32 frog recipes

Pantry pasta puttanesca: quick tuna, anchovy, and olive pasta in low-fat tomato sauce. Low-fat, 20-minute weeknight dinner built entirely from pantry staples. Neapolitan attitude, no trip to the store.

Traditional German Springerle cookies with anise oil, stamped with carved molds and dried overnight before baking to a pale straw color. This heirloom recipe makes 72 delicate, picture-perfect cookies.

Pescado a la Tipitapa, a Nicaraguan pan-fried fish in toasted cornmeal with a tomato, sweet pepper, and white wine sauce. Crispy cornmeal crust under a savory, tangy vegetable sauce.

Traditional Mexican barbacoa: whole lamb slow-roasted in a maguey leaf-lined earth pit for hours. This ancient communal feast from Mexico City feeds 24 and delivers smoky, fall-apart tender meat like nothing else.

Classic Irish coffee with hot coffee, Irish whiskey, sugar, and a float of whipped cream. Properly layered so you sip the hot coffee through the cold cream for the full experience.

Baked peaches from the Piedmont filled with crushed amaretti cookies, peach puree, sugar, and egg yolk. A classic Northern Italian summer dessert that's elegant and simple.

Homemade orecchiette pasta made without eggs using just semolina flour, all-purpose flour, and water. A simple 3-ingredient vegan pasta shaped by hand.

Gefilte fish from a jar upgraded with fresh beets, carrots, and onions layered and simmered for 45 minutes. Bubbe's shortcut for holiday fish that tastes almost homemade.

No-egg raisin cake with brown sugar, walnuts, cinnamon, and ginger baked low and slow. A Depression-era pantry cake that's moist, spiced, and surprisingly rich.

Butter pecan tea cookies rolled in powdered sugar while warm. A classic snowball cookie with a melt-in-your-mouth shortbread texture, baked until firm but not browned.

One of my favorites. These are the cookies I make when I am trying to impress someone or cheer a person up. Though they are made with milk chocolate they are not too sweet. The edges are airy and crunchy and the center is soft and chewy.

Avocado Relish from Mesa Grill combines diced avocado, jalapeño, red onion, fresh lime juice, and cilantro in a 5-minute no-cook condiment. Chunky, bright, and perfect alongside grilled fish or tacos.

Mud-baked fish encases a fresh-caught whole fish in river clay and cooks it directly on hot coals for three hours. Traditional Australian bushcraft cooking method.

Traditional French onion soup starting with homemade beef bone stock simmered for 3 hours, then finished with caramelized onions and melted Gruyere. This from-scratch version takes patience but delivers deep, rich flavor.

Homemade British pork sausages with nutmeg, cloves, mace, and thyme from Keith Floyd's cookbook. Stuff into casings or coat in breadcrumbs for a proper banger from scratch.

Simple frozen dessert made with ice cream and a splash of sherry, frozen in a tray. A no-bake, 2-ingredient base you can customize with nuts, chocolate, or fruit.