3,111 bitter recipes

Delicate sole fillets rolled around garlicky sauteed spinach and baked with a brush of melted butter. An elegant, light dinner for two ready in 20 minutes with just six ingredients.

Caramelized ripe plantains pan-fried in butter with a sprinkle of sugar until golden and sticky. Just 3 ingredients and 20 minutes for a sweet Caribbean-style side or dessert.

Peanut butter pinwheel candy rolls a creamy peanut butter layer inside a sweet powdered-sugar fondant, then slices it into old-fashioned no-bake candy spirals. Just three ingredients.

Pineapple upside-down cake made in the slow cooker with pineapple rings, maraschino cherries, and brown sugar caramel base. No-oven retro dessert for warm-weather entertaining.

Brussels sprouts simmered in beer until tender, then finished with butter and salt. A simple German-inspired side dish with just four ingredients ready in 25 minutes.

Sweet and fruity sauce made from applesauce, apple butter, raisins, and maple syrup, simmered until thick and glossy for ham.

Warm grapefruit halves topped with dark brown sugar, a pat of butter, and a maraschino cherry. A retro 10-minute breakfast or appetizer that's tart, sweet, and completely charming.

A new but scrumptious side dish that can be served with baked fish or a pot roast.

Jan's 1940s apple pie heaped with McIntosh and Cortland apples, finished with a quick water-rinse trick on the top crust that produces an exceptionally flaky finish.

Gooseberry pie with a tapioca-thickened filling and a hint of orange zest. Baked in a double crust that starts hot for a flaky bottom and finishes at a moderate temperature.

Set-it-and-forget-it French bread for your bread machine. Six ingredients including bread flour and a touch of butter for richness. Press start and walk away.

Veal and asparagus, simply prepared with the French classic Bearnaise sauce.

Roast turkey with stuffing, a complete guide to preparing, stuffing, and roasting a whole bird with butter basting and a foil tent for even browning. A holiday classic done right.

Hunkar begendi, a classic Turkish dish of smoked eggplant folded into a creamy bechamel sauce with mozzarella and nutmeg. Smoky, silky, and rich from charring the eggplant whole.

German chocolate cake mix topped with a melted Snickers and butter glaze and a sprinkle of flaked coconut. A four-ingredient potluck cake that comes together start to finish in under an hour.

Dried apple pie, an old-fashioned American pantry-staple dessert with reconstituted dried apple slices, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a flaky double-crust pie. The original winter apple pie.