Recipes

Open-Face Quesadillas Recipe
Open-Face Quesadillas Recipe

Open-Face Quesadillas The simplest, best-tasting quesadillas ever – and they're low-fat. Instructions_Step Preheat the broiler. Instructions_Step Heat the tortilla in a skillet over low heat until ...

3 - 5 minutes 2 servings
Mushroom Cassoulet Recipe
Mushroom Cassoulet Recipe

Mushroom cassoulet recipe Mushroom "Cassoulet" Served with salad and crusty whole-grain bread, this makes a tasty and substantial meal. If you want to impress your guests, add the toasted bread crumbs...

3 to 6 hours 6
Mum's English Matzo Pudding Recipe
Mum's English Matzo Pudding Recipe

Mum's English Matzo Pudding Note: Matzo goes Cordon Bleu! For Passover, matzo replaces the usual noodles in this dessert kugel. Instructions_Step Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Generously grease ...

40 to 50 minutes 8 (pareve)
Matzo Ball Soup Recipe
Matzo Ball Soup Recipe

Matzo Ball Soup Instructions_Step Beat eggs and 1 tsp salt on medium speed for 1 minute. Stir in fennel, dill, chives. Stir in soda water. Fold in 1 cup matzo meal, ground black pepper, and curry powd...

20 minutes About 6 cups; 12 to 14 large balls
Minted Peach Soup Recipe
Minted Peach Soup Recipe

Minted Peach Soup For success with this soup – which is creamy and juicy, with a hint of ginger – don't settle for less than luscious, tree-ripened peaches. Avoid peaches that are bought rock-hard, onl...

12 to 18 minutes 6 servings
Julia Child's Nicoise Salad
Julia Child's Nicoise Salad
10 minutes 6

Salade Niçoise Of all main-course salads, the Niçoise is my all-time favorite, with its fresh butter-lettuce foundation; its carefully cooked, beautifully green green beans; its colorful contrast of ha...

Italian Tomato Sauce Recipe
Italian Tomato Sauce Recipe
25 minutes 4-5 cup

Italian Tomato Sauce This classic tomato sauce and any of its variations may be kept in the refrigerator for up to 4 days or frozen for up to 3 months. Instructions_Step Heat in a large skillet over m...

Italian Braised Celery Stalks Recipe
Italian Braised Celery Stalks Recipe
25 minutes For 4 to 6 servings

Braised Celery Stalks with Onion, Pancetta, and Tomatoes Instructions_Step Cut off the celery's leafy tops, and detach all the stalks from their base. Save the hearts for a salad. Use a swiveling-blade...

Linguine with Shrimp Sauce Recipe
Linguine with Shrimp Sauce Recipe
35 to 37 minutes 4 or 5

Linguine con Gamberetti Linguine with Shrimp Sauce (and Variations) From Make It Italian, by Nancy Verde Barr I especially like this dish with small gulf or Maine shrimp, and if you stumble on either, ...

Good Quick Pie Crust Recipe
Good Quick Pie Crust Recipe
25 minutes one 9- or 10-inch shell

Use the processor to cut in the shortening, then finish the job by hand to avoid adding too much water. This type of pastry is generally appropriate for most pies. Instructions_Step Put the flour, chil...

Vegan Mock Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe
Vegan Mock Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe

This simple, soothing soup – quite unlike the kind my mom made – nonetheless recalls a comfort soup from my childhood. It proves that winter soups need not always be thick to provide a sense of warmth. ...

30 to 35 minutes 6 servings
Goat Cheese-Stuffed Gypsy Peppers Recipes
Goat Cheese-Stuffed Gypsy Peppers Recipes

Goat Cheese-Stuffed Gypsy Peppers Instructions_Step Cut around the base of each pepper stem and gently pull the stem out. Trim off the seeds and keep the tops to hold the stuffing in. Blanch the pepper...

20 minutes 6
Grannie's Chicken and Dumplings
Grannie's Chicken and Dumplings

Grannie's Chicken and Dumplings The dish is a Cracker favorite for a lot of reasons, economy not the least, as most Cracker homesteads had a flock of chickens pecking around the yard and a cook who cou...

60 minutes 6
Greek Yogurt Recipe
Greek Yogurt Recipe

Greek Yogurt (Yiaourti) Instructions_Step Bring 1 litre (2-1/4 pints) of whole full-fat milk to just under boiling point and then pour the milk into a glass or earthenware dish. Let the milk cool to abo...

8 to 12 hours 4 - 6
Fresh Fig Galettes Recipe
Fresh Fig Galettes Recipe

These are individual rustic tarts that shouldn't look too polished or fancy - perfect for amateur bakers, like myself, who have never mastered the art of the elegantly crimped pie shell. They may be hum...

22 to 25 minutes 6 galettes, serves 6
Minestra di Pasta e Patate Recipe
Minestra di Pasta e Patate Recipe

In Rome many years ago, I had this dish of humblest origins, and it has appeared on my table countless times since. I never tire of it – it is so good you want to inhale it. Over time, extra-virgin oliv...

23 to 25 minutes 6 servings
Strawberry Mousse Recipe
Strawberry Mousse Recipe

Instructions_Step Sprinkle gelatin over cold water in a small saucepan; let stand 1 minute to soften. Stir over low heat until gelatin is dissolved, about 1 minute. Remove from heat. Instructions_Step ...

10 minutes 6 servings