We swoon to recipes that give us the pretense of being healthful as we douse food in fruity olive oil. Thank you, Lidia Bastianich.

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Massa de Pimentão Forte
Every Portuguese family has its own rendition of this classic, a pantry staple known as massa de pimentão. Here’s how the Leite family makes it.
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- 10 M
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Pickled Jalapeño Peppers
Perhaps not pickled in the traditional American sense, but pickled nonetheless. Wait ’til you learn the stealth ingredient.
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- 20 M
- 20 M
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Broccoli Rabe with Roasted Garlic
Americans may not know how to pronounce broccoli rabe, but Italians sure know how to cook it. You’re welcome. Er, prego.
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- 10 M
- 1 H
- 11

Oven-Roasted Fries
Think you don’t need a recipe for roasting spuds? Try this technique, which we think works to a faretheewel. Then get back to us.
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- 10 M
- 45 M
- 15

Braised Artichokes with Garlic and Thyme
You say artichoke. We say carciofi, Italian for “pointy leafy thing that turns meltingly tender when cooked like your nonna knows how.”
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- 25 M
- 1 H
- 8

Homemade Old Bay Seasoning Recipe
An American classic, this mild spice blend brings a taste of the Eastern Shore too anything, anywhere, anytime.
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- 5 M
- 7

Summer Vegetable Gratin
What to do with late summer abundance? Chef Alain Ducasse’s fancy-pants interpretation of a Provencal classic.
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- 45 M
- 1 H
- 5

Pickled Carrots
Perhaps the quickest pickles ever, these tongue-tinglingly tangy specimens come together in minutes. Bet you can’t eat just one.
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- 45 M
- 7

Roasted Potatoes on the Grill
This simple godsend of a side dish means not just superbly satiating spuds but a respite from turning on the oven.
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- 40 M
- 13

Salt-Baked Carrots and Beets
Ever swoon while eating your vegetables? That’s what we thought. Next time you desire a side that’s simple yet stunning, try this.
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- 45 M
- 7

Homemade Ketchup
A ketchup that attains the smooth, thick texture of bottled while respecting the inherent sweetness and acidity of the tomato.
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- 30 M
- 2 H
- 8

Bread-and-Butter Pickles
We’ve no idea where the saying “in a pickle” comes from, though we’d love to find ourselves in a jar of these subtly sweet specimens.
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- 25 M
- 3 H, 25 M
- 6

Oven-Roasted Tomatoes
This shamelessly simple trick transforms disappointingly ho-hum tomatoes into insatiably sticky, squidgy little lovelies.
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- 10 M
- 1 H, 30 M
- 27

Watermelon and Aleppo Salad
Yeah, watermelon juice dripping off your elbow is a swell thing. So is this incomparably elegant yet easy salad that melds sweet and heat.
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- 15 M
- 15 M
- 4

Sport Pepper Sauce
A staple down South, these pickled peppers and the hot, hot, hot solution that bathes them have a kick that’s as fiesty as it appears.
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- 15 M
- 15 M
- 11

Cantaloupe Sorbet
This cooling concoction takes its kick from a shot of vodka and, for those who like to live dangerously, a pinch of cayenne.
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- 15 M
- 1 H, 15 M
- 4

Fruity Beer Sorbet
What’s that? Fruity beers are for the girls? Hmmm. Does the same go for fruity beer sorbets?
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- 20 M
- 2 H, 20 M
- 8

Watermelon with Fleur de Sel
The simplest and most summery dessert we know–complete with juice dribbling down your chin–just got even more spectacular.
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- 5 M
- 5 M
- 8

Hibiscus Beet Sorbet
Behind that tempting shade of red lurks an oh-so-swell-for-you ingredient whose virtues are masked by hibiscus’ floral lilt.
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- 15 M
- 2 H
- 1
