Chorizo, bacon, or another fatty breakfast meat is a welcome addition to this dish.

The peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate are particularly popular at Christmas.

The simplest of preparations, to deliver a complexity of flavors, especially the play between salt and sweet, a killer combo.

The soy sauce, mushrooms and a touch of dashi in the greens is an umami trifecta here.

A small whole fish—dressed, opened, and filleted—is particularly suitable for a “papillote” preparation, a little piscine package of parchment paper roasted with flavorings for a few minutes, then opened at the plate.

A meunière is the spouse of a meunier, French for “miller” or person who grinds wheat into flour. This recipe is so-named because the filets of fish are dredged in flour before sautéeing.

The beginnings of a roasted vegetable ratatouille. Photo from Artem Smoldarev pon pexels.com

A vegetarian or vegan bruschetta using “the black kale” of Tuscany.

Iranian cooks take next-day leftover pasta preparations, fry it in clarified butter and olive oil, and call the crisp pancake a “tahdig.”

Roasted vegetables are the “Sara Lee” of the refrigerator’s bottom bins: nobody doesn’t like them. Picky adults? Children? Sic roasted vegetables on ‘em; it’s failsafe. Photo: Christina Rumpf, unsplash

Grain-based “chopped salads”—typically a mix of vegetables chopped up or shredded into uniform size with cooked grains in some manner mixed in—are close to perfect warm weather fare.

One way to serve smoked and grilled pork belly is in large cubes or chunks.

A serving of Fabada Asturiana, a pork and bean stew from Asturias in northern Spain. Photo from Flavio Lorenzo Sanchez on unsplash

Special (mayonnaise-y) tips to make the everyday Grilled Cheese something special.

Pinzimonio, in Italian, is a combination of the verb "pinzare" (to pinch; you pick up the raw vegetable pieces with your fingertips) and "matrimonio." You "marry" the crudités with the best possible extra virgin olive oil.

All vegetables, with a kick.

A classic preparation of filet of trout (or other stream fish).

Colored vibrantly green from an abundance of herbs and field greens, its Italian name is “risotto verde.”

Switch it out on St. Patrick’s Day with this recipe for lamb shepherd’s pie to take the place of corned beef and cabbage at your mealtime table. (Photo by Amy Brothers.)

The word “congee” is originally Tamil (kanji) and the dish goes by many names throughout southeast Asia such as “juk,” “jook,” “zhou” and “khao tom.”