RECIPE INDEX

almond(s):

Aunt Kajal’s baaghlava, 715–16

Ben Herrera Beristain’s stuffed peppers, 562–63

cookies, French, Virginia’s, 761

Cynthia Godby McGuiness’s crumbly top crust for pies or cobblers, 698

and dried fruit tart, Mame’s, 719

-flour “matzo” balls, 108

James McCourt’s mile high white cake with caramel frosting, 814–15

Jeni’s awesome dirt road ice cream, 689

Kate Thomas’s raspberry-filled white chocolate bars, 782

Lisa Lawless’s smoked pheasant mole, 374–75

Mrs. Fernandez’s Spanish salt fish, 266–67

Spanish-style, Javier H. Freyre’s, 32

Susmita Sharma’s shami sliders, 37–38

the Tipton-Martin sumi salad, 203

appetizers, nibbles, and noshes:

Afaf Shaheen’s hummus, 59

Bill McIntyre’s marinated feta, 25

Bill Taylor’s Olympia oysters with soy mignonette, 20

Bobby Bridges’s clam clouds, 16

Catherine Lorenze Fahrner’s Swiss fondue, 26

Chan’s pine-cured salmon, 19

Charlie Shackleton’s naked pizza, 10–11

Daniela Sales’s Bosnian cevapi, 36

Diane Cu’s nem nuong (skewered Vietnamese meatballs), 66

Dorothy Steen’s award-winning pimento cheese dip, 56

Doug DuCap’s mini falafel dogs, 40–41

Elisabetta Lecce Baiamonte’s devilish eggs, 29

Ella’s better than onion soup mix dip, 52

Farideh Khoury’s muhammara, 57

Georgie’s little caramelized onion and feta tarts, 27

Ila Douglas’s corton pâté, 62

Ilhan Omar’s Somali sambusa, 45

Jam Sanitchat’s satay, 63

Javier H. Freyre’s Spanish-style almonds, 32

Jody William’s Nobel laureate crab cakes, 18

John Newman’s “better than famous” ableskivers (stuffed Danish pancakes), 9

Kathy Farley’s grilled figs, 67

Kimee Balmilero’s kalua pork lumpia, 49

Louise Etoch’s lamb-stuffed grape leaves, 46

Maggi Smith Hall’s Minorcan fromajardis, 4–5

Maile Nguyen’s bahn xeo (Vietnamese shrimp pancake), 13–14

Mike DiMuccio’s Rhode Island fried calamari, 17

Mirza Gasemi’s Persian eggplant dip, 58

Molly’s be-still-my-heart chopped chicken liver, 61

Mona’s iron range pasties, 44

Nonnie Robinson’s pecan crispies, 30

Norma Naranjo’s tamales, 6–8

the original deviled egg, 28

Ourania Kallas’s Yia Yia’s weekend tzatziki dip, 54

oysters Rockefeller-style, 21

the Piping and Marching Society of Lower Chalmers Street shrimp dip, 60

Rinaldo Campana’s St. Louis toasted ravioli, 50

Rod Browne Mitchell’s clam pancake, 15

Roopa Unnikrishnan’s cucumber pudina sandwiches, 34

Saj Vang’s Hmong egg rolls, 47–48

Shem’s marinated Berkeley chips, 51

Sue Wespy Ceravolo’s wood-fired spicy oysters, 22

the Surmas’ pierogi, 42–43

Susmita Sharma’s shami sliders, 37–38

tiny Maine lobster rolls à la Waterman’s, 35

Todd Porter’s ginger and garlic roasted peanuts, 31

Tony and Julie Hook’s gourmet fried cheese, 24

Vincent Vellotti’s barbecued clams, 23

apple(s):

-baked acorn squash, Dena Young’s, 587

Ben Herrera Beristain’s stuffed peppers, 562–63

Elma Smucker’s schnitz pie, 713

pie, Fay Peterson’s blue ribbon, 711–12

stack cake, Jill Sauceman’s, 798–99

strudel, Thelma Levenberg’s, 714

tarts, the Brack family shoebox, 724–25

apricots:

