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Italian chicken with sweet sausage, red and yellow bell peppers, and red onion finished with balsamic vinegar and thyme. A one-skillet dinner ready in about an hour.

The 2nd place winner in the Chicago Tribune's 1996 Annual Holiday Cookie Contest, a simple brown-sugar shortbread from Sandra Petrille of Naperville, Illinois.

Cilantro pesto pasta with pine nuts, Parmesan, and poppy seeds tossed through spinach fettuccine. A fresh twist on classic basil pesto ready in 20 minutes.

Greek pork pita pockets with lemon-oregano marinated pork loin strips and a cool cucumber-yogurt sauce. Stir-fry the meat and stuff into warm pitas.

French snail omelette with escargot simmered in fennel and fig leaf, then folded into a fluffy whipped-white omelette. A rustic Poitou farmhouse classic.

When it comes to sandwiches, try something different for lunch with this easy and delicious recipe.

Cheesy asparagus Boboli pizza tops a pre-baked crust with cooked asparagus and a souffle-light mayo, Parmesan, and egg-white topping that puffs golden in the oven. A 25-minute spring appetizer pizza.

A classy but succulent chicken dish made with white wine, black olives and red hot pepper sauce.

Scallop and shrimp dumplings pack a gingery seafood filling into pan-fried potstickers, crisp on the bottom and tender on top. Served with a bright ginger-garlic dipping sauce for dunking.

A simple but succulent dish that can be served for lunch or dinner. Tastes wonderful with pasta or a salad.

Start a fiesta with these delicious cookies made of pecans and ground cinnamon.

Hot Dutch potato salad: warm cubed potatoes tossed with a tangy bacon-vinegar dressing, hard-boiled eggs, and crisp bell pepper. The Pennsylvania Dutch classic served warm, never cold.

Empanadas are Brazil's national appetizer, tiny pies filled with chicken olives, and peas.

Vintage British savory egg mousse: hard-boiled eggs, anchovy essence, and Worcestershire folded into gelatin-set whipped cream. Cold appetizer that slices like a chilled terrine.

Quick microwave swordfish with sun-dried tomato paste, rosemary, and lemon. Easy Mediterranean fish dinner ready in 15 minutes with bold, concentrated flavors.

Quick and Easy Yummy Desert to keep you wanting more!