Recipe Sifter

Vegetarian fried brown rice with mushrooms, scallions, pickled radishes, water chestnuts, and peas in sesame oil. A wholesome, plant-based fried rice with crunch and tang in every bite.

Frosted diamond cookies with caraway seeds, topped with billowy White Mountain frosting and pink sugar. A vintage rolled cookie that's crisp, elegant, and surprisingly savory-sweet.

Bread machine fruit gingerbread loaded with golden raisins, chopped almonds, molasses, cinnamon, and ginger. A warmly spiced, dense loaf with a sticky crumb.

Fruit ginger drop cookies made with gingerbread mix, candied fruit, and chopped nuts. A 4-ingredient holiday cookie ready in 25 minutes.

Fruits afire is a flambe dessert with canned pears, apricots, and bing cherries in a reduced cinnamon-apricot syrup, finished tableside with flaming rum. A dramatic, retro showstopper.

Fudge cakes with melted unsweetened chocolate, butter, and chopped nuts in a light batter lifted with stiffly beaten egg whites. Somewhere between a brownie and a cake, frosted and cut into bars.

Vegan garden vegetable casserole with steamed broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, and carrots layered over brown rice with marinara sauce and melted soy cheese.

Garden dill pickles with garlic, mustard seed, and a salty vinegar brine. Easy water-bath canning recipe that turns a glut of summer cucumbers into pantry pickles.

Garlic chicken Provencal soup with golden-browned chicken breasts simmered in plum tomatoes and white wine, loaded with Italian vegetables and pasta. Served in shallow bowls with Parmesan.

Garlic head soup built on three whole simmered bulbs blended into a brothy base with barley, wild rice, potatoes, carrots, and mushrooms, herbed with thyme, rosemary, and dill.

Spanish-style garlic soup with toasted bread crumbs, tomatoes, paprika, and egg ribbons stirred in at the end. A rustic, warming bowl thickened with stale bread.

Garlic soup Provencal with two full heads of garlic, saffron, sage, leeks, and tomatoes, thickened with potato for a silky, deeply aromatic French soup. No cream needed.

Creamy garlic soup pureed with potatoes, carrots, celery, and two whole bulbs of garlic. A vegan, no-cream soup where potatoes provide the silky body and garlic brings bold flavor.

Garlic spaghetti (aglio e olio) with golden garlic sauteed in olive oil, tossed with pasta water, fresh parsley, and Parmesan. Five ingredients, 35 minutes, and the simplest Italian pasta you can make.

Garlic vegetable soup with two whole heads of garlic simmered into a creamy, vegan, fat-free puree with potatoes, carrots, celery, and onion. The cure-all soup for cold and flu season.

Garlicky paella loads saffron rice with prawns, clams, and browned chicken, perfumed with a heavy hand of garlic. The golden, one-pan Spanish classic, simmered low and never stirred so the rice cooks up tender with a crisp bottom.