94 old bay recipes

Old-school Italian-American spaghetti sauce simmered for hours with whole plum tomatoes, garlic, oregano, and bay leaf. Drop your meatballs in during the last hour and let Sunday dinner take care of itself.

Salmon baked in cream with bay leaf, cloves, thyme, and onion, then served with a silky cream sauce finished with lemon juice. An elegant old-school French-style fish dish with a rich, aromatic sauce.

Haricot beef casserole: an old-school British braise of beef chuck and skirt with haricot (white navy) beans, tomatoes, garlic, and a fresh-herb bouquet of parsley, bay, thyme, and marjoram. Slow-baked in the oven for fork-tender meat.

Braune Bohnen, German green beans in a savory brown gravy: a dark roux loosened with broth and seasoned with a clove-studded onion, bay and a touch of sugar, then folded with al dente green beans. A cozy old-world side dish.

Chilled curried pumpkin soup purées spiced pumpkin with butter-sautéed onions, bay, and nutmeg, then thins with milk for a velvety bowl that works hot or cold. A versatile do-ahead soup.

Classic pound cake the old way: a pound each of butter, sugar, flour, and eggs, separated and folded for a tall, tender, golden loaf. Serve with berries and toasted almonds.

My old old recipe. Looks bad, tastes AWESOME!

Norwegian pickled eggs in a savory spiced vinegar with bay, mustard seed, cloves, peppercorns, and cinnamon. No sugar, just clean tang and warm Scandinavian spice. Ready for a cold-cuts platter.

Spicy vinegar marinade with red wine vinegar, juniper berries, cloves, bay leaves, rosemary, thyme, and basil. A bold aromatic marinade for lamb, chicken, and barbecue.

Irish spiced beef: traditional dry-cured Christmas beef with cloves, mace, bay leaves, and brown sugar. Seven-day cure, slow boil, and pressed cold for sliced cold cuts.

This is the good old fashioned way of serving what's 'bad' for you but tastes so good.

Armenian-style artichoke hearts and potatoes braised in olive oil, lemon juice, and a spiced broth of fennel, coriander, and bay leaf. Served cold.

Spiced wine punch infused overnight with honey, black pepper, saffron, bay leaves, and mashed dates. A medieval-style cold mulled wine, no stovetop required.

Plump shrimp simmered in beer with onion, garlic, bay leaf, peppercorns, celery, and lemon, then chilled for a cold appetizer that's pure low-country flavor.

Irish potted herrings baked in Guinness stout and vinegar with bay leaves, cloves, peppercorns, and onion rings. A traditional cold fish dish with deep, malty tang.

Potted herrings in Guinness bake rolled herring fillets in a stout-and-vinegar bath with onion, bay, cloves, and peppercorns. Classic Irish preserved fish, served cold.