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College Park fire alarm chili with two pounds of ground beef, chili beans, canned tomatoes, and a generous hit of chili powder. Hearty, no-fuss, and simmered for an hour.

Maryland crab cakes with a pound and a half of lump crab, oil-soaked bread, and whipped egg whites for lightness. Pan-fried in butter until golden on both sides.

Simple beef casserole with plum and tomato -- This is a delicious sweet beef casserole.

Thai-style stir-fried spinach with sliced beef, fish sauce umami, and fresh tomato wedges. Quick wok cooking keeps greens vibrant and meat tender for weeknight Asian dinners.

Fish brined overnight in soy sauce, white wine, sugar, and spices then smoked over hickory or apple-cherry wood for up to 12 hours. Includes an oven-dried alternative.

Master flank steak marinates two trimmed flank steaks in barbecue sauce for 4 to 6 hours, then grills to your preferred doneness. A two-ingredient summer cookout staple.

Old-fashioned 14-day sweet pickles using small cucumbers, brined and gradually sweetened in cinnamon-celery seed syrup. Heritage canning recipe with crisp results.

Cottage cheese blended with pumpkin purée, brown sugar, and warm spices makes a lighter, creamy filling for this graham cracker crust pie. Low-fat pumpkin pie that still satisfies.

Old-fashioned stone crock pickles made over 15 days with a salt brine, alum soak, spiced vinegar cure, and sugar layering. A heritage pickling method that produces crisp, sweet pickles that keep indefinitely.

Fried venison heart marinated overnight in red wine, vinegar, and pickling spices, then dredged in flour and pan-fried in butter. A hunter's classic for nose-to-tail wild game cooking.

Mom's apple cookies are soft, cake-like drop cookies with grated fresh apple, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and walnuts. Old-fashioned spiced bakery flavor from a lunchbox-friendly batch of three dozen.

Pennsylvania Dutch peach cake from Lebanon County with fresh peach halves baked into a tender biscuit-style base, dusted with cinnamon sugar. A summer harvest classic.

Cream cheese, sour cream, and canned chicken spread mixed with chopped pecans, chilled, and served on butter crackers. A no-cook party appetizer you can whip up in minutes.

Chinese-bakery style almond cookies with shortening, brown sugar, and a whole blanched almond pressed into each round. Egg yolk wash gives the signature glossy golden top from your favorite dim sum tray.

Hearty baked ziti with ground beef and Italian sausage in spaghetti sauce, tossed with pasta shells and smothered in melted mozzarella. A big-batch family dinner with serious meat and cheese.

Three-ingredient cheese bread broils up bubbly and golden in 5 minutes. Parmesan whipped with mayo and slathered on French bread, the lazy cousin of garlic bread that secretly outshines it.