373 lounge recipes

Old-fashioned homemade beef soup with browned beef shank, crushed marrow bones, carrots, turnips, and onion. Long-simmered heritage soup for cold nights.

Italian barley soup slow-simmered for 3 hours with red wine, tomatoes, garlic, fresh herbs, and Parmesan. A thick, hearty vegetarian soup with deep, layered flavor from the long cook.

Preserved grape vine leaves for making dolmades all year. Fresh-picked early-summer leaves get bundled, blanched in salted water, then packed into jars with rock salt brine for long-term pantry storage.

Although I have not tried it, I assume any firm winter squash could be substituted for the pumpkin

Don't let that bottle of wine go to waste, instead use it for this succulent dish that goes well chicken or fish.

No-cook cucumber oil pickles with sliced onions in a vinegar, salad oil, celery salt, and mustard seed brine. A big-batch heritage recipe using 60 small cucumbers.

Canned garlic dill pickles with red chili peppers, dill heads, and a balanced sweet-salt brine. Two quarts from one batch, water-bath processed for shelf-stable storage of 2 months or more.

Traditional Chinese New Year noodles with glass noodles, dried mushrooms, lily buds, and fermented bean curd sauce. Long noodles symbolize longevity and good fortune.

Slow-simmered vegetable soup with tomatoes, okra, pinto beans, potatoes, and mushrooms. Vegetarian, hearty, and meant for long, gentle cooking that deepens every flavor.

Red devil pepper sauce blends Scotch bonnet chiles with allspice, onion, vinegar, and Pickapeppa for a fiery Caribbean-style hot sauce that keeps for months. A few drops go a long way.

Quick stir-fried shrimp with garlic, ginger, green onion, and a brandy flambe finish. Butterflied shrimp seared over high heat and ready in under 5 minutes.

If you don't want to spend too long time to cook, and want to a vegetable side dish to accompany a meat dish, try this one.

Chocolate dunking cookies cut into long fingers, baked firm for plunging into milk or coffee. Egg-white-based, lower fat than typical, with cocoa powder backbone.

Authentic lamb curry with freshly ground whole spices, coconut milk, and lemongrass. Aromatic cardamom, coriander, cumin, and peppercorns create complex Indian flavors.

Slow cooker baked beans from scratch with bacon, molasses, pineapple chunks, dill pickles, and green olives. A tangy, smoky, loaded side dish that simmers all day long.

Memphis-style rib basting sauce built on red wine vinegar, brown sugar, and Worcestershire with a kick of hot pepper. Tangy, thin, and made for long smokes.