Quick
Breakfast Sandwiches with Chile-Fennel Sausage Patties
This sandwich combines the classic combo of pork and fennel, some heat from the red pepper flakes, and a gorgeous golden sunny-side-up egg. Perfect with English Muffins and a giant cup of joe.
Halibut with Sausage, Tomatoes, and Rosemary
Give flaky halibut the foil-packet treatment with burst cherry tomatoes and spicy, paprika-loaded sausages.
Curried Cauliflower and Potato Salad
Serve this smoky curried salad with sliced chicken or sandwiches.
Heirloom Tomato Salad with Feta Dressing
This salad looks great using mixed color and sized tomatoes. The simple feta dressing keeps well for up to two weeks in a jar in the refrigerator. Dress the salad just before serving.
Maple Butter
Spread this easy compound butter on waffles, pancakes, and French toast for sure, but it's also great on a ham and cheese sandwich.
Sesame-Ginger Dressing
This savory, addictive dressing will taste good on just about anything, including cold noodle salads.
Miso-Mustard Dressing
The two flavors, miso and mustard, make an unlikely but incredibly delicious pair.
Kashmiri Hot Sauce
Use this hot sauce as a condiment or mix in additional aromatics like grated garlic and ginger to make a marinade for meat. This recipe is from Gunpowder, an Indian restaurant in London.
Green Chutney with Chaat Masala
Serve this tart and earthy chutney with grilled meats, samosas, or your favorite Indian curry. This recipe is from Gunpowder, an Indian restaurant in London.
Cucumber Raita with Black Mustard and Cilantro
While this cooling yogurt sauce recipe is welcome alongside spicy foods, it is also amazing slathered on flatbreads or spooned over basmati rice. This recipe is from Gunpowder, an Indian restaurant in London.
Green Sauce No. 4
Mixing lemon and lime juice, as well as a shot of apple cider vinegar, makes for a much more dynamic dressing than just one type of acid could ever achieve.
Sautéed Collard Greens and Sweet Onion with Paprika
If you can’t find coconut vinegar for this collard greens recipe, use 2 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar instead.
Quesadillas with Oaxacan Cheese and Squash Blossoms
Seek out a tortilleria for fresh corn tortillas if possible; it makes a difference.
Stout-Steamed Shellfish with Charred Onions
To serve this dish as a main course for eight, double the recipe over two pots and throw some warm baguettes on the table.
The Barbecue Burger
Here’s a way to infuse the evocative spice and smoke flavors of true barbecue into a conventional fast-cooking burger. It uses a smoke-scented barbecue rub. I call it The Barbecue Burger; you might call it smoky nirvana.
Smoke Wrangler's Bacon-Bourbon Barbecue Sauce
This fiery sweet-tart red sauce is smoky, tangy and has sufficient red pepper flakes to let you know it means business.
Fried Egg on Toast with Salted Herb Butter and Radishes
Herb butter—made with whatever herbs you have sitting around—is an excellent landing pad for a perfectly fried egg. Thinly sliced radishes add a refreshingly crisp bite.
Olive Oil–Basted Fried Eggs
A big soup spoon is the way to go for oil basting.