Gluten Free
Soft-Boiled Eggs with Pickled Chiles
These jammy eggs are a quick and beautiful addition to any cocktail party.
Coconut Macaroons
Almond extract boosts the coconut flavor of these streamlined macaroon cookies. The recipe makes four bite-size confections but can easily be doubled.
Miso Soup
Savory, warming miso soup is a Japanese mainstay, commonly enjoyed for breakfast alongside rice, eggs, fish, and pickles.
Injera
Traditional injera takes a week to make, since you need four days to make the sponge, plus another three to prepare the batter.
Cheese Fondue
This classic cheese fondue recipe relies on Emmental and Gruyère, plus a little bit of cornstarch, which will prevent the cheese and wine from separating.
Lemony Risotto With Asparagus and Shrimp
Make this shrimp risotto for a weeknight dinner. With bright flavor from lemon zest and fresh asparagus, it’s an ideal meal for spring.
Chicken Tagine With Apricots and Almonds
This Moroccan chicken tagine recipe is savory and a little bit sweet, and gently spiced with cinnamon.
One-Pot Spiced Shrimp and Rice
Truly a one-pot wonder, this dish is homey, comforting, and weeknight-friendly (thanks to the minimal cleanup). Rinse your rice until the water runs clear before adding to keep the grains from going clumpy or gummy in the pot.
Paneer-Stuffed Peppers
Spiced tomato sauce with bits of creamy paneer fills delicious stuffed peppers here, but it can also be served with flatbread, over quinoa, or in a quesadilla.
Orange Chicken
Starring crispy fried thigh meat dressed in a savory, citrus glaze, orange chicken is a Chinese American take-out staple well worth making at home.
When All Else Fails, Make Kale Slop
This is a story I’d hoped I’d never have to write.
Cod With Miso–Butternut Squash Sauce
Mild, flaky cod gets an ideal counterpart in this silky-creamy miso–butternut squash sauce. The sauce delivers plenty of flavor thanks to miso and ginger, topped with lemon, cilantro, and chili crisp. The cooking time will vary depending on the fish’s thickness, so keep an eye on it as it cooks; you will know it is done when the fish flakes easily at the push of a fork.
Miso–Butternut Squash Soup
This simple soup packs a lot of flavor thanks to miso and ginger in the base, plus punchy finishers like lemon juice, cilantro, and chili crisp.
Guacamole
This easy chunky guacamole recipe gets warmth from a dash of cumin and heat from fresh or pickled jalapeño.
Broiled Eggplant Salad With Sumac Chicken and Pine Nuts
This dressed eggplant is wonderful as an appetizer or a full meal on its own.
Chaozhou Flavor-Potted Tofu
Braise tofu in an aromatic and spice-filled broth that’s used not just once but over and over again.
Sayur Lodeh (Vegetable Soup With Pressed Rice Cakes)
This delicious vegetable soup, called sayur lodeh in Indonesian, is popular in Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
Instant Pot Chicken Rendang
Rendang is a slow-cooked dish that requires hours of stovetop nursing. It was only when I bought an Instant Pot that I even entertained the idea of making it myself.
Vegan Mushroom Menudo
Menudo is typically served on weekends (whether that means family reunions, dressed in your Sunday best—or as an ideal hangover cure). The earthiness of the hominy and smoky chiles makes this dish one you’ll crave for weekends to come. Dried snow mushrooms are easy to find online and at many East Asian grocery stores. Their frilly, honeycomb-like texture provides a similar look and bite to the pancita—a.k.a. beef stomach—used in traditional menudo, making this dish accessible to almost anyone. W.…
Vegan Roasted Garlic–Potato Enchiladas
Enchiladas are my comfort food: warm corn tortillas bathed in a slightly sweet, spicy, and bright sauce of chiles and tomato, wrapped around either a quick sauté of whatever veggies I have hanging out in the fridge or the creamy potato mash used here.