This good old-fashioned soup has a frugal heartiness once needed by day laborers, a satiating subtleness now appreciated by foodies.

• (3)
• 25 M
• 45 M
• 52

When blogger Luisa Weiss, aka The Wednesday Chef, thinks of home, there’s one recipe that comes to mind.

• (1)
• 10 M
• 15 M
• 6

Lovely and delicate, these shortbread cookies with a lemony lilt have a crunch that gives way to sweet, sweet nothingness.

• (2)
• 20 M
• 1 H
• 6

With barely any effort, you can turn out terrific taco-ready barbacoa—that’s uber tender shredded meat infused with a hint of heat.

• (2)
• 15 M
• 8 H, 15 M
• 11

A hefty shot of booze makes for a batter that’s thin, crackly, and clings to the onions such that it’s barely there.

• (1)
• 25 M
• 30 M
• 11

This roasted chiles recipe lends a smokey, indefinably authentic flavor to all manner of Mexican and Tex-Mex dishes. Here’s how to do it flawlessly.

• Quick Glance
• 10 M
• 15 M
• 2

A Mexican staple, this sauce of sorts is essentially fresh salsa that’s named, curiously, for a rooster’s beak.

• (1)
• 15 M
• 45 M
• 2

Without further ado or feigned guilt, allow us to reacquaint you with a long-lost childhood friend.

• (1)
• 20 M
• 40 M
• 12

Seven lords a leaping? Perhaps after partaking of this Christmas cheer it’ll be seven lords a leaning.

• (3)
• 10 M
• 10 M
• 8

Think you know lasagne? As Giuliano Hazan explains, what you know may be sadly mistaken. His recipe will fix that.

• (9)
• 1 H, 30 M
• 4 H
• 49