Cookbooks

This mussel chowder is both comforting in winter and well-suited for summer, given its straight-from-the-ocean brine that gets a lift from fresh lime and cilantro.

Cynar, a bitter Italian liqueur, is an excellent partner for fresh grapefruit in this take on a popular tequila cocktail.

Pork is a great, fatty (if you’re doing it right) canvas for just about any flavors, but especially this herbaceous, garlicky chermoula.

Traditionally served with tomatoes and hard-boiled eggs, malawach is a Yemeni flatbread that gets super flaky and crispy thanks to the butter in the dough.

This spicy Yemeni cilantro sauce is fiery hot with chile peppers, but it is also aromatic with spices and herbaceous notes of cilantro and parsley.

Babka meet cinnamon buns in this buttery yeasted loaf that gets swirled with gooey chocolate and drizzled with tahini, which keeps it from getting too sweet.

Many recipes for this Eastern European condiment tame the horseradish—calling for twice as many beets as the fiery root—but this chrain recipe flips the script.

Thin slices of summer squash are rolled up with cool, creamy ricotta and herbs for an Italian-inspired bite that guests can pop into their mouths.

Crunchy cauliflower drizzled with a bit of honey and finished with hot pepper flakes is a welcome surprise of flavor—not unlike crispy hot honey chicken.

Tigernuts, which taste like a cross between pecans and almonds, yield a thick and creamy liquid that’s often sweetened with dates or honey.

Known as gbẹ̀gìrì in Yorùbá and miyan wakye in Hausa, this bean soup delights in its simplicity, and it’s often served as a trio of multicolored complements.

Steamed, mashed, and puréed yams are the base for this silky soup, which is served with large poached prawns.

This potato salad is inspired by the flavors of Spanish papas bravas, with an extra fried crunch courtesy of crushed potato chips.

Popular in Iowa, the sour cream and raisin pie was a longtime favorite of Mennonite cooks because its ingredients were always in the pantry and it kept well.

Gunpowder spice, also known as idli podi or milagai podi, is not a spice blend but instead a dry chutney found in South India that’s eaten with dosa and idli.

A vegetable quiche for Sunday brunch is a mild to moderate challenge for the average home cook—memorable quiche, on the other hand, is a prize not easily won.

Traditional fideo seco calls for tomato broth, sometimes seasoned with chipotle, but using mole instead gives this comfort food wonderful added flavor.