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Make-ahead hot chicken salad with crushed potato chips, cheddar, almonds, and creamy mayo-soup base. Assemble the night before, bake until bubbly for retro potluck perfection.

Old-fashioned butterscotch cream pie with a deep brown sugar custard, butter and vanilla finish, topped with fresh whipped cream. Classic American pastry-shop dessert from scratch.

Cocoa cream pie with a from-scratch chocolate pudding filling made from cocoa powder, milk, and cornstarch in a baked pie shell. Topped with whipped cream after chilling 6-8 hours.

Canned salmon and hard-boiled eggs in a mushroom-beer cream sauce served in a molded rice ring. A retro dinner party centerpiece that's back in style.

Here's a recipe for pumpkin soup. It comes from Jon Gatewood, the executive chef of Emma's restaurant in the Silas Griffith Inn in Danby, Vermont.

Shrimp in a creamy Indian-spiced sauce with cumin, lime, sour cream, and yogurt, finished with fresh cilantro. A quick 30-minute dinner best served over saffron rice.

Eggnog pie in pecan crust: a silky, no-bake rum-and-brandy custard filling spooned into a toasted pecan crust. The grown-up Christmas pie your holiday table needs.

Add a European taste to your cooking with these scrumptious meatballs that taste wonderful with rice or any kind of pasta.

Eggnog chiffon pie in a flaky homemade crust with a light, airy filling of custard, whipped cream, rum extract, and nutmeg set with gelatin. A holiday dessert classic.

Double chocolate bundt cake made with devil's food cake mix, chocolate pudding, sour cream, and a full bag of chocolate chips. Dense, fudgy, and finished with powdered sugar.

Chocolate meringue pie with a silky cooked custard filling and a billowy sweetened meringue topping baked golden. The diner-counter classic done from scratch with unsweetened chocolate for that unmistakable old-fashioned cocoa flavor.

Custard-style apple pie with Red Delicious apples in a cream, egg, and cornstarch filling with cinnamon and nutmeg. A double-crust pie dotted with butter.

Classic lemon cheesecake with graham cracker crust, cream cheese, lemon juice and zest, and whipped egg whites folded in for a lighter, airy texture.

Dense, fudgy chocolate pecan cake spiked with Irish cream liqueur and espresso, crowned with a glossy chocolate glaze and chocolate-dipped pecans. A showstopper for 10.

Vintage stuffed date drops from the 1950s: pecan-stuffed dates dipped in sour cream cookie batter, baked into tender little drops, and finished with a browned-butter golden glaze.

Creamy potato soup topped with strips of smoked trout and fresh watercress. Pureed with whipped cream and calf broth for a velvety, smoky bowl that pairs beautifully with crusty bread and cold beer.