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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

  • Roasted Chicken Noodle Soup

    Roasted Chicken Noodle Soup

    Ingredients 1 cup chopped onion 1 cup chopped carrots 1 cup chopped celery 2 teaspoons olive oil 1 garlic clove, minced 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon dried…

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  • Deli Style Corned Beef

    Enjoy delicious deli-style corned beef without the additives when you make it yourself with Morton® Tender Quick® or Sugar Cure® mix, sugar, and spices. Ingredients One beef brisket,…

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  • Corned Beef Brisket, Potatoes, Cabbage & Carrots

    Ingredients 1 whole flat or point cut beef brisket, trimmed, about 5 pounds 100 grams/3 1/2 ounces (about 3/4 cup) Diamon Crystal kosher salt 10 grams/.325 ounces (about…

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  • Jewish Style Corned Beef

    Ingredients Brining Liquid • 1 12 pound whole brisket • 4 quarts water • 2 cups Kosher salt • 1 teaspoon saltpeter • 5 bay leaves • 7…

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  • Corned Beef

    Ingredients 2 quarts water 1 cup kosher salt 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 tablespoons saltpeter 1 cinnamon stick, broken into several pieces 1 teaspoon mustard seeds 1 teaspoon…

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  • Shrimp Marinara Soup with Crumbled Feta

    Shrimp Marinara Soup with Crumbled Feta

    Orzo and shrimp star in quick and easy weeknight Shrimp Marinara Soup with Crumbled Feta. Ingredients 2 teaspoons olive oil 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano 1/4 teaspoon crushed red…

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  • Melty Queso Dip

    Ingredients 1 1/8 cups cold water or beer 1/2 teaspoon sodium citrate 4 cups pepper jack cheese, finely grated Preparation Combine water or beer with the sodium citrate…

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  • The Creamiest Nacho Sauce Ever

    The Creamiest Nacho Sauce Ever

    There are all tastes in nacho cheese — some people enjoy it sprinkled atop tortilla chips and baked, meaning those people enjoy miniature cement blocks of cold, hardened…

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  • Perfect Nachos

    Perfect Nachos

    Making nachos at home gives you the freedom to use a tastier, fancier cheese instead of processed nacho cheese, but those nicer cheeses quickly harden, or separate and…

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  • Porchetta

    Porchetta

    Roasting skin-on pork belly that’s been wrapped around a pork loin gives you the best of both worlds: crackling mahogany crust and juicy meat seasoned with fennel, chile,…

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