Cookbooks

Popular in Iowa, the sour cream and raisin pie was a longtime favorite of Mennonite cooks because its ingredients were always in the pantry and it kept well.

Gunpowder spice, also known as idli podi or milagai podi, is not a spice blend but instead a dry chutney found in South India that’s eaten with dosa and idli.

A vegetable quiche for Sunday brunch is a mild to moderate challenge for the average home cook—memorable quiche, on the other hand, is a prize not easily won.

Traditional fideo seco calls for tomato broth, sometimes seasoned with chipotle, but using mole instead gives this comfort food wonderful added flavor.

This elegant whole roasted cauliflower, based on the creamy dishes of the Moghul empire, commands attention on a swanky dinner table.

This lasagna skips the red sauce in favor of a spiced tomato-lentil mixture, generously layered with mozzarella and Parmesan between sheets of noodles.

This weeknight chicken thigh and pasta dinner aligns equal levels of richness, satisfaction, health, wholesomeness, and ease. 

This sweet date and egg dish tastes custardy, caramelly, and rich, with flavors reminiscent of French toast.

In India, this dish is typically made with the large, elephant ear-like leaves of the taro plant, but you can use collard leaves instead.

This mashed eggplant spread is topped with saffron, blackened mint, caramelized onions, and savory kashk—a thick, salty Iranian yogurt whey.

Just as tasty as kuku sabzi, this frittata uses green beans instead of herbs. Keep it intact by flipping it onto a plate before returning it to the pan.

This easy honey-tinged Basque cheesecake starts with cream that’s infused with bashed-up cardamom pods.

These brownies are swirled with cajeta, which is made from goat’s milk and a cousin to dulce de leche—it’s sticky, luscious, and sweet.

This baked primavera pasta is a celebration of all the best spring produce, with a sauce of white wine, fresh mint, and lemon that lets the veggies be the star.

Coffee (frozen in ice cube form) mingles with the expressive gin and plays gracefully with the orange garnish, the classic finishing flourish to a traditional negroni.

The magic of katsudon happens when the egg and dashi combine to form a loose custard on the bottom, but the egg yolk on the top remains bright orange and jammy.

When the pork is sweet and juicy and the panko is fluffy and crisp, tonkatsu is a real treat.