1,880 mile recipes

Seeni sambol is a sweet-savory Sri Lankan onion sauce with deep-fried golden onions simmered in tamarind coconut milk with Maldive fish, cardamom, and chili. Addictive on everything from rice to bread.

Tiny Bohemian chocolate cookies with melted milk chocolate, grated walnuts, and butter, baked low and slow until they melt on your tongue. Makes 16 dozen bite-sized cookies for holiday platters.

An old-school New England clam chowder built on rendered salt pork, a quart of chopped clams, cubed potatoes, and whole milk finished with butter. No flour, no cream, just pure Yankee tradition.

Whole grain barley and wheat muffins studded with pecans and sweetened with raw honey. Quick, hearty, and on the table in 30 minutes flat.

Fragrant Sri Lankan beef curry slow-simmered in coconut milk with cardamom, cinnamon, lemongrass, and fenugreek creates complex island flavors.

Croatian poppy seed povitica with a yeasted sweet dough stretched paper-thin and rolled around a honey-sweetened poppy seed filling. Traditional Eastern European holiday bread.

In this case evil means tasty, as this dish made with mixed vegetables and coconut milk makes a delicious meal.

Savory sausage corn muffins with bulk sausage baked into a cornmeal and flour batter. Golden, hearty breakfast muffins with a slightly sweet, crumbly crumb.

Maharagwe is an East African spiced bean dish simmering black-eyed peas in coconut milk with turmeric, chili powder, tomatoes, and cilantro. Vegan, creamy, and served over rice.

Homemade English muffins cooked on a bakestone or griddle, not baked. A classic British recipe with yeast dough that produces nooks and crannies for melting butter.

Lapsi is a traditional Indian bulgur wheat dessert cooked in milk with saffron, cardamom, fennel seeds, and golden raisins. Topped with slivered almonds for a warm, fragrant sweet.

Cranberry apple quick bread with walnuts, warm spices, and a simple confectioners' sugar glaze. Tart cranberries and tender apples in every slice.

Fresh spinach draped in a classic homemade béchamel sauce, ready in just 20 minutes. This French-inspired vegetable side dish turns simple greens into something silky and elegant with only four ingredients.

Moist chocolate cake with hot coffee, cocoa, and vegetable oil for an extra-tender crumb. Topped with the old-fashioned cooked-flour buttercream that tastes like whipped cream.

Mock-chiffon chocolate cake with folded egg whites for an airy, light crumb, served with homemade chocolate whipped cream. Uses oil instead of butter for extra moisture.

English toasting bread made in a bread machine with bread flour, milk, cornmeal, and a touch of baking soda. A soft, slightly tangy white loaf that crisps beautifully when toasted.