Allen Achterberg’s summer vegetable charlotte, 540–41

Mame’s dried fruit and almond tart, 719

Regina Safdie’s Sephardic stuffed zucchini, 569

artichoke(s):

and chicken stew, Greek, with avgolemono, 318–19

Elizabeth Williams’s three-generation olive salad, 190

hearts, tomato-braised, Grace Brucato’s, 553

Linda Fresina’s vegetable lasagna, 666–67

Matthew Ronconi’s better than chef salad, 180–81

Michael Hogue’s tajine bil khodar (vegetable tagine), 547

raw, salad, 205

stuffed, Adele Etoch’s, 552

arugula:

Mamie Meyer’s veal Milanese, 460

tomato, and goat cheese, chicken paillards with, Cat Sentz’s, 330

asparagus:

French lentil, and beet salad, Erin McCleary’s, 209

and lemon, risotto with, Julie Shafer’s, 639

raw, salad with loquat dressing, Paula Ives’s, 189

soup, Luke Pyenson’s, 124

avocado(s):

Alex Vlack’s summer corn and crab salad, 195

guacamole, 178

Jody William’s Nobel laureate crab cakes, 18

Padma Priya Venkata’s rustic bread salad, 214

Rob Lamb’s shaking beef cobb salad, 182–83

salad, Suzuki Steinberger’s, 193

and shrimp salad, Sakowitz’s Sky Terrace, 215

Simca Horowitz’s tortilla-lime soup, 111

soup, cold, Joan Churchill’s, 126

bacon:

Amy’s kilt lettuce, 174

and beer quail, Mill Pond Plantation’s, 377

and blue cheese, Drew Kime’s iceberg wedges with, 179

broccoli salad with, Aunt Gladys’s, 208

Celia Mannese’s broccoli rabe Napolitano, 575

Jeff’s special three-bean salad, 210

Jodi Fouch’s campfire trout, 269

Marge Klindera’s German-style spinach, 520

mushrooms, and onion, potato pancakes stuffed with, Cecylia Roznowska’s, 593–94

Olga Napolilii’s borscht, 94

oysters Rockefeller-style, 21

-roasted pork with prunes, Ivy Henz’s, 494–95

Rob Lamb’s shaking beef cobb salad, 182–83

and sweet onions, quick-braised collard greens with, Chris Duval’s, 524

balsamico vinaigrette, 167

balsamic vinaigrette, shallot-thyme, 183

banana(s):

broiled, with black ginger sauce, Ann Shaffer’s, 738

Foster tart, Haley Scott’s, 737

pudding, Adrian Miller’s, 742

Thierry’s sautéed fruit in ginger-caramel sauce, 739

bar cookies:

Ann Shaffer’s spicy chocolate brownies, 778

Ella’s lemon glazed tea cakes, 780

Hertha Gall’s chocolate mint bar brownies, 777

Joyce Strickland’s cake brownies, 776

Kate Thomas’s raspberry-filled white chocolate bars, 782

LaVerne’s black raspberry bars, 781

MaMa Nola’s fudgy brownies, 775

barley and beef soup, Sharon Martinelli’s Italian, 95

basil:

Cookie Rooney’s pesto and green bean pasta, 654

Maile Nguyen’s bahn xeo (Vietnamese shrimp pancake), 13–14

bass. See sea bass; striped bass

bean(s):

