The Food Section: Appetizers

Chill Out

Want to make dessert, but avoid turning your kitchen into a sweat lodge? David Lebovitz shares recipes for cool summer sweets that won't require turning your oven on.

Tomato-Bread Salad

This tomato-bread salad is a cross between a panzanella and a terrine. File this one away for tomato season.

Eat Like a Waiter

City magazine shares stories and recipes from "family meals" at top New York City restaurants, including Per Se and Gramercy Kitchen.

Chocolate Mousse: To Paris and Back

Expat David Lebovitz's search for the perfect mousse leads him back to Julia Child's classic recipe.

DIY Candied Peanuts

How to make candied peanuts just like the ones you can buy on the street, only more sanitary (and delicious).

Rome at Home

If you can't make it to Rome's Forno Campo de' Fiori, you can always try recreating pizza bianca at home.

Sweet Summer Salad

101 Cookbooks reinvents panzanella, the classic Italian bread salad, as a fruity dessert combining bread, strawberries, and brown sugar.

Berry-Brioche Bread Pudding

Karen DeMasco, pastry chef at Craft, shares her recipe for custardy brioche bread pudding with berries.

Pancakes for Passover?

At 101 Cookbooks, Heidi Swanson has created a recipe that re-imagines coconut macaroons as pancakes. It sounds like it could be the quintessential Passover breakfast, notwithstanding two suspect ingredients: baking powder and flour. Yet, it turns out that baking powder is a leavener that has been deemed kosher for Passover. Could matzo cake meal stand in for real flour?

Of Beans and Brownies

101 Cookbooks sings the praises of black bean brownies sweetened with agave nectar. Sounds repulsive, but we'll take Heidi's word for it.

Walnut Tart

A French variation on pecan pie sans corn syrup.

Spain's Pizza

Sweet or savory, Catalan coca is a delicious (and practically foolproof) rival to pizza.

Croustade for Christmas

Daniel Boulud's croustade, piled high with filo, apples, and Armagnac-soaked prunes, is stunning and "easier than pie."

Perfect Paella

In the Los Angeles Times, Leslie Brenner wants you to get over your fear of making paella.

Crap Food Confessions

Word of Mouth presents an "Homage to Crap Food," and readers (148 and counting) write in with their "dirtiest food secrets."

Salad Days

Food writer Nigel Slater shares recipes for five of his favorite salads, from oranges and watercress to spring leaves with toasted walnuts.

Sweet Sopaipillas

Matt Bites shares a recipe for sopaipillas, fried pillows of dough dusted with cinnamon sugar and drizzled with honey.

A Taste of Sardinia

Sardinian gnocchi (also known as malloreddus) with sausage sauce.

In Season: Ramps

Chef David Chang's pickled ramps.

Better Than Pinkberry?

Homemade frozen yogurt that's better than Pinkberry (if you like that sort of thing).

A Brief History of Chicken Marbella

How The Silver Palate's vaguely Spanish/Moroccan recipe combining chicken with prunes, olives, and wine became a "new American classic."

Hot Thighs

The Wednesday Chef has the recipe for chef Suvir Saran's spicy roasted chicken thighs, plus tips in the comments for how to handle finger-burning chiles.

Sephardic Sugar High

Sweet seder treats from Joan Nathan include dairy-free chocolate and olive oil mousse and orange-almond flan.

Zesty Zakuski

Russia's zakuski are a garlicky, pickled analogue of tapas that "welcome visitors from long journeys and take the edge off their hunger before a meal."

In Praise of Chicken-fried Steak

Recipes: In praise of chicken-fried steak, "the (unofficial) state dish of Texas."

Chocolate Bouchon Pudding

Recipes: Chocolate bouchon pudding.

Baked Doughnuts

Recipes: Baked doughnuts.

Deep-dish Brioche French Toast

Recipes: Deep-dish brioche french toast.

Icebox Cake

Recipes: Icebox cake.

Get Gnudi

Recipes: Gnudi: they're not just for women any more.

Pad Thai for Beginners

Recipes: Pad Thai for beginners.

Lilliputian Bagels

Recipes: Lilliputian bagels.

Ninfa's Green Sauce

Recipes: Ninfa's green sauce, the quintessential condiment of Houston Tex-Mex.

LA Times Top Ten

Recipes: The Los Angeles Times picks its top ten recipes for 2006.

Paula Wolfert's Hummus

Recipes: Paula Wolfert's hummus: "After you make it, you'll never want storebought hummus again."

