Maple-Brined Pork Chops with Pear Chutney

With just four ingredients in the chutney and chops that practically cook themselves, this subtly sweet twosome makes an emphatic, if easy, supper statement.

Five-Spice Pork Chops

Only subtly spicy, these pork chops take on an air of intrigue with their warming and evocative aroma and taste. Certain to spark conversation, if not seconds.

Meme’s Cornmeal Griddle Cakes

Shirttail cousins to corn bread, these savory cakes wooed and wowed us with their crisped edges, ethereally airy interior, and pantry-friendly frugality.

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• 20 M
• 20 M
• 16

Butter Pecan Affogato

Rich, buttery pecan ice cream usurps the place of vanilla gelato in this riff on an Italian classic. Consider it straight from Venice…by way of Charleston.

Smoked Whitefish Brandade

Turns out an old brandade can learn new tricks. Here smoked sable stands in for salt cod, bringing a smoky richness to the garlicky potato purée–to great effect.

Chicken Enchiladas | Black Bean Enchiladas

Enchiladas that are not for the eminently indecisive, these offer you options galore–chicken, black bean, or some of each–tucked in a tortilla and smothered in sauce.

Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Virtuous for its simplicity as well as its versatility, the roasted sweet potato is a thing to behold–and to bejewel, whether with sugar or spice or…

Smoky Chipotle Vegetarian Chili

A soupy, stewy, smoky chili with stealth veggie goodness galore, including the likes of zucchini, bell peppers, and more. Healthful never tasted so darn good.

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• 45 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 11

Sesame, Pistachio, and Honey Candy | Pastelli

A sweet little something to evoke the memory of those candies from your travels to Greece as well as those ’70 health food stores–those these are so good they’ll put the past to shame.

Apple Chips

Why pay an absurd amount of money for a teensy little bag of shriveled apple slices when you can make them yourself? Slightly sweet, somewhat tart, eminently easy.

Old-School Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya

Jambalaya just doesn’t get any more authentic than this deeply flavored, deeply revered rendition that hails from Cajun country.

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• 1 H
• 4 H
• 19

Donnie’s Spice Mix

Cayenne. Paprika. Pepper. Chili powder. Remarkable how something so simple can taste so complex. Many thanks to you, whoever you are, Donnie.

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• 5 M
• 5 M
• 5

Roasted Garlic

Less a recipe than a reminder of the divinely dulcet tones of roasted garlic, this little number has countless applications. Well, almost countless. We’re at 107…and still counting.

The Foolproof Daiquiri Recipe

That froufrou blender drink dolloped with whipped cream? Imposter. This is what you really want. Rum, lime juice, and just a touch of something sweet.

Doughnut Pudding

When life hands you too many doughnuts—yes, it’s possible—just make pudding. An easy-to-rationalize, drop-to-your-knees-it’s-that-good, doughnut pudding.

Roasted Onions Stuffed with Ground Lamb and Apricots

Moody and a little brooding, this autumnal-ish dish melds earthy spices, sweet apricots, fresh herbs, and lamb to simply elegant effect.

Lavender and Honey Glazed Chicken

This lovely recipe may sound more like potpourri than supper. But we assure you, its flavor is just as compelling as its fragrance.

Pomegranate Walnut Relish

This stunning little sauce comes together with ease, imparting a vibrant sweet-tart-crunchiness to practically anything you can think to bestow it upon.

Fresh Figs with Ricotta and Honey

Indulgence rarely comes as easily as this inspired creation, keeping the attention squarely where it ought to be–heaped upon those luscious, luscious figs.

Chocolate Tart with Pine Nuts | Torta al Cioccolato con Pignoli

We don’t know much Italian, but we’re pretty certain this tart, with its molten filling and brownie crust, translates as “Oh, that’s so good!”

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• 40 M
• 3 H, 20 M
• 8