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Sicilian Caponata: The Sweet-Sour Eggplant Antipasto
The Sicilian sweet-sour eggplant stew - chunks of eggplant fried until silky, then simmered with tomato, celery, capers, green olives,…

Vietnamese Bun Cha Hanoi: The Grilled Pork Bowl for Hot Weather
The Hanoi street-food classic - grilled pork patties in sweet-sour nuoc cham broth, served with cold rice vermicelli and a…

Brazilian Açaí Bowl: The Fitness-Crowd Breakfast From Rio
The Brazilian fitness-crowd breakfast - frozen acai pulp blended with banana to a soft-serve thickness, topped with granola, fresh banana,…

Strawberry Galette: The Free-Form French Pie for Berry Season
The rustic French pie that requires no pan - all-butter crust rolled out, strawberries piled in the center, edges folded…

Memorial Day Smoked Brisket: The 14-Hour Texas Method
The Texas barbecue centerpiece - whole packer brisket rubbed with salt and pepper, smoked low and slow over post oak…

Watermelon Feta Salad with Mint: The Greek Summer Plate
The Greek summer salad - cold ripe watermelon cubed and salted, tossed with crumbled block feta, torn mint, red onion,…

Southern Buttermilk Biscuits and Sausage Gravy
The Appalachian Sunday breakfast: tall flaky buttermilk biscuits split open and smothered in peppery sage-and-pork sausage cream gravy. The frugal…

Classic Shakshuka: Eggs Poached in Spiced Tomato Sauce
The North African and Levantine dish with red peppers, cumin, smoked paprika, and yogurt. Eggs poached in thick spiced tomato…

The Classic Espresso Martini: Dick Bradsell’s 1983 Cocktail
Dick Bradsell's 1983 London cocktail with vodka, fresh espresso, coffee liqueur, and a hard shake that builds the signature foam…

Chiles en Nogada: Mexico’s Tricolor Independence Dish
Mexico's patriotic dish - poblano peppers stuffed with picadillo (fruit-and-meat hash), draped in cold walnut cream sauce, scattered with pomegranate…

French Macarons: The Almond Flour Sift That Decides Everything
The smooth dome and crinkled foot of a real French macaron come from one technique most home recipes skip: sifting…

Xiaolongbao: Shanghai’s Soup Dumplings with 18 Pleats
Shanghai's iconic soup dumplings with delicate pleated tops and pork-broth jelly that melts into hot soup as you steam. Made…