Recipe Sifter

Forget chocolate brownies. These gooey, caramel-filled blondies are heavenly.

Enjoy these seriously chocolaty and mouth-watering cookies without feeling guilty.

Silky Caribbean-style soup made from eddoes (a taro-like root vegetable) simmered in chicken broth with a bouquet garni, puréed smooth, and enriched with heavy cream and nutmeg.

This easy roast chicken can be a maindish during the Oktoberfest. Easy and delicious.

Compound curry butter with garam masala, curry powder, fresh ginger, shallot, garlic, and green chile, whirled smooth in a food processor. Endlessly useful pantry stash.

Pork tenderloin medallions Veronique: sauteed in butter, finished in a sherry-cream sauce built from the pan drippings, and topped with butter-sauteed seedless grapes. Elegant French bistro cooking.

Piquant meatloaf seasoned with paprika, oregano, thyme, and chili powder, served with a rich mushroom gravy made from butter, cream, and beef stock. A boldly spiced take on a comforting classic.

Butter-browned veal loin chops simmered with quartered mushrooms, white wine, and chicken broth, then finished in a silky tarragon cream sauce. An elegant dinner for two in one hour.

Breakfast omelette done the French way, soft folded eggs cooked in butter and topped with a fresh tomato, jalapeno, cilantro, and lime salsa. A quick, light, vegetarian breakfast with bright Mexican-inspired flavor.

Cheesy and delicious. The whole wheat crust is so flakey and tasty, the filling is made with sauteed onions, asparagus and gruyere cheese, packed with yumminess. It's great for an appetizer, or a vegetarian main course.

Because the chocolate is the star in this recipe, spring for the good stuff, like Valrhona or E. Guittard. You can enjoy the muffins as a snack, or at brunch with some crème fraîche or clotted cream instead of normal muffin accompaniments.

On a cold day, let this delicious roasted winter squash soup warm up your whole body.

Red snapper fillets wrapped in buttered phyllo dough with Pernod and bread crumbs, baked golden, and served with a classic beurre blanc sauce. An elegant French-style fish entree.

Classic fettuccine Alfredo sauce with just butter, cream, and Parmigiano-Reggiano. Four ingredients, 30 minutes, and a plate of pure Italian indulgence.

Pot-roasted veal marinated in rosemary and shallots, seared and braised low and slow in white wine and lemon juice with a butter-finished pan sauce.

Eggs Neptune: poached eggs and sauteed crab meat on toasted English muffins, draped in a blender orange hollandaise with fresh citrus zest. Eggs Benedict's elegant cousin.