Afaf Shaheen’s hummus, 59

Angelina Avellar’s Portuguese kale soup, 117

Aunt Tati’s baked beef vegetable soup, 96–97

beanhole, Maynard Stanley’s, 402–3

black, stew, Brazilian (Alice Moreira Howe’s feijoada), 606

Boston baked, Ris Lacoste’s, 608

butter, Chloe’s, 602

the chile woman’s three sisters chile casserole, 609

Doug DuCap’s mini falafel dogs, 40–41

El Tonayense chicken burrito, 367

fava, soup, chilled, with mint and lemon oil, Linda Hillel’s, 127

Homa Movafaghi’s ashe reshteh (Persian noodle soup), 98–99

Kate’s compost social soup, 132

lima, minted mashed, Madison’s, 603

Matthew Ronconi’s better than chef salad, 180–81

Mr. Zanger’s vegetarian chili, 544–45

Ms. Pina’s Cape Verdean Jagacida, 640

Polk family black-eyed pea and mustard greens soup, 118

Proclamation Crew’s Brunswick stew, 370

red, and rice, Ann Green’s, 643–44

refried, Richard’s, 607

and rice (Claudette Eugene’s riz et pois), 641

soup, John Coykendal’s filibuster, 115–16

three- , salad, Jeff’s special, 210

Valeria Ponte’s white minestrone, 134

see also green bean(s); lentil(s)

beef:

Adele Etoch’s stuffed artichokes, 552

Alice Moreira Howe’s feijoada (Brazilian black bean stew), 606

Angela Warnick Buchdahl’s brisket, 427

Anne Rosenzweig’s old-fashioned meat-and-rice loaf, 449

Anthony “Tadon” Miletello’s stuffed mirliton, 561

Arthur Zampaglione’s polenta, 618

and barley soup, Sharon Martinelli’s Italian, 95

Ben Herrera Beristain’s stuffed peppers, 562–63

Bessie’s short rib ragu, 653

Bill and Cheryl Jamison’s green chile cheeseburgers, 458–59

Carmen Johnson’s chiles rellenos, 532

Carolyn Wells’s Kansas City Ribs, 432–33

Daniela Sales’s Bosnian cevapi, 36

David Klose’s Texas brisket, 430

Edmund Colgan’s midcentury Swiss steak, 445

Ellen Sullivan’s lavender tenderloin, 436

Grandma Telly’s oxtail, 444

green chili cholent, 406–8

Helen Gianacake’s ouzo meatballs, 450

Hoover’s Night Hawk chicken-fried steak and cream gravy, 442–43

Ilhan Omar’s Somali sambusa, 45

Jam Sanitchat’s satay, 63

Jan Mohr’s marinated chuck roast, 440

Jerry Buma’s Booma’s revenge chili, 464

Kiko Guerra’s norteño fajita, 424–25

Leah Chase’s famous gumbo des herbes, 414–15

Lillie Louviere Delphin’s roast while you rest, 488–89

Logan Wilkes’s fast fire flank steak, 434

Mama Fresina’s lasagna, 664–65

Mary Shaw’s vacant lot tomato dinner, 537

Max Menendez’s Mexican meatballs, 451

Memere Dussault’s Sunday pot roast, 441

Michelle Comparetti Zeikert’s real Italian meatballs, 452–53

Mike Magnelli’s riff on Italian “gravy,” 454

Mona’s iron range pasties, 44

Mr. Meatloaf’s personal favorite, 447

Mrs. Nguyen’s America the beautiful pho, 91–93

Mrs. Pfluger’s sauerbraten, 438–39

Pamela Gurock’s gruenkern soup (green wheat kernel soup), 101

Regina Safdie’s Sephardic stuffed zucchini, 569

with rice noodles, Penang, Mu Jing Lau’s, 668–69

roast, Mary Lasater’s unbelievable, 437

Rosalie Harpole’s wedding soup, 107

the Saffron king’s Persian kebabs, 474

Shahnaz Ahmad’s keema mattar (Pakistani ground meat), 456

shaking, cobb salad, Rob Lamb’s, 182–83

stir-fried, Jackie Mintz’s, 446

vegetable soup, baked, Aunt Tati’s, 96–97

Vietnamese meatballs, 93

and watercress salad, Vietnamese, Chau Tran Smith’s, 222–23

Wayne Calk’s gold star chuckwagon chili, 412–13

William Fiorino’s modiga steak with peppermint sauce, 435

Zhey Yang’s Korean Bulgogi, 426

see also buffalo; veal

beer and bacon quail, Mill Pond Plantation’s, 377

beet(s):

chocolate, and raspberry glaze, Ann Tindell’s seventeenth birthday cake with, 789

and corn salad, Katherine Dieckmann’s, 196

Erin Drasher’s quinoa-cherry pilaf, 672

French lentil, and asparagus salad, Erin McCleary’s, 209

and greens, Algerian roasted, Tiffany Medeb Lee’s, 583

Olga Napolilii’s borscht, 94

salad, Cynthia Hodges’s luscious, 197

berry(ies):

