Recipe Sifter

New Year's Eve polenta squares crisp tube polenta under the broiler, then top each bite with a tangy sun-dried tomato, caper, and parsley pesto. A make-ahead cocktail-party appetizer that feeds a crowd.

Canned white beans with ham knuckle, fresh herbs, lemon zest, and maple syrup bake into a shortcut version of classic baked beans. Ready in half the time with layers of flavor from thyme, rosemary, and Dijon mustard.

If you love cooking, you will love preparing this scrumptious dish that can satisfy anyone's hunger!

Halloween chocolate blood cake with red-dyed white chocolate sponge, strawberry ice cream center, and a creepy dripping red icing topped with vampire teeth candies. Spooky party showstopper.

Japanese pork ramen stir-fry: pork-flavored ramen noodles tossed with pan-fried pork and Japanese mixed vegetables in a soy-spiked pan sauce. Pantry weeknight meal in 25 minutes.

Broiled salmon glazed with balsamic vinegar, Dijon, and brown sugar, served with a homemade curried eggplant chutney simmered with mustard seeds and red bell pepper. Dinner-party elegant, weeknight doable.

Okra shoyu-zuke quick-pickles thinly sliced raw okra and onion in rice vinegar and soy sauce. Three-ingredient Japanese refrigerator pickle ready in minutes for rice bowls and bento.

Prime rib roasted in a rock salt crust that seals in every drop of juice, producing fork-tender, deeply seasoned meat. A showstopping Old English technique you crack open with a hammer.

Quick pickled beets in a sweet-sour vinegar brine with sliced onion and a kick of black pepper. Made with canned beets and ready overnight, no canning equipment required.

Quick and easy biscuits that use up leftover ham after the holiday season.

Homemade licorice liqueur made by steeping real licorice root in vodka for a week, then sweetening with sugar syrup. Three ingredients, two weeks, and a bold anise-flavored spirit.

A crisp, no-cook relish of diced cucumber, Roma tomatoes, pimientos, and scallions dressed with warm honey and apple cider vinegar. Ten minutes from cutting board to table.

A Southern-style cornbread stuffing with browned sausage meat, onions, celery, and parsley. Sized to fill a 12-pound turkey, this Dixie Belle dressing comes together in just 30 minutes.

It is a very good vegetarian recipe, barbecued mushrooms, black beans and succotash, very tasty and healthy. If you want some savory vegetable recipe, try it.

Boneless chicken breasts grilled with a tangy homemade barbecue sauce sharpened with horseradish, cider vinegar, and brown sugar. A quick-fire weeknight grill recipe with bold, glossy glaze.

Crab cakes with tomatillo salsa bind lump crabmeat with bread and egg white for a light crust, pan-seared and topped with tangy diced tomatillo-lime salsa. Southwest-style seafood dinner.