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Italian chocolate nut cookies (mostaccioli) are dense, spiced cocoa cookies with chopped almonds and raisins on whole wheat flour. A traditional Calabrian holiday cookie with deep chocolate-clove flavor.

Stir-fried warm Asian salad with napa cabbage, fresh mushrooms, spinach, celery, garlic, and ginger tossed in soy sauce. A low-fat vegetable side dish ready in under 10 minutes.

Pork Chop and Corn Stuffing Bake presses seasoned chops into cornbread stuffing mixed with corn soup, then tops them with a brown sugar-mustard glaze. One pan, 45 minutes.

How Chinese cooks tame a whole duck, layering methods like steaming, smoking, and frying to render the fat and turn the skin succulently crisp. A guide to Peking, Cantonese, and Sichuan crispy-skin duck techniques.

Raspberry and fig gratin with sour cream and broiled brown sugar crust. Four ingredients, 15 minutes, and the caramelized sugar cracks like creme brulee over warm fruit.

Grilled tofu marinated in orange juice and soy sauce, pressed until firm, then charred on the grill. Three ingredients, vegetarian, and full of smoky-citrus flavor.

Baked red snapper marinated in orange juice, lemon juice, and grated onion with a hint of nutmeg. A light, citrus-bright Florida-style fish dinner with clean flavors.

Spicy apple raisin muffins made with raisin bran cereal, wheat germ, apple pie spice, and fresh chopped apples. A lighter bake using egg whites and apple juice.

Bodebiremus is a rustic German potato mush made with boiled potatoes, milk, and a touch of flour, topped with crispy cracklings or toasted breadcrumbs. Simple Bavarian comfort food at its finest.

Grape marmalade made the old-fashioned way with just grapes and sugar, no added pectin. Slip the skins, simmer the pulp, then cook it down until the syrup sheets off the spoon and sets.

Classic New Orleans crabmeat ravigote with lump crab, bell pepper, pimiento, scallions, and a bright lemon-cayenne kick. No cooking required. Ready in 20 minutes.

Five-ingredient Southern pecan dainties with brown sugar, egg whites, and vanilla. Crispy, chewy, flourless pecan cookies baked low and slow. Makes six dozen from one batch.

Roasted red pepper spread with cream cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, Vidalia onion, cumin, garlic, and cilantro. A smoky, creamy no-cook appetizer blended in the food processor and served chilled with crackers.

A creamy and tasty topping that tastes amazing when served over fish.

Caponata di melanzane with eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, capers, olives, and anchovies. A bold Sicilian appetizer that improves as it sits at room temperature for hours.

Delicate rainbow trout fillets hit the grill for just 4 minutes, then get drizzled with a bright lime-ginger oil spiked with red pepper flakes.