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Oven-fried scallops soaked in buttermilk and coated in seasoned breadcrumbs with thyme, baked at high heat for a crispy crust without deep frying. A low-calorie seafood dinner ready in under 40 minutes.

Swiss aniseed and lemon chrabeli cookies with their signature half-moon shape and three slashed edges. Crisp, slightly dry cookies that rest overnight before baking for traditional texture.

Grilled tofu skewers with summer vegetables: tofu frozen in teriyaki overnight for chewier, more absorbent cubes, then grilled with peppers, onions, and mushrooms and glazed with barbecue sauce.

New Zealand brown rice salad tosses chewy brown rice with kiwi fruit, crisp apple, celery, red bell pepper, toasted walnuts, and a sherry vinegar dressing. Bright fruit-and-grain side, vegan-friendly.

Traditional Russian brined cucumbers (solionye ogurtsy) naturally fermented with fresh dill, horseradish, garlic, tarragon, and hot pepper. Crunchy, tangy, and deeply savory.

Roast goose rubbed with thyme and served with potato pierogies and a pan dripping gravy made from the neck and liver. A showstopping Eastern European holiday centerpiece.

Oysters Mosca: chopped fresh oysters cooked down with garlic, scallions, lemon, and Romano cheese, then spooned into puff pastry shells. The classic Italian-Creole New Orleans appetizer from the legendary Mosca's restaurant.

If you don't like making bagels but want the texture of bagels with the low-fat nutritional benefits; try this bread. It tastes like a bagel and is especially good sliced and toasted.

Brussels sprouts with toasted walnuts in browned butter and a whisper of nutmeg. Four ingredients, 20 minutes, the simple side dish that turns sprouts skeptics into believers.

These delicious bites are made with almonds, crisp rice cereal, dried apricots, and coconut, then drizzled with some cream cheese-yogurt icing. They are perfect snack packed into your kid's lunchbox.

Chicken breasts stuffed with an orzo, anchovy, basil, and garlic filling, wrapped in their own skin and baked in Marsala and balsamic. A refined Italian dinner for adventurous home cooks.

Vietnamese-style grilled pork chops marinated in fish sauce, garlic, onion, and a touch of sugar for that signature savory-sweet caramelized crust. Six ingredients, deep flavor, weeknight friendly.

Florentine triangle cookies with a buttery shortbread crust, candied cherry and pineapple topping with almonds, and a semi-sweet chocolate drizzle. A stunning holiday cookie.

Wild duck or goose browned in a skillet, stuffed with apple and onion, then braised in homemade gravy until the meat falls right off the bone. Honest, hearty hunter's fare.

Soft cream cheese cookies studded with pecans and swirled with apricot preserves, topped with matching apricot frosting and coconut for pillowy sweetness.

Guacamole de la Mixteca: an authentic Oaxaca-region guacamole with ripe avocado, white onion, serrano chile, and cilantro. Mashed chunky in a molcajete, no lime, no fuss.