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Southern-style pole beans slow-simmered with a smoked ham hock until tender and deeply flavored. Just five ingredients and pure comfort.

Roasted mallard duck with turnips, basted in pan juices with a rosemary and bay leaf herb bouquet. Best served medium rare with pale rose juices.

Cinnamon-roasted chicken rubbed with cinnamon, thyme, salt, and pepper. Just five ingredients for crispy-skinned, fragrant roasted chicken pieces with warm spice flavor.

Ancient Roman walnut spread made with ground walnuts, liquamen (fish sauce), grape juice, olive oil, and cumin. A historical appetizer shaped like a fish and served with bread or crackers.

Grilled mullet fillets tenderized in fresh lime juice and basted with butter over hot coals. Only 5 ingredients for a simple, smoky, Southern-style fish right off the grill.

Butter-fried cinnamon potatoes with onions, a surprisingly warm and fragrant breakfast side. Just five ingredients and 30 minutes for something totally different.

Panfried quail browns the little birds in butter with thyme and ham, then deglazes the pan with fresh white grape juice. A classic French country preparation for game lovers.

Madeira gravy made from turkey pan drippings, reduced Madeira wine, chicken broth, and thyme. A flour-free, intense holiday gravy that pulls depth from roasted bones.

Fritto misto batter is the Italian beer-batter that turns vegetables, seafood, and cheese into golden, lacy fritters. Folded egg whites give it cloud-like crispness, while beer adds bubble and tang. The classic Italian fry-up base.

Hot Dutch slaw with shredded cabbage steamed tender and dressed in a sweet-sour egg vinegar sauce. A traditional Pennsylvania Dutch warm cabbage side dish.

Roundup stew, a cowboy-style beef stew built in a Dutch oven with thumb-sized beef cubes, potatoes, carrots, and onions browned in bacon drippings. Old-time chuck wagon comfort in a pot.

Tex-Mex cream cheese pinwheel appetizers: spread chili-spiced cream cheese with black olives across a flour tortilla, roll, chill, slice. Five-minute party app for game day.

Traditional Jewish kreplach fillings including meat, kasha, cheese-potato, chicken and chicken liver. Five classic stuffings for savory Ashkenazi dumplings in soup.

Rosemary fried chicken dredges chicken pieces in seasoned flour with crushed rosemary, then pan-fries until golden and crisp. The 30-minute crusted chicken with herbal flair.

Reuben brunch casserole layers rye bread cubes, shredded corned beef, and Swiss cheese in an egg custard. Assemble the night before and bake in the morning.

Sweet and tangy chicken stir-fry with pineapple chunks, red bell pepper, and zucchini in a balsamic vinegar pan sauce. A weeknight one-pan main with bright sweet-and-sour flavor.