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Mom's old-fashioned watermelon rind pickles soaked in lime water, then simmered in sweet spiced vinegar syrup until jewel-like and translucent. A Southern heirloom canning recipe worth the wait.

Pho bo (Vietnamese beef noodle soup) with oxtail broth, charred onion, star anise, and fish sauce poured boiling over rice noodles and paper-thin raw beef that cooks in the hot broth. Garnish with cilantro, scallions, and lemon.

An ideal fruit salad or dessert for Winter, because the tropical fruits are available year-round and ripen naturally. The riper and more fragrant the fruit, the better the salad.

This fresh salad featuring fall pears is a welcome addition to any table. Save time by using pre-washed baby spinach leaves.

Black beans and hearty root vegetables, parsnips, turnips, carrots and potatoes, deliver layers of fall flavor in this vegetarian stew recipe. Earthy mushrooms combined with low and slow cooking in the oven coax every drop of pure, rich goodness

Homemade bread dough enhancer made with lecithin, dried whey, diastatic malt powder, and ascorbic acid. Mix once, store in a jar, and add a tablespoon to any bread recipe for softer, higher-rising loaves.

Two thick porterhouse steaks rubbed with crushed garlic and olive oil, scored, brightened with lemon, then broiled to a seared, juicy finish. Steakhouse flavor at home with just 6 ingredients.

Layered vegetable casserole with broccoli, zucchini, carrots, and bell peppers in a creamy ricotta sauce, topped with Parmesan bread crumbs and pecans.

Pea and carrot salad with lovage tosses steamed fresh peas and baby carrots in a creamy mayo-yogurt dressing with Dijon mustard. The herb lovage adds a celery-like depth you won't get from parsley.

An easy to prepare mustard that is good with sausage, cold cuts, or as an accompaniment to an English plowman's lunch of cheese, bread, pickled onions, and radishes.

An easy pasta salad that uses the fresh veggies you have on hand and some Italian dressing so you can put it together quickly, we love quick and easy recipes.

Persian sugar-pickled garlic simmered in red wine vinegar with cloves and black peppercorns. Sweet, tangy, and mellow after a month of refrigerator pickling.

Lightened green bean casserole with low-fat cream of mushroom soup, nonfat sour cream, and a Parmesan-breadcrumb topping instead of fried onions. Six-ingredient holiday side.

Lighter cocoa oatmeal cookies made with egg whites and nonfat yogurt instead of whole eggs and butter. Studded with mini chocolate chips and chewy with 3 cups of quick oats. Makes a whopping 66 cookies.

Deep-fried sticky rice dumplings filled with pork, dried shrimp, and bamboo shoots in a sweet rice flour dough. A crispy, chewy Chinese dim sum classic that puffs up golden brown in the fryer.

A basic but succulent pot roast that can be made with some help from your friendly crockpot!