792 whip recipes

Butter-browned chicken slow-cooks all day in a spiced tomato and mushroom sauce with ginger, chili powder, and paprika, finished with a swirl of heavy cream. Serve over spaghetti for a hearty, hands-off dinner.

Italian chicken livers in a creamy Dijon mustard and white wine sauce with sautéed mushrooms. Senape means mustard, and this rich one-skillet dish delivers.

Poulet a la Diable (deviled chicken) pan-seared and simmered in a double-mustard vermouth cream sauce. A classic French bistro dish for two that's on the table in 40 minutes.

Frozen pink lemonade pie with cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, and whipped cream in a graham cracker crust. No-bake and creamy with a tart lemon punch.

Mouclade, the classic French Bordeaux mussel dish steamed with shallots, white wine, saffron, and cream. Like moules marière's richer, golden cousin.

Coffee soda built with chilled double-strength coffee, half and half, coffee ice cream, and a top-up of fizzy soda water. The grown-up float you'd find at a 1950s soda fountain counter.

Veal fricassee with fiddleheads gently simmers cubed veal in white wine and cream with onions and fresh chervil, finished with tender spring fiddlehead ferns. Elegant French country dinner.

Beef tenderloin with morels and tarragon-Marsala sauce pan-sears filets and finishes them in a cream sauce built on earthy morels, sweet Marsala, and anise-tinged tarragon. Restaurant-plate dinner without the prix fixe.

Porcini mushroom crostini with shiitake, cream, garlic, and Asiago cheese broiled on Italian toast. A rich, earthy Italian appetizer with deep mushroom flavor from dried and fresh fungi.

Drink garnish guide covering frosted glasses, sugar and salt rims, plus garnish ideas for fruit, vegetable and coffee drinks. Old-school bartender finishing touches that turn ordinary drinks into something proper.

Gesztenye kremleves is a silky Hungarian cream of chestnut soup with veal, parsnip, carrot, and celeriac, finished with an egg yolk and cream liaison.

Creamy green olive soup with pureed olives, sauteed onion and garlic, chicken broth, sherry, and a hit of Tabasco. A briny, elegant first-course soup with garlic crouton garnish.

Rainbow meringue torte: four crisp meringue discs layered with chocolate, mint chip, and strawberry ice cream, topped with whipped cream and toasted almonds. A make-ahead frozen showpiece dessert.

A 15-minute chicken or shrimp curry with crushed tomatoes, garlic, and fresh coriander. Quick enough for the busiest weeknights.

Cold soups make for excellent summer fare. The best vichyssoise I ever had in my life was at a French restaurant during a Montreal summer. Humor me. Try the soup in the traditional manner but then, if you must heat it up, (sigh), go ahead.

A deliciously seasoned soft spread served as part of the cheese course at a restaurant in Lyons, France.