John Scharffenberger's Almond Roca

Recipes: Chocolate-maker John Scharffenberger's almond roca.

Sweet Potato Gratin

Recipes: Marco Canora’s Japanese sweet potato gratin.

Great Turkey Smackdown

Recipes: In the Great Turkey Smackdown at the Los Angeles Times, a dry salt rub wins out over brining the Thanksgiving turkey.

Mussels roasted in almond-garlic butter

Recipes: Mussels roasted in almond-garlic butter. Via twc.

Apples and Duck Fat

Recipes: Honeycrisp apples slow-baked in duck fat.

Flatbreads

Recipes: Forget focaccia. Check out these lesser-known flatbreads from throughout the Mediterranean and Middle East.

Spareribs, Deconstructed

Recipes: 1960s Chinese barbecued spareribs: deconstructed and reinvented.

Peach Gelato

Recipes: Cool off with peach gelato that you can savor (almost) as soon as you've peeled your peaches.

Sake-poached Cherries

Recipes: Sake-poached cherries.

Recipes for a Blackout

Recipes: Recipes for a blackout.

Buzzworthy Boiling

Recipes: With 709 comments (and counting), epicurious recipe for how to boil water is the second most buzzworthy recipe in the megasite's massive database.

Recipes

Recipes: Have a competition-worthy original ice cream recipe? Submit it to The Kitchen's Best Lick! Ice Cream Contest. Fame and fortune (or, um, prizes) await the winner.

Green Tea Cat's Tongues

Recipes: Langues de chat au thé vert (green tea cat's tongues).

Enfrijoladas

Recipes: "When life gives you beans, make enfrijoladas."

Spring Gratins

Recipes: Spring gratins, from sweet to savory.

Vietnamese Coffee Cupcakes

Recipes: Inspired by Vietnamese coffee, Chockylit's Vietnamese coffee cupcakes are infused with fresh-brewed coffee, filled with a sweetened condensed milk pudding, and topped with whipped cream. See also: Thai ice tea cupcakes.

Beeramisu

Recipes: Beeramisu.

Passover-friendly Sweets

Recipes: A few Passover-friendly dessert ideas: Orange-Almond Cake, Gâteaux Bastille, and Honey Nut Cake in Soaking Syrup. I'll be making these, with a minor modification.

Belgian Brownies

Recipes: Le Pain Quotidien's Belgian Brownies.

Fantastic Gum Mastic Ice Cream

Recipes: Rosewater, cardamom, and gum mastic ice cream.

Chouquettes

Recipes: Chouquettes, cream puffs covered with crunchy nuggets of sugar and baked until golden brown.

Stop, Tortilla Time

Recipes: Writer Bryan Miller on the Spanish tortilla, icon of Iberian cuisine.

Timballo

Recipes: Timballo made easy. See also: TFS on timballo (story and recipe).

Moskin on Macaroni

Recipes: Julia Moskin, child of the 70s, seeks the exoticism of . . . macaroni and cheese and searches for the ideal recipe. Plus: A roundup of packaged mac 'n cheese products.

Best Chocolate Sauce

Recipes: The best chocolate sauce (according to chocophile David Lebovitz).

Sweet Potato Salad

Recipes: Worth filing away for Thanksgiving: Chef Charleen Badman's salad of roasted sweet potatoes tossed with arugula, frisée, thyme, walnuts, and pomegranate seeds.

Frittelle di ricotta

Recipes: Frittelle di ricotta.

Spring Roll Salad

Recipes: Spring roll salad.

Lemon-Ricotta Pancakes

Recipes: Lemon-ricotta pancakes from Bette's Oceanview Diner.

Cucumber Kim Chee

Recipes: Cucumber kim chee. Via okg.

Cool Soups

Recipes: Three cool summer fruit soups.

Mom's Recipes

Recipes: One mom's entire recipe collection, lovingly scanned and uploaded by her son. Via things.

Millionaire's Tart

Recipes: Millionaire's Tart.

Strawberry Granita

Recipes: Nothing says spring like strawberry granita. Sweet and refreshing, it's also simple to make (no ice cream maker necessary).

Confit Tomatoes

Recipes: Alain Ducasse's confit tomatoes.

Mille Crêpes

Recipes: Lady M Cake Boutique's Mille Crêpes (20, actually, to be precise).

Lentils with Lemon

Recipes: 'Adas bi'l-Hamid (lentils with lemon).

Clam Pizza

Recipes: Clam pizza from Brooklyn's Franny's.

