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Eight-spice crispy skinned snapper with Szechuan peppercorns, star anise, cinnamon, fennel, cumin, coriander, white pepper, and ginger. Pan-seared then oven-roasted for shatteringly crisp skin.

Old-fashioned fermented and pickled mixed vegetables with cauliflower, carrots, cucumbers, celery, pearl onions, and red peppers. Crock-fermented giardiniera-style.

Quick, easy and delicious. These sausages are perfect for grilling indoor or BBQ at your backyard. Or just cooking in the pan is also very tasty.

Vegan hummus made with chickpeas, fresh cilantro, lemon, and a kick of hot sauce. A 4-ingredient, no-tahini blender hummus ready in 10 minutes for crackers, sandwiches, and veggie dippers.

Quick and easy, it is a great breakfast, you can bake these lovely quiche in the earlier morning, you can also make them in advance and freeze them.

Every Chinese cook has his own version of this. This one is intended for quick cooking in an American kitchen.

Low-fat curried carrot soup simmers carrots in chicken broth, then purees with curry powder and a dash of hot sauce. Four-ingredient pantry soup that's silky, vibrant, and surprisingly low calorie.

Candied dill pickles transformed from store-bought dills into sweet-tart spears with sugar, vinegar, bay, and cloves. The Southern grandma trick that turns ordinary pickles into addictive snacking.

Topped with delicious homemade fennel jam, creamy goat cheese and served with sweet and sour pickled pears, these delicious hot dogs will for sure make everyone want a second.

Basil pesto, marinated artichoke hearts, fried egg and some hot pepper sauce are topped on a slice of rosemary-olive oil bread.

Ulundu vadai, crispy South Asian urad dal fritters shaped into little doughnut rings, spiced with chili, curry leaves, and ginger, then deep-fried golden. Crunchy outside, fluffy within, with chutney.

Chana dhal vada, crispy South Asian lentil fritters made from coarsely ground split chickpeas spiced with chili, curry leaves, and chat masala, then deep-fried golden. A vegan tea-time snack with chutney.

A delicous amber or red coloured sweet jelly made from tomatoes that can be served just like any other sweet spreads or added to cheese and cracker trays.

Good as a quick barbecue sauce but we use it for a dipping sauce for chicken fingers or homemade chicken nuggets.

Sri Lankan coconut roti (pol roti), a rustic pan-fried flatbread packed with shredded coconut, fresh chili, and curry leaves. No yeast, ready fast, and made to scoop up fish or chicken curry.

Korean kimchi made with napa cabbage soaked in salted water, then fermented with garlic, ginger, scallions, and Korean chili pepper. Simple traditional fermented relish.