Ground Pork

If you’re not set up for grilling or the weather doesn’t permit, a cast-iron grill pan will also do the trick for making these spicy, gingery, umami-packed meatballs.

In this weeknight recipe, magical, salty, umami-packed fish sauce is doing double-duty as a seasoning in the meatball mixture and as a part of the finishing sauce.

This dish is a perfect choice for those blustery but bright early spring days: It's comforting from the simple-but-flavorful broth and bright from the crunchy fresh topping.

Full-on explosive flavor in under an hour.

Instead of just using plain rice, make your own medley! Try a mix of white rice, millet, and/or quinoa, which all cook in about the same time. You can also sub kale for the Napa cabbage.

Spicy, mouth-tingling, porky: Those are the words you’ll be using to describe this tofu recipe.

For a real taste of Joffrey’s gamey pigeon pie, use squab instead of chicken. Have a sword handy for slicing into it! Also check out our other GoT-inspired recipes.

Puntarelle refers to the bitter inner stalks of the Catalonian chicory (Belgian endive and radicchio are close cousins). Reserve the white stalks for another use—they’re great in a crunchy salad.

Coat seared ground pork in a Thai-inspired glaze, then scatter over fried wonton wrappers, and pile on the nacho treatment with two kinds of cheese, pickled jalapeños, and a shredded cabbage and cilantro salad.

The crispy bits are the key to this pork’s deliciousness. Use a wide, flat spatula for the best effect.