Recipe Sifter

School cafeteria cheese bread with American cheese rolled into soft yeast dough like a jelly roll. This scaled-down version of the classic school lunch favorite bakes golden in 30 minutes.

Kushli are deep-fried Indian half-moon pastries stuffed with toasted coconut, almonds, semolina, sugar, cardamom, and raisins. Crisp, fragrant sweets for festivals and tea-time treats.

Crab casserole Florentine with layers of buttery spinach, cream of mushroom, and a Swiss cheese béchamel folded with sweet crab meat and crunchy water chestnuts.

Best bread and butter pickles use sliced cucumbers and onions overnight-salted, then simmered in a turmeric-yellow brown sugar brine with dry mustard. Sweet, tangy, and pantry-stable in pint jars.

Homemade pizza dough that rises to crisp, chewy perfection on a hot stone. Six pantry ingredients, double-yeast for proper lift, makes two thin-crust 12-inch pies or one thick-crust pizza.

A succulent chicken dish that is made with honey and orange juice.

Pickled red eggs steeped in beet juice, apple cider vinegar, cloves, allspice, peppercorns, and fresh ginger. Vibrant magenta with tangy, spiced flavor.

Vegetarian Cajun red beans and brown rice simmered low and slow with onions, bell pepper, tomato paste, Worcestershire, and hot sauce. Hearty, meat-free, and full of bayou flavor.

A tangy-sweet piccalilli relish made with salted green tomatoes, fresh corn, bell peppers, and red onion in a spiced vinegar-sugar brine. Keeps for weeks in the fridge. Great on burgers and hot dogs.

Christmas coleslaw with green and red cabbage, red and green bell peppers, carrots, and red onion in a creamy mayo-vinaigrette dressing. The festive holiday slaw with red and green color built right in.

Classic French tarte aux pommes with butter-sautéed apples in a flaky puff pastry shell, topped with a golden egg and vanilla custard. The apple tart that every French grandmother gets right.

Amish friendship bread with hazelnuts and dried cherries: a cinnamon-scented sweet bread loaded with crunchy nuts and chewy fruit. Bakes 4 loaves built for sharing with friends.

French farmhouse chicken braised on a bed of leeks and garlic in apple juice, white wine, and brandy. The pan juices reduce into a concentrated cream sauce that's worth every minute.

Traditional kishke (stuffed derma) with beef liver, rice, ground beef, and coriander in natural casing, simmered low and slow in beef stock until tender.

Give your beef a French touch with this recipe that calls for french onion soup and mozzarella cheese.

Traditional Mexican barbacoa: whole lamb slow-roasted in a maguey leaf-lined earth pit for hours. This ancient communal feast from Mexico City feeds 24 and delivers smoky, fall-apart tender meat like nothing else.