Brown Bread Ice Cream

Recipes: A British variation on cookies & cream, this Brown Bread Ice Cream, dating from the Victorian era, is a vanilla ice cream studded with crunchy caramelized bread crumbs.

Panissa

Recipes: Like risotto, but brimming with beans and sausage: Panissa 'A Modo Mio' from Vercelli in northwest Italy.

Pistachio Cake Trippin'

Recipes: A pistachio cake takes a trip around the world.

Lamb Recipes

Recipes: A la Carte presents 14 French methods of preparing l’agneau (lamb).

Scrumptious Spoon Bread

Recipes: Cheesy Potato Spoon Bread: "This recipe is outrageously good. Warm, tasty, cheesy, crusty, cayenne-kissed, oven-baked goodness. If you are a fan of comfort food - look no further."

Rice Pudding Round Up

Recipes: Rice puddings from around the world.

"Dinner on Tap"

Recipes: Dishes made with beer, from beer-battered asparagus to stout-braised short ribs.

V-Day Dessert

Recipes: Chocolate & Zucchini's Clotilde Dusoulier whips up some Valentine's Day chocolate-ginger tartlets for NPR.

Citrus Salads

Recipes: Brighten up the winter with these citrus salads: Jody Williams' Insalata D’arancia and 101 Cookbooks' Clementine and Kumquat Salad.

72 Bean Recipes

Recipes: 72 ways to prepare beans, from Japanese Mame Daifuku to French Cassoulet.

Tempting Toast

Recipes: Toast, chocolate, olive oil, sea salt.

Wild Mushroom Bread Pudding

Recipes: Wild mushroom bread pudding.

Haute Latkes

Recipes: Haute potato latkes from chef Suzanne Tracht of Jar in Los Angeles.

Authentic Scottish Short Bread

Recipes: Authentic Scottish short bread, made from rice and wheat flour, published on day two of Leslie Harpold's delightful online Advent calendar. Via tmn.

Sweet Potato Pot Pies

Recipes: Sweet potato pot pies.

Fresh Fig Cake

Recipes: Fresh fig cake, from Red Cat pastry chef Rebecca Masson.

Ilene Rosen's Maple Butter Baked Seckel Pears

Recipes: Maple butter baked seckel pears, courtesy of City Bakery's Ilene Rosen.

Halloween Recipes

Recipes: Spooky Day of the Dead cookies, 203 Halloween recipes (from "Brain Salad" to "Varicose Veins on a Leaf"), more Halloween recipes, even more Halloween recipes, and Dia de los Muertos recipes. Plus: Not Martha presents another round up with still more Halloween recipes.

The Curry Question

Recipes: In the Washington Post, Monica Bhide seeks answers to "the curry question."

Apple Cider Donuts

Recipe: Apple cider donuts.

Espresso and Mascarpone Icebox Cake

Recipe: Cool cake: Espresso and Mascarpone Icebox Cake.

Clafoutis

Recipe: A cross between a pudding, a custard, and a popover: Clafoutis, sweet and savory.

Char Siu Bao

Recipe: A step-by-step guide to making homemade char siu bao, barbecue roast pork buns.

Nocino

Recipe: Nocino, a liqueur made from green walnuts.

Panna Cotta

Recipe: Panna cotta.

Frrrozen Hot Chocolate

Recipe: Serendipity's Frrrozen Hot Chocolate.

Pupusas

Sampling and making pupusas.

Strawberry Liqueur

Recipe: Homemade strawberry liqueur.

Tweaked

Chips and dip and creamsicles, tweaked by Thomas Keller.

Rebecchini

Rebecchini, hot polenta sandwiches.

Williamsburg Delivers

Williamsburg flavor, shipped via FedEx. Recipe: Lasagna all'Emiliana.

Roman Food

Isicia Omentata ("a kind of Roman burger") and other recipes from ancient Rome.

Explosive Recipe

"Little pillows from Heaven" turn explosive. [via vv]

Contemplating Carbonara

Contemplating carbonara.

Carabaccia

Another dish the French stole from the Italians. Carabaccia.

Tuscan Spareribs

Spareribs from Tuscany, inspired by Buffalo Bill.

Mushipan

The world of mushipan.

Homemade Ham

The art of homemade ham.

Vegetable Flans

These savory flans are not for dessert.

Mardi Gras

Celebrate Mardi Gras as the French do, and "gorge on crêpes," or fry up some chiacchiere for an Italian-style Carnevale.