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Guacamole with serrano heat, white onion, and a surprise hit of pureed zucchini for body. Mexican-style avocado dip finished with tomato, green onion, and cilantro garnish.

Sour cream apple pie with a thick walnut-cinnamon streusel topping. Granny Smiths in vanilla custard under a buttery crumble. The high-heat start sets the shell, the low finish cooks the apples through.

Papa's spareribs start in the oven and finish on the barbecue pit with a homemade sauce of smoked salt, brown sugar, ketchup, liquid smoke, and Worcestershire. Smoky, sticky, fall-off-the-bone ribs.

Pan-seared pork chops with a sweet-tart red currant and balsamic glaze. Sage-rubbed loin chops finished in a glossy two-ingredient pan sauce.

Traditional Ragu alla Bolognese with hand-chopped veal, beef, pancetta, dried porcini, wine, milled tomatoes, and a finish of heavy cream. The authentic long-simmered Italian meat sauce.

Yeast doughnuts made in the bread machine: a simple bread-flour dough hand-shaped, proofed, and deep-fried, then finished with chocolate, almonds, powdered sugar, whipped cream, or cinnamon sugar.

Garlic shrimp linguine with rosemary, oregano, and a touch of cayenne. Eight cloves of garlic, lemon-spiked olive oil, fresh spinach and tomato, finished with parmesan.

Pressure cooker orange cheesecake: mandarin segments on top after inverting, with a whole wheat crumb base and silky orange-sauced finish. Steamed dessert that skips the water bath drama.

Minced squab in lettuce cups, the Cantonese classic: chopped squab stir-fried with water chestnuts, bamboo, and mushrooms in a savory oyster-soy sauce, finished with crisped skin and wrapped in crisp lettuce.

Curry and mango chutney marinated chicken wings baked until crisp and finished under the broiler, served with a cool cucumber yogurt dipping sauce. Bold Indian-spiced party wings.

Kuemmelkartoffel, a traditional German caraway potato side dish. Boiled potato slices tossed with caraway seeds and finished with melted butter for earthy, aromatic flavor.

Beef Brisket with Barbecue Sauce: a hands-off crockpot brisket cooked low for 10 hours in a Worcestershire-vinegar braise, finished with a separate ketchup-brown-sugar sauce.

Lobster Monte Carlo plates grilled lobster and shrimp over vegetable risotto with asparagus and portobello, finished in lemon butter sauce. A restaurant-style Mother's Day dinner for two.

Mung dal with black mustard seeds, turmeric, and ginger, finished with a hot ghee tadka of sputtering mustard seeds and green chile. A traditional Indian lentil dish with bright, bold tempering.

Pan-seared salmon fillets under a crisp horseradish-breadcrumb crust, finished in the oven and served with a creamy double-mustard horseradish sauce. A bold, restaurant-worthy fish dinner.

Patata e risi, an Italian potato and rice soup with carrots, tomato paste, and Parmigiano-Reggiano. A hearty one-pot soup simmered in chicken broth and finished with grated cheese.