt-in-your-mouth Christmas cookie perfect for holiday tins.

Beef quiche with dried beef, mushrooms, and Swiss cheese in a homemade Parmesan crust. A savory, hearty quiche with two kinds of cheese and a flaky, nutty pastry shell.

Hootsla, a simple Mennonite egg bread dish of day-old bread cubes browned in butter then fried with eggs and milk. A rustic 4-ingredient breakfast or supper.

Lebanese stuffed grape leaves filled with spiced lamb and rice seasoned with allspice and cinnamon, rolled tight and simmered over lemon slices. A traditional Middle Eastern appetizer.

Soft milk bread made in a bread machine with just six ingredients: bread flour, milk, butter, sugar, salt, and yeast. A pillowy white loaf with a tender crumb and lightly sweet flavor.

Oven fried pork chops coated in herb-seasoned stuffing mix for shortcut breading with built-in seasoning. Egg washed and baked on a buttered sheet pan for a crisp crust without the splatter of skillet frying.

Finnish rye bread made in the bread machine with dark rye flour and beer for an earthy, malty loaf. Dense, hearty, and deeply flavored, perfect for open-faced sandwiches, sharp cheeses, or cured fish.

DIY whole wheat pie crust skips the shortening, using grated frozen butter and tender whole wheat pastry flour for a flaky, nutty all-butter crust. An egg and ice water hold it together. Roll, fill, and bake sweet or savory pies.

Grilled meli melo of seafood: salmon, sea bass, swordfish, shrimp, and scallops plated over crispy fried leeks and drizzled with a soy-spiked French beurre blanc. Fine-dining fusion on a plate.

Christmas stollen with raisins, almonds, walnuts, lemon and orange zest in a buttery yeast dough, frosted with powdered sugar glaze. Make two to three days ahead for best flavor.

Grilled chicken halves stuffed under the skin with blanched garlic and Italian parsley, finished with a lemon-butter garlic sauce. Simple, fragrant, and charcoal-kissed.

Chewy oatmeal raisin cookies made extra tender with sour cream. Brown sugar, cinnamon, chopped nuts, and plump raisins in every bite. Makes about 4 and a half dozen.

Curried parsnip fritters pan-fried in butter until golden brown. Boiled parsnips pureed with eggs, flour, and curry powder, then served with rice and gravy. A parsnip-hater's conversion recipe.

Miniature nut-filled pastries with a sour cream butter dough wrapped around pecans or walnuts in dark corn syrup. Bite-sized, flaky, and they store beautifully.

Yeast based Czechoslovakian pastry filled with a poppy seed or cream cheese filling.