Culinary recipes

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

If I had to pick something that couldn't be improved upon in the cooking process, I'd bet a good amount on it being bad (unripe and tasteless) strawberries. The only thing that bothers me is...

Crêpe Suzette is the queen of retro desserts, and deservedly so. This version of mine is simpler and quicker, thanks to the use of store-bought crepes. But that's no reason to give it up...

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

A detailed recipe for this English dish, complete with photos...

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

A detailed recipe for making homemade ice cream with photos....

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

I've never met anyone who wouldn't want one of these treats in their lunchbox, and they're also quite convenient to keep in the kitchen for a quick snack at any time. I don't...

This is a doubly useful recipe for the thrifty: French toast (a bit thicker than the kind we ate for breakfast as kids) is made from leftover bread that's too stale to be used again...

This special dish for the workweek is a breakfast that's both food and drink for people who can't even sit down in the morning. If this "energizer" is a person of small stature...

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

This is a must-have Christmas dish for me, and like so many other good things in my life, it came from my "battle buddy." I used canned peaches, both in glass jars and...

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

This week's Chopped Dinner Challenge theme was using pancake mix (usually used for breakfast) as a base for lunch or dinner. In...

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

On her cooking channel, Aarti Sequeira offers an Indian-style Sunday dinner. "My secret for baked chicken: butterfly it, and it'll cook through. And, of course, you need..."

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

And although I've been beaten on this one, I insist this is the best tortilla dish. I first encountered it in Miami, at the Raleigh Hotel on the South Coast, to be exact. It's...

You don't have to serve these macaroons with chocolate pudding, but I needed something to do with the leftover egg whites. I love these macarons so much that I make them for no special occasion. They have...

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

I have a weakness, mostly, for savory foods, like savory potatoes, potato chips, or cheese and crackers. But there are times when all I want is donuts...

This is one of those simple home-cooked dishes that's actually quite labor-intensive to prepare. It's not complicated, but it does require several steps. After all, it's quite common for dishes...

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

I'd like to believe that confectioners won't call it just fudge, because it tastes simply divine, and you don't need a caramel thermometer or a scary test to make it...

This is perhaps one of the healthiest desserts on your regular menu. Not that dessert is meant to be healthy—dessert exists solely for pleasure. However, preparing dinner...

Every year for Diwali (the Hindu New Year), my father receives boxes of dried fruit. One Thanksgiving, when I received organic dates, I remembered this tradition and decided...

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.

Detailed recipe for preparing the dish with photos.