Anne LaFiandra’s blueberry pie, 699

Dean McCord’s strawberry shortcake, 702

four- , cobbler, Dean McCord’s, 710

strawberry buttermilk sherbet, 678

see also raspberry(ies)

biscuits, creamed tomatoes with, the Davis family’s, 539

blackberry(ies):

Dean McCord’s four-berry cobbler, 710

sauce, buttermilk pie with, Barbara J. Duke’s, 733

black-eyed pea and mustard greens soup, Polk family, 118

blueberry(ies):

Dean McCord’s four-berry cobbler, 710

pie, Anne LaFiandra’s, 699

borscht, Olga Napolilii’s, 94

bourbon:

Commander’s Palace bread pudding soufflé, 745–46

hard sauce, 809

pecan pie, Alice Persons’s, 720

bread(s):

croutons, 112

Jamie Pangana’s rich & herby cornbread, 145

Paul’s garlic croutons, 167

pudding soufflé, Commander’s Palace, 745–46

salad, Padma Priya Venkata’s rustic, 214

broccoli:

Marilynn Yee’s, 574

salad with bacon, Aunt Glady’s, 208

Valeria Ponte’s white minestrone, 134

broccoli rabe Napolitano, Celia Mannese’s, 575

broth, chicken, Barbara Tropp’s Chinese, 102

brownies:

cake, Joyce Strickland’s, 776

chocolate, spicy, Ann Shaffer’s, 778

chocolate mint bar, Hertha Gall’s, 777

fudgy, MaMa Nola’s, 775

Brussels sprouts, garlic stir-fried, Annie Lau’s, 580

buffalo:

burgers, Sam Arnold’s, 465–66

Wayne Calk’s gold star chuckwagon chili, 412–13

burgers:

buffalo, Sam Arnold’s, 465–66

green chile cheese, Bill and Cheryl Jamison’s, 458–59

burrito, chicken, El Tonayense, 367

butter:

ancho chile, 557

lime, 557

buttermilk:

pie with blackberry sauce, Barbara J. Duke’s, 733

strawberry sherbet, 678

butterscotch:

cookies, Lela Marvin’s, 758

pie, Karen’s Mama’s, 729

cabbage:

big, gratin, the Tamoreyas’, 579

Dan Huntley’s red slaw, 200

Kimee Balmilero’s kalua pork lumpia, 49

Maw Maw’s chow-chow, 72

Mimi San Pedro’s Philippine pansit (fried rice noodles), 670

Olga Napolilii’s borscht, 94

red, Pennsylvania Dutch, 577

Sharon Capp’s classic coleslaw, 201

Susan Shirk’s turkey mapo doufu, 397

the Tipton-Martin sumi salad, 203

Valeria Ponte’s white minestrone, 134

see also sauerkraut

cakes:

angel food, Charlotte Jorgensen’s, 825

apple stack, Jill Sauceman’s, 798–99

black, Trinidadian, Ramin Ganeshram’s, 784–85

black sapote pound, David Burd’s, 793

blood orange yogurt, Kristen Hortenbach’s, 820

caramel, extraordinary Southern, Mary Jennifer Russell’s, 816

chocolate, intense Mexican (Patricia Tsai’s torta de chocolate), 791

chocolate pound, Carsie Lodter’s, 790

coconut, Grandma Stevens’s, 818–19

fig, Gaynelle Tillet’s, 787–88

flourless chocolate, Jesse Rosenberg’s, 808

funny, Lorraine Landis’s, 824

German chocolate layer, Julie Shafer’s, 810–11

impossible (Guadalupe Lozano’s pastel impossible), 823

Josie Rea-Tomlinson’s superior cupcakes, 826–27

Maria Arsenault’s Boston cream pie, 801–2

Mississippi mud, Mary Hill’s, 805

Mrs. Vala’s poppy seed torte, 794–95

pineapple upside-down, Sylvie Rowland’s, 821

real Downeast whoopie pie, 803–4

red velvet, Tayari Jones’s, 806

Ruth’s, 822

Scapposse Senior Center’s chocolate-sauerkraut cupcakes, 828

seventeenth birthday, with chocolate, beets, and raspberry glaze, Ann Tindell’s, 789

