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Creole catfish Bayou Lafourche: pan-fried catfish fillets topped with poached oysters in a silky tarragon-champagne butter sauce. An elegant Louisiana seafood dish built on a classic beurre blanc finish.

Danish pastry dough is the classic laminated yeast dough behind bakery wienerbrod: enriched with eggs and milk, folded with a full pound of butter to create dozens of shatteringly flaky layers.

Rich, fudgy brownies made with real unsweetened chocolate, butter, and pecans, topped with a homemade chocolate icing. Baked in a jelly-roll pan for thin, chewy squares.

Try a new fish dinner this summer with this succulent recipe that will become one of your favorites for years to come.

The flavor of this golden brown fudge comes from the caramelized sugar.

This delicious bite-size Brazilian treat is similar to a rich chocolate truffle.

Roast pheasant stuffed with toasted rice, mushrooms, and herbs, draped in bacon and basted with a currant jelly and port wine sauce. A classic wild game dinner.

Simple and easy sauce to spoon over Chicken ... best served over baked or fried cutlets that have been prepared by first dusting with flour, dipped in beaten egg, and rolled in either Italian seasoned crumbs or Panko bread crumbs.

Peach sour cream coffee cake layers a tender sour cream batter with sliced fresh peaches and a brown sugar streusel top. Tangy, fruit-studded breakfast cake for summer.

Finnish curd cake (rahkakakku) built on a buttered breadcrumb crust with sieved cottage cheese, cardamom, ginger, and citrus zest folded through a tender flour batter.

Wild black duck browned in butter, then braised low and slow with white wine, thyme, basil, and onions until fork-tender. A splash of cream at the end builds a velvety pan gravy. Hunter's kitchen at its finest.

Grilled orange salmon steaks basted with fresh orange butter and garnished with orange slices. A simple, elegant fish dinner ready in 20 minutes with just four ingredients.

Sorrel omelet with wilted sorrel leaves folded into eggs and finished with a reduced cream sauce poured down the center. A classic French omelet with a bright, lemony tang.

Try this succulent quiche that's made with swiss chard, belpaese and parmesan cheese.

Old-fashioned baked macaroni and cheese with a from-scratch roux, five cups of cheddar, dry mustard, and a buttered breadcrumb topping with paprika. Creamy inside, crunchy on top.

German chocolate cheesecake squares layer chocolate cream cheese filling over a yeasted crust, topped with the classic coconut-pecan caramel topping.