Recipe Sifter

Cheesy meat log frosted with mashed potatoes and broiled with sharp cheddar on top. A vintage Lincoln's Birthday party centerpiece, somewhere between meatloaf and a yule log.

French toast meets fruit cobbler in this overnight breakfast bake with warm apple pie spices, juicy strawberries, and sweet banana slices bubbling beneath golden bread.

Simple lobster spread with chopped lobster meat, mayonnaise, scallions, and black pepper. A four-ingredient appetizer that chills for two hours and serves with crackers.

Lemon cream dream: a no-bake layered dessert with lemon cookie crust, lemon pudding-cream cheese filling, whipped topping, and fresh strawberries and blueberries. A summer crowd-pleaser for six.

Old-school saloon pickled eggs and beets in a spiced brown sugar-vinegar brine with cinnamon and cloves. Brine the beets a week, add eggs, wait three days.

Caribbean shrimp and black bean salad: poached pink shrimp ringed around a chilled black bean salad punched up with picante, lime, honey, cilantro, and red onion. Make-ahead summer plate.

Alsatian choucroute garnie: pork shoulder, knackwurst, Polish sausage, and bacon braised slow in sauerkraut, white wine, and juniper berries. Serve with boiled potatoes and sharp mustard.

Smoked baby back ribs with a strawberry or raspberry jelly glaze and a brown sugar dry rub. A sweet-savory smokehouse classic with sticky, caramelized berry-glazed bark.

Orange angel food cake with cardamom caramel sauce and tropical fruit compote of mango, passion fruit, kiwi, and blood orange. A three-part make-ahead showstopper for dinner parties.

Chocolate pecan pie variation with walnuts, coconut, and mini chocolate chips in a corn syrup-rich filling. The Southern classic crossed with German chocolate flavors.

This recipe nowadays is not only cooked in Chinese New Year, but also in normal days!

Creamy corn pudding with crushed saltines that soak up custard and turn tender inside while the top bakes crispy-golden. Silky creamed corn meets buttery cracker crumbs.

Cherry cordial chocolate balls made with kirsch-soaked candied cherries wrapped in a buttery milk and dark chocolate shell, rolled in cocoa and powdered sugar. A luxurious homemade candy.

Roasted boneless ham with a tangy rhubarb sauce made with orange juice, cinnamon, and dry mustard. The sauce gets spooned over the ham during the final minutes of roasting for a glossy, sweet-tart glaze.

Two doughs, one pan, all the chocolate. Classic chocolate chip cookie dough layered with coconut and topped with cocoa-rich double-chocolate drops baked into bulls-eye cookie bars that are crispy on the edges and chewy in the middle.

Italian polenta with beef and sausage stew, a rustic Northern Italian dish of braised beef, hot Italian sausage, and mushrooms served over creamy polenta.