Smith Island, Mary Ada Marshall’s, 797

thousand-layer, Carolyn Margolis’s, 796

whipping cream pound, Big Mama’s, 792

whiskey, Anne Butler’s, 786

white, mile high, with caramel frosting, James McCourt’s, 814–15

yellow, Flo Braker’s simply perfect, 812–13

calamari. See squid

caramel:

cake, extraordinary Southern, Mary Jennifer Russell’s, 816

frosting, mile high white cake with, James McCourt’s, 814–15

peanut sauce, salty, 681–82

and peanut sundae, salted, Nancy Silverton’s, 681–82

carrot(s):

Barbara Damrosch’s winter vegetable pasta, 661

Marina Markos Kluter’s Macedonian lamb, 480

Michael Hogue’s tajine bil khodar (vegetable tagine), 547

Mimi San Pedro’s Philippine pansit (fried rice noodles), 670

Noelia Rosenthal’s duck with root vegetables, 384–85

“noodles” in buttery chervil sauce, Mrs. Dubrow’s, 585

Rick Jarrett’s shepherd’s stew, 477

Stephen’s marinated root vegetable salad, 206

sweet-and-sour, Tía Rosa and Ruth Eichner’s, 584

Tiffany Medeb Lee’s Algerian roasted beets and greens, 583

Vivian Richardson’s lentils and roasted vegetables, 604

cashew(s):

Chester Aaron’s very garlic pasta, 658

-hazelnut tarator, 41

catfish:

à la Kenny, 278

and hush puppies, Edna Scott’s, 274

cauliflower:

Aunt Gladys’s broccoli salad with bacon, 208

spiced, Deseree Anne Kazda’s, 576

Valeria Ponte’s white minestrone, 134

caviar, Kentucky, Bluegrass bass with, 273

celery root:

Heather Arndt Anderson’s celeriac rémoulade, 207

John Pull’s tater tot, 591

Stephen’s marinated root vegetable salad, 206

chard:

and creamy grits, Fathiyyan Mustafa’s, 615–16

Swiss, tacos (Melissa Guerra’s tacos de acelgas), 528

torta, Henrietta Cosentino’s, 527

vermicelli soup with (Isabel Caudillo’s fideo), 130–31

cheddar cheese:

Bill and Cheryl Jamison’s green chile cheeseburgers, 458–59

Dorothy Steen’s award-winning pimento cheese dip, 56

Helen Griffin Williams’s macaroni and cheese, 416–17

Jamie Pangana’s rich & herby cornbread, 145

Maggi Smith Hall’s Minorcan fromajardis, 4–5

Maureen Walther’s Southern squash casserole, 536

Pat Atteberry’s King Ranch chicken, 351–52

Simca Horowitz’s tortilla-lime soup, 111

Tony and Julie Hook’s gourmet fried cheese, 24

cheese:

