Cookbooks
Champagne Cocktail
The elegant three-ingredient classic Champagne cocktail makes every glass feel like a special occasion.
Seared Scallop Piccata
Soft, sweet, and buttery, scallops are like candy from the sea, and they pair beautifully with a bright and luscious piccata sauce.
How to Temper Chocolate
With these tips, making glossy, beautiful chocolate is a snap.
Carne Guisada
This Puerto Rican pork stew—loaded with bright and briny flavors like fresh tomatoes and Manzanilla olives—can easily be a part of your weeknight meal rotation.
Seared Scallops With Tom Yum Sauce
Tom yum is traditionally found in soup form, but this inspired version turns it into a tangy sauce served with lightly seared scallops.
Clover Leaf
The Clover Leaf is a floral, fruity, and sweet gin drink, made with grenadine, lemon juice, and egg whites, which has the taste and texture of berry cream soda.
Hoppin’ John
This slow-simmered Southern classic uses just six ingredients (including water) to create rich, timeless flavor.
Mapo Eggplant
This recipe swaps out the traditional tofu for eggplant, which has a similar soft texture but absorbs the rich flavors of the sauce even more.
Stir-Fried Chinese Greens
These simple stir-fried greens are quickly cooked over high heat in a wok, so that the vegetables remain bright green in color.
Kungpao Shrimp
You can put kungpao sauce on everything from eel to venison to tofu, but the one of the quickest and most satisfying canvases is shrimp.
Kua Kling Mu (Minced Pork Dry Turmeric Curry)
This dry-style curry from southern Thailand is characteristically hot and salty, with notes of fresh turmeric, lemongrass, and makrut lime leaf.
Fiori di Sicilia Pound Cake
A gâteau quatre-quarts, or four-fourths, traditionally called for a pound each of butter, flour, sugar and eggs. This version of the cake adds vanilla and fragrant citrus extract.
Pad Prik Khing Pla Tort (Dry Red Curry of Crispy Salmon)
This fragrant dry salmon curry is rich in flavor due to the red curry paste being cooked out in either rendered pork fat or vegetable oil.
Chao Nian Gao
Shanghainese stir-fried rice cakes are often eaten during the New Year because the name of the dish also sounds like “a year of growth.”
Loaded Waffled Hash Brown
A waffle iron gives your hash browns a ton of surface area for crisp golden edges. Load it up with cheddar and eggs and brunch is served.
Dry Stir-Fried Green Beans
These Sichuan-style dry-fried green beans get their punchy flavor thanks to the chile and garlic.
Everything But the Bagel Cottage Cheese and Lox Bowl
Perfect for breakfast or as a snack, these protein-packed bowls feature all of my favorite bagel toppings.
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64 Recipes From the Best Cookbooks of 2023
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The Best Cookbooks of 2023
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Air-Fryer Crispy Turkey Cutlets
These air-fryer turkey cutlets are breaded in stuffing mix, but you can easily swap in Italian-seasoned dried bread crumbs, corn flakes, or crackers.