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The Arsenal®

Just started cooking? Is the kitchen as foreign to you as Uzbekistan? Have no fear. These are the recipes that will build the foundation of your pantry and teach you the skills you need to grow as a cook, not to mention rack up compliments faster than Katy Perry gains Twitter followers.

A single basic crepe, folded into quarters on a sheet of parchment with two lemon wedges beside it.
A small bottle of homemade vanilla extract, a measuring spoon, two vanilla beans, and a small bowl of amber liquid.

Homemade Vanilla Extract

5 mins

Whipped Swiss meringue buttercream with flecks of vanilla.

Swiss Meringue Buttercream

20 mins

A jar of whole grain mustard with a wooden spoon in it.

How to Make Homemade Whole-Grain Mustard

2 d

Twice baked bacon-Cheddar potatoes, cut in half and stuffed with Cheddar cheese, bacon bits, sour cream, and chives.

Twice-Baked Potatoes With Bacon and Cheddar

1 hr 30 mins

Two fillets of flounder in a lemon butter sauce in a skillet topped with chopped parsley

Flounder with Lemon Butter Sauce

15 mins

Several oatmeal chocolate chip cookies cooling on a rack, one with a bite out of it.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

55 mins

A large pot of Ina Garten's easy tomato soup with a grilled cheese sandwich being cut into croutons beside it.

Ina Garten’s Easy Tomato Soup

45 mins

Four Brie and bacon jam crostini

Bacon Jam

1 hr 45 mins

Two pan seared chicken breasts in a stainless steel skillet with a pair of tongs resting on one of the chicken breasts.

Pan Seared Chicken Breast

25 mins

Three corked vials of homemade hot sauce.

Homemade Hot Sauce

7 d

One whole and one torn whole grain sourdough pita stacked on top of each other.

Whole Grain Sourdough Pita

1 d

A strainer filled with homemade yogurt with cheesecloth on top.

How To Make Homemade Yogurt

7 hrs

A pile of homemade graham crackers on a marble table with a glass of milk nearby.

Homemade Graham Crackers

55 mins

Two martini glasses filled with spruce needle vodka with a spruce sprig floating in each glass.

Spruce Needle Vodka

5 mins

A whole sour cream coffee cake with a wedge cut from it.

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

1 hr 30 mins

Squiggles of melted chocolate on a piece of parchment with a piping bag lying beside.

How To Decorate With Melted Chocolate

30 mins

Homemade maple-espresso bacon on a cutting board on a stone slab.

Homemade Maple-Espresso Bacon

7 d 4 hrs 50 mins

A white bowl filled with brodo di pollo on a wooden surface with a fork and spoon beside the bowl.

Brodo di Pollo ~ Italian Chicken Soup

1 hr 15 mins

A standing rib roast on a cutting board with caramelized onions

Standing Rib Roast

2 hrs 25 mins

A glass jar filled with beef bone broth.

Beef Bone Broth

12 hrs 40 mins

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