Annette Di Nunzio’s swordfish rolls, 282

Ari Feyda’s Egyptian seder peppers, 566

Barbara Rush’s zucchini casserole, 564

Bernadette Grosjean’s endive gratin, 526

blue, and bacon, Drew Kime’s iceberg wedges with, 179

blue, dressing, Rogue Creamery’s best ever, 166

blue, streusel, pear crostada with, Alyce Birchenough’s, 717

Carmen Johnson’s chiles rellenos, 532

Catherine Lorenze Fahrner’s Swiss fondue, 26

the chile woman’s three sisters chile casserole, 609

Elizabeth Miller’s mascarpone-plum tart with oat crust, 707

goat, salad, Alice Waters’s, 184–85

goat, tomato, and arugula, chicken paillards with, Cat Sentz’s, 330

Isabel Morales de Dioguardi’s quinoa a la huancaina, 671

John Newman’s “better than famous” ableskivers (stuffed Danish pancakes), 9

Katherine Thundercloud’s tundra picker’s tart, 572

Kathy Farley’s grilled figs, 67

Leona Chalmer’s corn and mushroom skillet cake, 559

Linda Fresina’s vegetable lasagna, 666–67

Mama Fresina’s lasagna, 664–65

Maria Gallardo’s fresh corn casserole, 620

Melissa Guerra’s tacos de acelgas (Swiss chard tacos), 528

Nico’s bucatini with dandelion greens, garlic, and ricotta salata, 655

Nonna Concetta’s pizza di patate (potato pizza), 596

Norma Naranjo’s tamales, 6–8

Pat Atteberry’s King Ranch chicken, 351–52

Patricia Greathouse’s chiles rellenos, 565

ricotta, and crispy shallot pasta, Betty Keller’s, 659

Rinaldo Campana’s St. Louis toasted ravioli, 50

Rob Lamb’s shaking beef cobb salad, 182–83

the Surmas’ pierogi, 42–43

three- , gnocchi, Jesse Kelly-Landes’s, 662

see also cheddar cheese; cream cheese; feta cheese; Parmesan cheese

cheesecake, David’s pinup, 734

cherry(ies):

Anne Butler’s whiskey cake, 786

Holly Lane’s best cookie, 754

Mame’s dried fruit and almond tart, 719

pie, Charlotte Bero’s, 705–6

quinoa pilaf, Erin Drasher’s, 672

Ramin Ganeshram’s Trinidadian black cake, 784–85

chestnut(s):

bisque, Carolyn Young’s, 140

and onions, roasted potatoes with, Laurent Roffe’s, 597

stuffing, circa 1776 Beacon Hill, 390

chicken:

