5,754 sugar recipes

Garlic shrimp crostini on toasted French bread rounds with a garlicky cream cheese spread, cherry tomato halves, and fresh parsley. Makes 24 bite-sized party appetizers.

Pecan-coated roast pork loin with baked peaches: an overnight-marinated pork loin in a sage-thyme-garlic crust, rolled in chopped pecans and roasted with brown sugar peaches. Southern holiday showpiece.

Grilled eggplant salad topped with a quick-pickled cucumber and red onion relish in cider vinegar dressing. A smoky, refreshing summer vegetable side.

Fresh fruit dip made with equal parts cream cheese and marshmallow cream. A two-ingredient no-cook appetizer served with seasonal fruit on cocktail picks.

Red snapper Veracruz simmered in picante sauce with tomato paste, green olives, and lime juice. A quick Mexican-style fish dish with bold, briny flavor.

A batch-cook curry base gravy with garlic, ginger, onion puree, and tomatoes. Make 10 portions, freeze, and shortcut your way through weeknight curries.

Roasted Rack of Lamb with Black Olive Sauce (Postrio's) recipe

Cognac-rubbed grilled salmon cured overnight with lemon zest, fresh thyme, brown sugar, and shallots. A semi-cured fillet that grills in just 6 minutes.

Chili mac casserole with elbow macaroni, chili beans, crushed tomatoes, and melted cheddar. A freezer-friendly, four-ingredient comfort meal.

Company ham sauce turns the drippings from a baked ham into an elegant sweet-savory sauce, thickened with cornstarch and layered with currant jelly, Dijon, sherry, and plump currants. The finishing touch your holiday ham deserves.

Slow-roasted country style pork shoulder rubbed with sage, ginger, and garlic for a crackling-crisp crust and fork-tender meat. This simple 5 lb pork roast recipe needs just 6 ingredients and cooks low and slow for 3 to 4 hours.

Butter in India is called makkhan. Clarified butter, instead of being called makkhan ghee, is called usli ghee (usli means "real" or "pure," which in this context refers to the real or original fat of the ancient Indians). Clarified butter or usli ghee is essentially French brown butter with the brown residue strained off. Usli ghee has a light caramel color and a heavenly aroma. Since there is no moisture present, it keeps well covered, at room temperature, for several months.

Mrs Fields-style lemon chocolate chip buttons with lemon extract, ground coriander, and mini chocolate chips. Tiny, soft, pale cookies with a surprising citrus-spice twist.

Lemon-broiled scrod topped with a tangy yogurt-Parmesan crust. A five-ingredient, low-fat fish dinner that cooks under the broiler in under 10 minutes.

Citrus fruit salad with mandarin oranges, pink grapefruit, and tender bibb lettuce tossed in a homemade poppy seed dressing made with tarragon vinegar and dry mustard.

A quick raspberry walnut vinaigrette whisked from fruity raspberry vinegar, nutty walnut oil, honey mustard, and fresh tarragon. An elegant five-minute dressing for spinach, greens, or a fall salad.