Sour Cream

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Preparing for the Super Bowl? Think bread bowl. This spinach dip is housed in a hollowed-out loaf of bread. Choose pumpernickel or sourdough and have other items for dipping on hand—those bread bites go fast!

Traditionally served with tea in the afternoon, scones are lovely at brunch, too.

Make the slaw and chill it up to two hours before serving. It is best cold.

The shortbread cookie crumbs will hold together in the pan without any additional butter. Fromage blanc gives this cheesecake a light and silky texture.

This version of blini—a tribute to the Russian communities throughout the New York metropolitan area—is fast because it does not require yeast. If buckwheat flour is unavailable, whole-wheat flour makes a good substitute.

A smooth filling enhanced with orange distinguishes this version of a holiday classic.

For this recipe you will need three mini-muffin pans, each containing twelve 1 3/4-by-1 inch cups.

In England, plum pudding was required at Christmas in the nineteenth century, and it still is today. This luscious cake takes its cues from that beloved dessert. It combines the flavors of a plum pudding in a chocolate cake and iced it with fudge frosting.

The crumb topping and cake are prepared from one simple mixture, so this dessert comes together in no time.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Tender banana cake, Cream Cheese Frosting and Mango Curd (see recipes) stack up to one impressive dessert.

While not exactly diet food, this mousse allows chocoholics to indulge and spares them calories from yolks, butter and cream.

The texture of this spicy Brazilian dish falls in between a soup and a stew. Cook it down if you prefer it thicker.

A favorite steak-dinner starter served at Cattlemen's Steakhouse in the historic Stockyards City area of Oklahoma City.