Use the biggest beans you can buy for this Greek-inspired dish-baby limas are easy to find, but gigante beans are amazing too. Serve it at room temperature with bread, a salad, and a cold bottle of wine...
Author: Anna Stockwell
For this recipe, the people of the Aeolian Islands use totani (flying squid). The recipe works just as well with squid found in the U.S. Since squid is often sold cleaned and in parts, be sure to get one...
Author: Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
This is a simple homemade tomato sauce and there is usually enough left for seconds. Just pop the leftover in the freezer. This sauce is also great for lasagna or terrific over your favorite pasta.
Author: Ronda Kirsch
This is the closest recipe I've found to the deliciously simple tomato sauces I've tried in Italy. Since in the States our tomatoes aren't sweetened by rich, volcanic soil, a little bit of sugar helps...
Author: rachas6
The freshest corn is so delicious that you don't need to bother cooking it. Simply toss the kernels with vinaigrette, tiny heirloom tomatoes, and steamed lobster. What's not to love? It's no question.
Author: Emeril Lagasse
If it looks good at the market, it will be good in this salad.
Author: Andrew Knowlton
Author: Steven Raichlen
If you have leftover chili, serve it over turkey franks (or the chicken ones) the next day.
Flavorful turkey meatballs in a tomato spaghetti sauce. Serve by themselves, over noodles, or sprinkled with Parmesan cheese.
Author: samnan2
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Author: Ian Knauer
Tortilla Soup - An adaptation of a recipe from Mexican Light Cooking by our friend Kathi Long, a chef and author in Santa Fe.
Author: Kathi Long
When I was growing up, my mother used to make a simple dish of fried tomatoes and onions that we would soak up with buttered bread. This is an updated version to which I have added mushrooms and fresh...
Author: Cathy Wiechert
Lots of different red sauce recipes out there; this one is superb. Been in the family for over 50 years. If you call your red sauce gravy, you gotta try this! Never understood why my grandpa does, but...
Author: rich1213
Down South, we call this a sitting salad. It can sit on the summer picnic table without wilting, so it's the perfect potluck dish.
Author: Carla Hall
There's something special about lobster you've prepared yourself, but if cooking one on a weeknight isn't your speed, buy cooked lobster or shrimp instead.
Author: Brandi Neuwirth
Why make a single bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich when you can bake a big dish for a crowd? A glaze of bacon fat across the top adds an extra salty-smoky punch, and a quick trip under the broiler makes...
Author: Joe Sevier
Author: Inez Holderness
This sauce came from a good friend's Italian mother-in-law. It is easy, and by far the best homemade sauce I know of. Great for both spaghetti and lasagna. Pssst...the secret is the sugar! Also, as I am...
Author: SHERIMA1
Author: Sara Dickerman
For most people, the word gumbo immediately conjures the Cajun and Creole cooking of Louisiana. But okra (ngombo in Bantu), for which the soup-stew is named, reached South Carolina with the slave trade...
Author: Edna Lewis
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Author: Paula M. Zwolak