364 traditional recipes

Kimmel soup, a traditional Jewish caraway seed soup with egg dumplings and a paprika roux base. Simple, warming, and deeply aromatic from toasted caraway.

Oyster pudding layered with buttered saltine cracker crumbs, cream, and Worcestershire sauce, baked until crusty on top. A traditional 5-ingredient New England side dish.

Traditional beef stroganoff prepared with health in mind.

Æbleskiver: Danish pancake balls with cardamom-spiced sour cream batter and folded egg whites for cloudlike puffs. Cook in the traditional pan, dust with powdered sugar, dip in tart jam.

Traditional Cumberland sausage made with pork shoulder, back fat, nutmeg, mace, and a touch of smoked bacon. Hand-mixed, stuffed into casings, and baked until golden and snappy.

A delicious traditional Italian-Elfin meal for Christmas morning.

Traditional Irish carrageen pudding set with seaweed, sweetened with honey and lemon, then lightened with whipped cream and beaten egg white. A delicate, silky cold dessert.

Traditional Jewish chopped liver made with chicken livers, schmaltz, caramelized onions, hard-boiled eggs, and a splash of brandy. A classic deli appetizer.

Traditional French farmhouse head cheese (fromage de tete): pork head simmered with vegetables, herbs, and aromatics, then molded with shallots and parsley into a sliceable charcuterie classic.

This is a traditional recipes that is rarely encountered today.

A traditional seasoning that is perfect for meats and vegetables.

German beer-braised Brussels sprouts simmered in beer until tender, then finished with butter and salt. A traditional 4-ingredient side dish that converts sprout skeptics.

Classic Irish oatcakes are five-ingredient unleavened oat rounds bound with bacon fat and boiling water, baked thin and crisp. Traditional Irish breakfast or teatime bread.

This is a traditional potato salad that is made from scratch

Kesselfleisch, a traditional German boiled pork with root vegetables, juniper berries, coriander, and clove-studded onions simmered low and slow until tender.

Traditional Swedish sillsallad with chopped herring, beets, potatoes, apple, and dill in an egg yolk dressing, served with a pink beet-sour cream sauce. A Scandinavian holiday classic.