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Chilled zucchini soup with marjoram, finished with cream just before serving. A silky, pale green summer soup that uses up the season's overgrown zucchini.

Potage Creme de Cresson (Cream of Watercress Soup) recipe

Chocolate thumbprint cookies rolled in chopped nuts with melted chocolate chips swirled into each indent. Buttery, nutty, and rich with a double dose of chocolate.

Poppy seed pound cake muffins made with butter, yogurt, and vanilla for a dense, tender crumb. Bakery-style muffins with a subtle crunch from poppy seeds.

Why make the same old spaghetti sauce when you can enjoy this scrumptious dish that will satisfy your hunger.

The surprise is grits! Cooked creamy grits stand in for the traditional custard base, blended with flaked coconut and sour cream, then chilled in a chocolate graham crust. A Southern twist on coconut cream pie you won't see coming.

Cereal killer cookies: chewy oatmeal cookies loaded with almond brickle chips for buttery toffee crunch in every bite. The big-batch cookie that vanishes off the cooling rack.

Think magic cookie bars turned into drop cookies. Graham cracker crumbs, sweetened condensed milk, coconut, chocolate chips, and walnuts baked into chewy golden mounds. Ready in 30 minutes flat.

Mom's strawberry rhubarb pie: tart rhubarb and sweet strawberries thickened with tapioca and flour, baked under a sugar-crusted double crust until the filling bubbles. The classic spring pie.

These moist and rich cookies are a great snack after dessert, just make sure you hide the cookie jar after.

Gluten-free sesame rice cookies made with tahini, honey, rice flour, and almonds. Nutty, naturally sweetened, and tender with a delicate crumb that melts on the tongue.

Louisiana-style okra and shrimp gumbo built on a dark roux with oysters added in the last five minutes. Served over rice with the holy trinity of celery, onion, and bell pepper.

Mint chocolate surprise cookies with a chocolate mint wafer hidden inside each one, topped with a walnut half. A retro Pillsbury Bake-Off classic from scratch.

Delicious cookies that are perfect after a special dinner. Try dipping them in coffee or wine!

Lobster, shrimp, and king crab in a velvety white wine cream sauce with butter and paprika. A showpiece seafood dish that serves 12 over rice.

Beef and bay stew: a rustic Irish-style beef stew with leeks, turnip, carrots, potatoes, and celery, simmered gently with bay and thyme. Old-fashioned slow-cooked supper served with crusty bread.