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Popcorn with Bacon Fat, Bacon and Maple Syrup

Popcorn with Bacon Fat, Bacon, and Maple Syrup

Wicked. Sinful. Indulgent. Those are just a few of the words being bandied about by folks who’ve succumbed to this ridiculously crack-like concoction.

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  • 15 M
  • 50 M
  • 15
Popcorn in a Wok Recipe

Wokcorn, AKA Perfect Popcorn

The perfect popcorn is wokcorn, or popcorn made in a wok. The curve and size of the pan give the kernels plenty of room to do their thing.

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  • 5 M
  • 5 M
  • 9
Beef Tenderloin with Madeira Sauce

Beef Tenderloin with Madeira Sauce

This eminently reliable, no-fuss recipe doesn’t ambush you with carving trickery. It’s just a simple, supple roast beef tenderloin napped with a slightly boozy but goof-proof sauce.

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  • 1 H
  • 1 H, 45 M
  • 8
Gianduia Brownies Recipe

Gianduia Brownies

And, on the seventh day, God created gianduia (zhahn-doo-yah), chocolate to which ground hazelnuts have been added. The world has been a more glorious place ever since.

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  • 25 M
  • 1 H, 15 M
  • 12
Pistachio-Feta-Orange Cocktail Cookies Recipe

Pistachio-Orange Cocktail Cookies

These savory-sweet cocktail cookies are simple to make yet pack a wallop of flavor. Set them out as a pre-dinner nibble when you want something fetching.

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  • 35 M
  • 1 H, 25 M
  • 5
Chocolate Torte

Chocolate Torte

This stunning Southern belle and its dozen tiers—yup, count ‘em, 12—is astonishingly easy peasy to make thanks to a savvy cake-baking tactic.

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  • 1 H, 15 M
  • 2 H
  • 19
Low-Calore Green Goddess Dip

Svelte Green Goddess Dip

This evocatively named dip isn’t the same as the one of yore. It’s got the same sumptuous taste, the same creamy texture, the same luminous color, just not the same calorie count.

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  • 15 M
  • 15 M
  • 21
Lemon Drop Martini

Rosemary Lemon Drop

This classy little number shamelessly flaunts its herbal notes, making it as suave and cosmopolitan as far more complicated, not to mention classic, cocktails.

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  • 5 M
  • 5 M
  • 12
Lemon Chill

Lemon Chill | Sgroppino

This madcap Italian nightcap swirls together vodka, prosecco, and lemon sorbet to ridiculously satiating, giggle inducing effect.

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  • 5 M
  • 5 M
  • 7
Ginger-Chili Caramel Cookies Recipe

Ginger-Chile Caramel Cookies

Chewy. Gooey. Sticky. Messy. And let’s not forget dripping with intrigue. That’s how we like our cookies. And that’s exactly what you can expect from these.

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  • 30 M
  • 50 M
  • 12
Truffled Mac and Cheese

Truffled Mac and Cheese

Mac and cheese goes high falutin’ with a drizzle of chichi truffle oil and a few shavings of black truffle. Pricey, perhaps. But well worth it every once in a special while.

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  • 25 M
  • 1 H
  • 18
Curried Deviled Eggs

Curried Deviled Eggs

The devil’s in the details when it comes to this longstanding crowd pleaser. This recipe’s got them all covered, and then some. Um, pass the eggs, please.

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  • 20 M
  • 40 M
  • 4
Chicken Pot Pies Recipe

Individual Chicken Pot Pies

These pot pies are the ultimate comfort food. Any why not? Creamy chicken and vegetable filling lies in wait beneath a thyme-infused buttery crust.

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  • 2 H, 20 M
  • 4 H
  • 9
Spaghetti with Wild Garlic Recipe

Spaghetti with Wild Garlic and Herbs

This dish, filled with wild garlic (a real flavor booster) and herbs, including basil mint, and parsley, adds up to a simple and elegant weeknight dinner.

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  • 20 M
  • 20 M
  • 1
Spaghetti Carbonara by David Leite

Spaghetti alla Carbonara

An inspired meal in minutes, this harried weeknight spaghetti solution melds eggs, cheese, and pancetta into a creamy sauce that cloaks every last strand.

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  • 10 M
  • 25 M
  • 17
Macaroni Gratin

Macaroni Gratin

This diminutive mac n cheese arrives in teensy dishes at hoity-toity Balthazar, though it creates no less a sensation when scooped straight from a big old baking dish unceremoniously plonked in the center of the kitchen table.

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  • 25 M
  • 50 M
  • 2
Medallions of Beef with Foie Gras and Truffles Recipe

Medallions of Beef with Foie Gras and Truffles

Known as tournedos Rossini, these cuts of beef filet are topped with a slice of seared foie gras and drizzled with an unctuous Madeira wine-truffle sauce.

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  • 35 M
  • 1 H
  • 1
Finnish Meatballs with Sour Cream and Lingonberries By Tessa Kiros

Finnish Meatballs with Allspice, Sour Cream and Lingonberries

Similar to Swedish meatballs, these Finnish balls are made with pork and are served in a sour cream sauce and are topped with tart preserves.

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  • 35 M
  • 1 H, 20 M
  • 3

Mini Veal Meatballs with Caramelized Onions

Mini veal meatballs are swathed in creamy, sweet caramelized onions. These mini meatballs are made with some pork for a deep flavor and can be prepared ahead. Definitely party food.

Paella

Paella

Paella, the classic Spanish dish, is given the full treatment here. You don’t need a paella pan to make this paella recipe, either. A Dutch oven will do.

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