adobo, Myra Carreon J. Mondzac’s, 354

African, Americo Angelo’s world-famous, 361–62

and artichoke stew, Greek, with avgolemono, 318–19

Aunt Tati’s baked beef vegetable soup, 96–97

barbecued, The Bendolph Pettways’, 325–27

brick, with yellow squash and tomatoes, Zach and Clay’s, 342

broth, Barbara Tropp’s Chinese, 102

Bubba Frey’s famous rooster stew, 371–72

burrito, El Tonayense, 367

and butterballs, Katarina Longhofer’s, 368–69

“Cantonese-style” marinated grilled, Mrs. Yolanda Ho’s, 363

in chile-peanut sauce, Lupe Peach’s, 355

coconut-marinated, over coconut rice, Jonathan Rosenberg’s, 359

Faith Kramer’s hot and sour soup, 103

with forty cloves of garlic, James Beard’s, 350

fricassee, Thomas Jefferson’s, 353

fried, Chalfonte, 334–35

ginger macadamia, Doris Lum’s, 329

and green chile stew, Southwest, Mika Garnett’s, 328

home-style (The Alvarezes’ pollo criollo), 356

Huntingdale fried, Debbie Page-Pfetcher’s, 337

Jam Sanitchat’s satay, 63

Kentucky home-fried, Ardia Herndon’s, 333

King Ranch, Pat Atteberry’s, 351–52

lemon, with potatoes, Mrs. Lombardo’s, 321

lemon-garlic roast, Arlene’s, 320

liver, chopped, Molly’s be-still-my-heart, 61

Lonnie Holley’s jambalaya, 626–27

midday, Helena Litke Longhofer’s, 312–13

Mimi San Pedro’s Philippine pansit (fried rice noodles), 670

Mrs. Batali’s guinea hen cacciatore, 373

Mrs. Hassid’s gundi (Persian meatball soup), 110

noodle soup, Marianne Faso’s, 104–5

paillards with tomato, goat cheese, and arugula, Cat Sentz’s, 330

panko, Etsuko Scholz’s, 341

paprikas (Aggie Hejja Geoghan’s paprikás csirke), 364

Pech Khunn’s spring pot au feu, 316–17

persillade, Austin Leslie’s legendary, 338–39

pilau, Ronnie Morris’s Kensington Plantation, 636

piping hot, Reverend Wayne Lee’s, 336

and pork adobo, Bianca Garcia’s, 502

Proclamation Crew’s Brunswick stew, 370

roast, André Soltner’s, 343–44

roasted lemongrass, Carolyn Tran’s, 360

Rosalie Harpole’s wedding soup, 107

rum-washed and marinated, Andrea Hutchinson’s, 345

sage roasted, Diane Reiner’s, 349

salad, Vietnamese, Gia Ly Quach’s, 221

salt-zapped, Lily Ng’s, 348

shoyu, Dawn Kita’s, 358

spring, and dill noodles, Danny’s, 314–15

stew, Persian (Mahin Rajabi’s khoroshte fesenjan), 357

tea-brined batter-fried picnic, Blackberry Farm’s, 332

thighs with creamy morel and ramp sauce, Ramona Padovano’s, 322–23

tikka, Nina Chanpreet Singh’s, 365–66

with white barbecue sauce, Mike Whisante’s, 324

chickpeas:

Afaf Shaheen’s hummus, 59

Doug DuCap’s mini falafel dogs, 40–41

Homa Movafaghi’s ashe reshteh (Persian noodle soup), 98–99

chile(s):

ancho, butter, 557

Ben Herrera Beristain’s stuffed peppers, 562–63

casserole, the chile woman’s three sisters, 609

el chile de Juan Siordia, 87

gold star chuckwagon, Wayne Calk’s, 412–13

green, and chicken stew, Southwest, Mika Garnett’s, 328

green, cheeseburgers, Bill and Cheryl Jamison’s, 458–59

green chili cholent, 406–8

Jojo Petty’s chipotle tartar sauce, 276

Lisa Lawless’s smoked pheasant mole, 374–75

Manisha Pandit’s lime pickle, 81

Maria Gallardo’s fresh corn casserole, 620

Martha Ojeda-Aguilar Bayer’s salsa de tomatillo and pineapple, 86

Mercedes Ojeda Hernandez’s hot salsa, 86

Mr. Zanger’s vegetarian chili, 544–45

Norma Naranjo’s tamales, 6–8

-peanut sauce, chicken in, Lupe Peach’s, 355

pepper jelly, 376

red, sauce, 8

rellenos, Carmen Johnson’s, 532

rellenos, Patricia Greathouse’s, 565

Rod Okuno’s green chile, 463

Rosa Ojeda Lyons drunken salsa, 87

Simson Wong’s Sichuan pea greens, 519

spicy sauce, 47–48

sweet and sour sauce, 47–48

Thai, dilly beans with, Marya and Otis Baron’s, 79

toasted pasilla, and sunflower seed salsa, Grandmother Ojeda’s, 85

Vernon’s jerked pork, 493

chili:

Jerry Buma’s Booma’s revenge, 464

Rod Okuno’s green chile, 463

vegetarian, Mr. Zanger’s, 544–45

chocolate:

beets, and raspberry glaze, Ann Tindell’s seventeenth birthday cake with, 789

brownies, spicy, Ann Shaffer’s, 778

cake, flourless, Jesse Rosenberg’s, 808

cake, intense Mexican (Patricia Tsai’s torta de chocolate), 791

Carolyn Margolis’s thousand-layer cake, 796

chip cookies, Pat McCorkle’s, 755

cream pie, Nora Ephron’s, 736

Holly Lane’s best cookie, 754

ice cream with chocolate “rags,” Roy’s, 688

Janet Cheechuck’s hot fudge sauce, 680

Jeni’s awesome dirt road ice cream, 689

Josie Rea-Tomlinson’s superior cupcakes, 826–27

Joyce Strickland’s cake brownies, 776

layer cake, German, Julie Shafer’s, 810–11

MaMa Nola’s fudgy brownies, 775

Mary Hill’s Mississippi mud cake, 805

milk and marshmallow cornflake cookies, Mariel Chua’s, 756

mint bar brownies, Hertha Gall’s, 777

pies, fried, Tammy Sharp’s, 726

pound cake, Carsie Lodter’s, 790

pudding, steamed, Allyson Law Kissell’s, 809

real Downeast whoopie pie, 803–4

-sauerkraut cupcakes, Scapposse Senior Center’s, 828

Steve Coren’s laced sandwich cookies, 769

Suze Grégoire’s crème chaud, 748

Tom O’Connor’s turtle cookies, 751

white, bars, raspberry-filled, Kate Thomas’s, 782

chowder:

dried corn, John Cope’s, 136–37

lobster, Dick Bridges’s, 229

Ted Williams’s Fenway, 120–21

cilantro:

