Recipe Sifter

Neiman Marcus seven layer cake is a legendary Texas department-store dessert: seven paper-thin vanilla cake layers stacked with chocolate butter frosting. Stately, showy, and engineered for special occasions.

A scrumptious vegetable dish made with asparagus, broccoli florets, carrots and spinach.

Honey walnut prawns are crispy cornstarch-battered shrimp tossed in a creamy honey-mayo-lemon sauce and topped with candied walnuts. A popular Chinese-American restaurant dish made at home.

Gluten-free brown rice pie crust made with just two ingredients: cooked brown rice and egg white. A simple, grain-based alternative to traditional pastry crusts.

Classic pepper steak with marinated beef strips, colorful bell peppers, celery, and tomatoes in a soy-ginger sauce thickened with cornstarch. Serve over rice or noodles.

A foolproof 4-ingredient pie crust made with flour, salt, shortening, and ice water. Step-by-step instructions walk you through cutting, rolling, fluting, and blind baking like a pro.

Dallo is a Sri Lankan stuffed cuttlefish curry. Tender cuttlefish packed with roasted gram and spices simmer in a rich coconut milk gravy laced with cardamom, fenugreek, and curry leaves.

Crumbed button mushrooms with garlic or tartare sauce.

Light spiced apple cake with nutmeg and ginger, topped with cinnamon-walnut sugar before baking. Cut into rectangles and serve warm or at room temperature for coffee cake perfection.

Marinated chicken simmers in a bright, herb-packed cilantro sauce with fresh tomatoes and chili pepper. This bold Mexican-style braise fills your kitchen with the most intoxicating aroma.

Use almost the same pizza ingredients to make this delicious yet juicy casserole.

Broiled grouper fillets seasoned with lemon juice and cracked black pepper, ready in under 10 minutes. The simplest low-fat preparation for one of the Gulf's best fish.

Smith College fudge with molasses, brown sugar, and unsweetened chocolate cooked to soft-ball stage. The classic 1900s women's college recipe with deep, rich flavor.

Buttery drop cookies loaded with oats, vanilla milk chips, flaked coconut, and macadamia nuts. Sour cream keeps them soft and chewy. Makes 5 dozen for the holiday cookie swap.

Eggplant macaroni bake layers tender eggplant, fresh tomato, and basil with parmesan-tossed macaroni, topped with cheddar and baked bubbly. A light, vegetarian pasta casserole that skips the heavy cream sauce.

German hasenpfeffer: rabbit braised with bacon, carrots and mushrooms in a vinegar-spiked broth, finished with sour cream. The classic German hunter's stew over noodles or dumplings.