Simple Cooking

A daisy is essentially a sour in which the sweet stuff is a liqueur (instead of just sugar). This whiskey daisy recipe is pretty classic—and totally delicious.

The whiskey sour, a simple combination of whiskey, sugar, and fresh lemon juice is one of the most important developments in cocktails.

Fresh corn is the star of this cooling raita, which serves as a palate cleanser between bites of spicier dishes.

Caramelizing onions with bell pepper, tomato paste, garlic, and spices sets the stage for a shortcut vegetarian chili.

This muffin-tin method gets you pretty close to the elegance of poached eggs, with the added benefit of all the eggs cooking at the same time.

A few tricks make this hearty weeknight black bean chili recipe great.

Making these chocolate pots de crème isn’t quite as easy as pouring cream into jars, but it’s not far off. If you love chocolate pudding, you’ll adore this dessert.

Fasolka po bretońsku, as these beans are called in Polish, are earthy and full of flavor, delicious eaten with fresh, crusty bread and nothing else.

This is the street food fried rice of my childhood.

This Japanese version of mabodofu is cooked with tofu and ground pork, and is significantly less spicy than the Sichuan version.

This quick cassoulet-inspired dinner uses ham and cannellini beans instead of the duck, sausage, and traditional flageolets.

This classic frosting couldn’t be easier to make and is a must for finishing red velvet and carrot cakes (or a batch of cupcakes). Using vanilla bean paste gives it a pretty speckled look, but if you don’t have it on hand, pure vanilla extract will lend the same flavor.

Sweet, tart homemade cranberry sauce is the key to a bright and balanced Thanksgiving meal—and it’s easy to whip up in just 20 minutes.

The Jasmine is one of the earliest entries in the modern classic cocktail canon, coming just a couple of years after the creation of the cosmopolitan.

This easy turkey gravy recipe uses the drippings from the bird (deglazed right in the roasting pan) to give you maximum flavor with just three ingredients.

Making homemade whipped cream will transport you straight to Viennese café life, where fresh whipped cream is an essential daily treat.

This classic homemade lemon meringue pie recipe is sweet and tart with a fluffy, cloudlike meringue top and crisp and flaky pie crust.

The trick with this all-butter pie crust is that...there’s no trick. It uses ingredients you have on hand and comes together in minutes in a food processor.

This quick and easy green beans recipe gives you a side dish with an exuberant crunch—and no ice bath required.