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Potato parsley bisque made creamy with blanched almonds instead of dairy. A vegan, silky smooth soup with leeks, lemon juice, and a full cup of fresh parsley.

Quick no-knead casserole bread loaded with sharp cheddar, toasted sesame seeds, and a hint of red pepper. Just mix, pour, and bake for a warm, cheesy loaf in under an hour.

Unyeasted fruit and nut bread made with whole wheat, rye, and roasted barley flour, studded with raisins, sunflower seeds, dried apricots, and chopped nuts. Dense, hearty wild-fermented hippie loaf.

Traditional challah bread with saffron, white raisins, and poppy seeds. A slow two-day cold rise develops deep flavor in these golden braided loaves.

Pimiento sweet pickles made with 24 red bell peppers brined overnight and simmered in a spiced vinegar syrup with cloves, cinnamon, allspice, mace, and mustard seeds.

Master chef puff pastry made with classic French lamination and six single turns, building hundreds of buttery flaky layers. Restaurant-quality dough for tarts, vol-au-vents, napoleons, and palmiers.

Three-layer ribbon cookies with cherry, chocolate, and poppy seed stripes pressed into a loaf pan, chilled overnight, then sliced and baked. Bakery-window prettiness from a single dough. The classic icebox cookie for holiday tins.

Canned garlic dill pickles with pickling spices, dill seed heads, red chili peppers, and a sweet-salty vinegar brine. Water bath processed for shelf-stable storage that improves over two months.

Vichyssoise is the chilled French leek and potato soup, enriched with heavy cream and half-and-half, finished with snipped chives. Silky, cold, and the original elegant summer first course.

Crispy sesame chicken stir-fry with bites marinated in soy, sherry, ginger, and orange zest, coated in sesame seeds, then tossed through broccoli and water chestnuts for a takeout-style dinner.

Charcoal-grilled brook trout marinated in a spicy lemon-butter baste with Tabasco, ginger, sesame seeds, and parsley. Five minutes per side over hot coals for flaky, smoky fish.

Sesame curried walnuts toasted in sesame oil with curry powder, sesame seeds, and a lemon-hot sauce glaze. An addictive spiced nut snack or cocktail party appetizer.

Hearty one-pot stew with rabbit, veal, or chicken simmered with pearl barley, leeks, garlic, and sage until the meat falls off the bone. No thickener needed.

Vietnamese sesame cookies (bánh mè) with toasted sesame both ground into the dough and pressed onto the tops. Crisp, nutty, and sealed with an egg-wash gloss.

Springtime New England quiche filled with tender fiddlehead ferns, leeks, and sharp cheddar, crowned with whole fiddleheads. A seasonal pie that celebrates the fleeting wild harvest.

Parmesan twists braid a buttery cheese-and-sour-cream dough into golden savory straws topped with caraway or poppy seeds. Crisp cocktail party appetizer that bakes in 10 minutes.