This pasta salad with tuna is tinted yellow by saffron. The pasta salad is easy to cook and can be made ahead. For the salad use big pasta for big effect.

For this Sicilian dish, mahi mahi is stewed with tomatoes, onions, olives, and seasoned with briny capers. The mahi mahi becomes infused with tomato flavor.

Beer cheese soup is popular in the midwest. Amber beer and cheddar cheese flavor the soup and give it body. Use a quality beer and freshly grated cheese.

Salmon tacos are filled with roasted corn, peppers, and onions and are drizzled with a chile adobo cream. These salmon tacos are an easy casual dinner.

Fettuccine pasta is tossed in a veal sauce filled with veal, tomatoes, and olives. Butter makes the veal sauce rich. You can use any long strand pasta.

Farfalle pasta is tossed in a salmon and tomato sauce, rich with salmon, tomatoes, cream, and herbs. Penne or fusilli pasta work with this salmon recipe.

Penne pasta is tossed in a rich spinach and ricotta sauce. Use packaged spinach and whole-milk ricotta for best results. Serve the pasta and sauce at once.

Angel hair pasta is tossed in a lemon cream sauce and sprinkled with parsley. The lemon cream sauce is made while the angel hair pasta is cooking. Easy.

Chicken legs or chicken quarters are given the Tuscan treatment with lots of garlic, rosemary, and olive oil. The chicken is roasted until perfect.

Falafel with tahini sauce is one of the best-known Middle Eastern foods. The falafel are packed with herbs and the tangy tahini sauce has the right kick.

Potato piroshki are the classic hand pies of Russia. Filled with potato, onion, and dill, the piroshki can be fried or baked. One of our must-make piroshki.

For this veal ragout ragout recipe, veal is slowly braised in a flavorful ragout liquid. The veal ragout can be made ahead and reheat just before serving.

This Southwest chile cheese fondue is brimming with chile ingredients, cheese, and spices. This is a fondue with brio. Dip chorizo for a flavor blast.

This cauliflower fondue is full of Asiago cheese and smoked paprika. An unusual fondue, it gets texture from the cauliflower. A favorite of fondue lovers.

For these steak tacos, flank steak is marinated in a spicy sauce then seared medium-rare. The steak and garnishes are piled on tortillas to make tacos.

Napa cabbage, carrots, peanuts, scallions, and herbs are tossed with seared tofu and drizzled with an Asian garlic-chile sauce. A tofu lover’s salad.

This chicken chili is called black and white because of the of black beans and cannellini beans. The chicken makes the chili lighter but it’s still hearty.

Dr Pepper, the beloved cola, is the secret ingredient for this fruity glazed ham. The soda is brushed on the ham, making a glaze that has the spice profile of the drink. Instant flavor.

This corn pie is overflowing with a buttery corn filling. Think corn on the cob but all encased in a flaky golden crust. Corn pie is great for Thanksgiving.

This sandwich is filled with roasted turkey, avocado, bacon, and a sweet onion marmalade. For turkey sandwich lovers, this is the sandwich to beat all.

This sandwich is filled with eggplant, buffalo mozzarella, white anchovies, and a sweet-tart raisin-pine nut relish. A hefty sandwich for eggplant lovers.

Papaya chicken is just that: tender chicken that has been stewed in a papaya spice-infused sauce. Make sure to use fresh papaya and free-range chicken.

The grilled lamb kebabs in this lamb kebab salad are tossed with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, mint, and pita bread. Substitute beef for the lamb.

This Asian noodle salad with peanut dressing is a mix of sweet and spicy. The noodles are tossed with tofu and sprouts and topped with the peanut dressing.

Oven-roasted halibut fillets, are topped with thyme butter and roasted over cabbage until plump. The halibut is then garnished with cherry tomatoes.