Baked Indian pudding with maple syrup is a colonial New England cornmeal dessert sweetened with maple, molasses, and brown sugar, spiced with ginger and cinnamon, baked low and slow into a quivering custard. Serve warm with ice cream.
Stir-fried rice noodles tossed in a ginger-garlic curry sauce with shredded vegetables, fresh chili, and silky scrambled egg. A quick weeknight noodle dish ready in under 45 minutes.
Guamanian chicken marinated 24 hours in soy sauce, beer, vinegar, and citrus, then grilled over smoking wood chips. Bold island flavors with a tangy, savory bite in every piece.
Sugar and spice molasses cookies for Christmas. Soft, chewy, rolled in cinnamon sugar before baking. Cinnamon, cloves, and ginger for warm holiday flavor.
Polish-style baked pork loin roasted with shredded apples, onions, brown sugar, and ginger. Includes oven and crockpot slow cooker instructions. A sweet and savory roast with natural pan juices.
Mom's mango chutney made with green mangos, raisins, walnuts, brown sugar, and white wine vinegar simmered until thick and jammy. A simple homemade chutney with just 30 minutes of cooking.
Pottsfield pickles, a sweet-spiced relish of green and red tomatoes, onions, peppers, and celery in a cinnamon-clove brine. End-of-season Appalachian classic for the cellar.
A simple and delicious snack that is perfect for long adventures or a night out on the porch.
Toast cumin, cardamom, and fenugreek until fragrant, then grind with dried chilies and shallots for an aromatic Ethiopian spice blend that's ready in minutes.
Homemade pork patties seasoned with sage, nutmeg, thyme, and a pinch of ginger then pan-fried in 10 minutes. The classic breakfast sausage you'd find in a country diner, made fresh from ground pork.
Put the crockpot to work and try making this scrumptious dish made with succulent beef, bell peppers and a bit of soy sauce.
Malaysian beef stir fry slices flank steak thin, velvets it with cornstarch and soy, then sears it with cauliflower, carrots, peppers, mushrooms and bean sprouts. A 30-minute weeknight wok dinner.
Orange Pork Tenderloin with Orange, Honey and Soy Marinade recipe
Cajun-spiced baked chicken smothered in a sticky orange-honey sauce with bell peppers, celery, and a kick of hot sauce. Low-calorie, big flavor, pure Louisiana soul.
A multi-day Sichuan duck project: dry-rubbed with toasted spiced salt, air-dried overnight, steamed, battered, and deep-fried to shattering crispness. Includes a tea-smoked variation. Worth every step.
Falafel sandwiches with split pea and chickpea flour fritters stuffed into pita pockets with tomatoes, onions, pickles, and your choice of homemade hummus or tahini sauce. A vegan Middle Eastern lunch.