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Apple cider, nutmeg and mace flavor the batter for these giant doughnut holes, which fry up with a thick crust. A toss with cinnamon sugar finishes them off.

Get your doughnut fix fast with no-rise batter packed with fall flavors

June 29, 2019 at 2:32 p.m.

Baking isn’t heavy lifting – unless you attempt a slab pie and the slab measures 21 by 15 inches. Then, it demands core strength. You make this discovery after slicing...

Caramelized sugar glazes the top of a cake studded with halved black plums.

Taste of Sicilian sunshine cooked up in an easy plum cake

May 31, 2019 at 4:01 p.m.

Sicily draws admirers to its seas, sands and sites; Risa took the job seriously. She booked a villa, fully staffed, and stocked it with friends. They gazed at ruins, they...

Spike the steaming water with sake and lemon, letting the science of evaporation carry flavor to and through the salmon.

Full steam ahead: Sake and salmon delicately flavor salmon fillets

May 31, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

The water cycle mandates that rain drop to earth, meander through rivers, evaporate into clouds. Over and over and over. Any student with a blue crayon can sketch the schematic....

Cacio e pepe is a simple, yet glorious pasta traditionally made with the titular cheese and pepper, plus noodles.

Cacio e pepe comforts empty nesters when the kids fly the coop

May 31, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

The fledgling travels light. One piece of checked luggage, one carry-on, one personal item that can be stowed beneath the seat. All it takes is a puff of the chest,...

Canned tuna is mixed with mayonnaise, olive oil, anchovies and lemon zest to create tonnato, a creamy sauce from Italy. Traditionally served over cold, sliced veal, it also makes a lovely tomato sandwich.

Season’s best tomato sandwich begins with tonnato, the classic Italian tuna sauce

May 31, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

Aches and pains demand redress, which is to say complaining. Failing that cure, aspirin, hot tea and nap are indicated. The condition resistant to such treatment is acute, and sure...

A quick romesco sauce provides an unexpected base for seared shishito peppers.

Japanese peppers meet Spanish sauce as shishitos meet romesco

May 31, 2019 at 4:03 p.m.

The peppers belong to a sprawling clan, having wandered from the Americas to Europe, Asia and beyond. Far too far-flung for a Capsicum Family reunion. Imagine the scene: The rotund...

The lassi, the cooling yogurt-based drink of India, becomes a cocktail with the addition of the herb-centric liqueur chartreuse and the French dessert wine Sauternes.

Chartreuse grounds a refreshing lassi with subtle color, intriguing flavor

May 31, 2019 at 4:01 p.m.

Chartreuse, the eerie green/yellow hue, suggests moss, algae and eels. Not that moss, algae and eels are squeezed into chartreuse, the eerie green/yellow liqueur. The 130 alpine herbs captured in...

If you have squash growing in the garden, snip off 12 male blossoms (growing on a straight stem), as opposed to female (which sport a swollen mini-squash at the base).

Fried squash blossom recipe turns something pretty into something even more beautiful

June 29, 2019 at 3:28 a.m.

The flower — all beauty, promise and wile — makes for an unlikely meal. To pluck, stuff and fry it seems savage. Though, in truth, no more brutal than the...

Little pastry puffs, stuffed with ice cream and doused in house-made chocolate syrup.

When all else fails, ice cream-filled pastry puffs to the rescue

May 31, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

Bad news blasts from every vista. Trouble drops down from the top tier of government and bubbles up from the bottom of the sea. Even the air is smudged with...

A plate of fresh peas and goat cheese provides simple, easy pleasure.

Simply throw together peas and goat cheese for afternoon delight

May 31, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

“Ticklemore, peas and lovage.” The message, dispatched from a London hotel suite, made me blush. It sounded sweet and naughty and terribly British. My world traveler, once home, insisted I...

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