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Cuisine & Region

Recipes can be browsed through the places and culinary traditions that shape their ingredients and preparation. Mexican, Tex-Mex, Southern, German, Italian, and other collections provide different starting points across courses. Traditional dishes, regional interpretations, and clearly identified adaptations sit within this broader archive, with specific fusion collections offering another path through the recipe box.

Browse the posts below, or choose a subcategory when available.

  • African

    The current African collection begins with Moroccan-inspired soup and couscous preparations. These dishes offer a narrow starting point within a continent of many distinct cuisines, rather than a complete picture of its cooking traditions.

  • Asian

    This broad Asian collection brings together dishes linked to several distinct culinary traditions, as well as adaptations. National cuisine collections provide more specific browsing paths than a single continental label can offer.

  • Caribbean

    Jerk shrimp tacos and Cuban-linked dishes provide several starting points in the Caribbean collection. Island cuisines and modern adaptations retain their individual identities within this broad regional archive.

  • European

    European recipes span distinct national and regional traditions, from French sauces to Irish potato dishes. The child collections offer a more specific path through this broad archive of recipes and adaptations.

  • Fusion Cuisine

    Fusion dishes draw a recognizable contribution from more than one culinary tradition. Kung Pao tacos, miso pasta, and other preparations show different ways to combine a flavor, technique, or dish format. Browse the specific pairings for a clearer view of the influences involved, with each recipe explaining how those elements meet in the finished dish.

  • Jewish

    Honey-spice cake, latke variations, and deli-style corned beef provide different starting points in this Jewish culinary collection. The recipes represent selected dishes and adaptations within a diverse cultural food tradition.

  • Mediterranean

    Vegetable frittata, lemon-garlic potatoes, and salmon preparations give this Mediterranean collection several directions. The regional label brings related dishes together while leaving room for their distinct origins and adaptations.

  • Middle Eastern

    Zhoug sauce represents this small Middle Eastern collection. The herb-and-chile preparation offers a focused starting point within a region of distinct cuisines, ingredients, and cooking traditions.

  • North American

    North American cooking includes distinct national, regional, and cultural traditions. Mexican dishes, United States regional collections, and other preparations provide more specific browsing paths within this broad geographic archive.

  • South American

    Dulce de leche crêpes, chimichurri, and Venezuelan bollos pelones provide different starting points in this South American collection. National and regional identities remain distinct within this broad geographic archive.

In this collection

  • Sriracha Sauce

    Sriracha Sauce

    This homemade version of the insanely popular Thai hot chile-garlic sauce is thinner and fresher-tasting than store-bought. It needs a few days to ferment at room temperature, but…

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  • Spinach-Ricotta Gnocchi

    Spinach-Ricotta Gnocchi

    Light and lovely, thanks to the homemade ricotta, these dumplings have a deep spinach flavor that needs little more than a simple sage-butter sauce. Serve as a first…

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  • Zesty Hominy and Cheese

    A different sidedish using hominy, sour cream, cheese and green chilies. Friends who say they don’t like hominy eat it and ask for more. It’s fast and tasty.…

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  • Sweet Corn Tamale Cakes the Cheesecake Factory

    Sweet Corn Tamale Cakes the Cheesecake Factory

    Ingredients For Salsa Verde 2 tomatillos, diced 4 ounces mild green chilies, drained and diced 1 green onion, minced 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, minced 1 1⁄4 teaspoons granulated…

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  • Changua

    Changua

    Changua, a milk-onion-egg soup from the central Andes of Colombia, though often served for breakfast, this soup can also be a light lunch or dinner. The toasted bread can be…

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  • Chipotle Chilaquiles

    Chipotle Chilaquiles

    Chilaquiles is a basic Mexican dish created to use up leftovers like tortillas, chiles, shredded chicken and cheese. Rick Bayless keeps the recipe simple by doctoring canned tomatoes…

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  • Fish Tacos with Grapefruit and Avocado Salsa

    The creamy, smooth avocado wonderfully balances the bitterness of the grapefruit. With the crunch from the red pepper, onion, and jalapenos, it’s a well rounded salsa, worthy of…

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  • Sriracha Pulled Pork Wontons

    Sriracha Pulled Pork Wontons

    Ingredients 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 teaspoons sriracha 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon soy sauce 1 teaspoon sesame seeds 1 green onion, diced…

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  • Macaroni and Cheese Meat Loaf

    Make spicy Mexican meat loaf more lovable with a dose of cheesy pasta. The layer of mac and cheese baked into the meat loaf makes the poblano-studded beef…

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  • Pork and Shiitake Pot Stickers

    It’s never a bad idea to have a good supply of dumplings on hand. Ours taste way better and are much lower in sodium than what you’ll find…

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