Cooking Difficulty
Choose a recipe that matches your experience or helps you practice something new. The five levels—Beginner, Easy, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert—reflect the skills, precision, and coordination involved. Read the method before starting; a quick recipe can still call for careful technique.
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Advanced
Put your culinary experience to work with recipes that reward skill, patience, and attention to detail. From refined preparations to challenging cooking techniques, these dishes offer experienced home cooks the opportunity to create impressive results and expand their culinary repertoire.
Beginner
New to cooking? Start here! These approachable recipes feature simple ingredients, familiar kitchen tools, and easy-to-follow instructions. No previous cooking experience is needed—just a little curiosity and an appetite for something delicious.
Easy
Ready to build your kitchen confidence? These recipes introduce everyday cooking techniques while keeping preparation straightforward and enjoyable. Perfect for home cooks who know their way around the kitchen and appreciate delicious results without unnecessary complications.
Intermediate
Take your cooking skills to the next level! These recipes invite you to explore more involved preparations, coordinate multiple steps, and practice techniques that bring greater depth, flavor, and creativity to your cooking. A rewarding choice for confident home cooks looking for a satisfying challenge.
In this collection
Brandied Fruit
An innovative use of yeast in fermenting favorite fruits for a sauce used on desserts, meats and many other foods. Many people prepare Brandied Fruit Sauce in decorative…
Bacon Gravy
Ingredients 6 slices bacon 2 tablespoons bacon grease 2 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk salt and pepper Preparation Preheat a large skillet to medium-hi. Place 6 slices of…
Cilantro Lime Cashew Cream
This creaminess literally takes 5 minutes to whiz up and you’re going to want to put it on everything. It makes about 1 cup, so make extra you’ll…
Chicken Binakol
Chicken Binakol is a rustic Filipino dish of chicken and coconut water slowly simmered in either a coconut shell, or in a large node of bamboo, over a…
Hollandaise
Hollandaise—that bright, velvety concoction of egg yolks, butter, and lemon juice—has a reputation for being difficult to make. In part, that’s because the delicate proteins in egg and…
Rainbow Spring Rolls with Ginger Peanut Sauce
Ingredients Spring Rolls 8 rice spring roll papers 1 beet, skin removed and finely grated 1 cup carrots, thinly sliced 1 ripe mango, cubed* 1 large bunch mint…
Yogurt Dessert Sauce
This light, tangy dessert sauce can top fresh fruit, pudding, sponge cake or any dessert that you would use whipped cream, sour cream or custard sauce over. It’s…
Mexican Shrimp Bisque
I enjoy both Cajun and Mexican cuisine, and this rich, elegant soup combines the best of both. I serve it with a crispy green salad and glass of…
Piña Colada Dipping Sauce
This sweet, tropical piña colada dipping sauce combines pineapple and coconut flavors. Serve it with cooked shrimp or chicken bites. Reserving some of the water for the cornstarch…
Sous Vide Salted Caramel Sauce
Caramel is not exactly one of my favorite things to make since there are so many things that can go wrong, but sous vide caramel really takes all…