Alex Vlack’s summer corn and crab salad, 195

Maile Nguyen’s bahn xeo (Vietnamese shrimp pancake), 13–14

Roopa Unnikrishnan’s cucumber pudina sandwiches, 34

cinnamon halibut, 289

cioppino, Karen Stevenson’s, 287

clam(s):

Alix Shulman’s spring beach soup, 123

barbecued, Vincent Vellotti’s, 23

clouds, Bobby Bridges’s, 16

Karen Stevenson’s cioppino, 287

pancake, Rod Browne Mitchell’s, 15

Ted Williams’s Fenway chowder, 120–21

cobblers:

crumbly top crust for, Cynthia Godby McGuiness’s, 698

Dori Sanders’s, 709

four-berry, Dean McCord’s, 710

peach, Shirley Creacy’s chuckwagon, 703–4

coconut:

Americo Angelo’s world-famous African chicken, 361–62

cake, Grandma Stevens’s, 818–19

cream pie, fresh, David Hodges’s, 731–32

cream pie, Helen Myhre’s, 730

Debra Ramirez’s Guatemalan tapado, 238–39

Ella’s lemon glazed tea cakes, 780

Holly Lane’s best cookie, 754

Julie Shafer’s German chocolate layer cake, 810–11

sambal, Azalina’s, 605

Shaheen Shahnaz’s collard green thoran, 525

coconut milk:

Claudette Eugene’s riz et pois (rice and beans), 641

Dallyn Leiniani Duggan’s macadamia-crusted swordfish, 281

Jonathan Rosenberg’s coconut-marinated chicken over coconut rice, 359

Leslie Forde’s nouvelle Barbadian coo-coo, 619

Marcel R. Escoffier’s duck breasts in curried mango sauce, 382–83

Paulo’s monkfish moqueca, 244

peanut sauce for satay, 64

Xinh’s mussels in curry sauce, 299

cod:

Andy’s oven-braised buttery fish, 233

K.D. Copeland-Baum’s braised Laotian fish, 232

Mam Mbye’s Ceebu Jen (Senegalese fish and rice), 632–34

coleslaw:

Kenyan (kachumbari), 74

Sharon Capp’s classic, 201

condiments:

chile pepper jelly, 376

Gaynelle Tillet’s fine fig jam, 788

kachumbari (Kenyan coleslaw), 74

Meryam’s preserved lemons, 82

see also pickles; relishes; salsas

cookies:

butterscotch, Lela Marvin’s, 758

chocolate chip, Pat McCorkle’s, 755

Dolly’s butterballs, 762

Eva Lancello’s Swedish dreams, 760

fig (Sandra Scalise Juneau’s cuccidatta), 765–66

French almond, Virginia’s, 761

Holly Lane’s best, 754

Joe Castiglione’s shortbread, 750

laced sandwich, Steve Coren’s, 769

lemon, Barcelona, Palmyra Cueva’s, 763

Margit Schott’s Swedish shortbread with jam, 759

milk chocolate and marshmallow cornflake, Mariel Chua’s, 756

peanut butter, Amy Fitzgibbons’s, 752

Pixie tangerine, Anne Friend Thacher’s, 764

potato chip, Becky Herman’s, 770

Salwa Atassi’s mamoul (date-filled pastries), 767

sugar, Sandra Damschroder’s, 757

turtle, Tom O’Connor’s, 751

walnut, Greek (Peggy McClanathan’s melomakarona), 768

see also bar cookies

corn:

and beet salad, Katherine Dieckmann’s, 196

the chile woman’s three sisters chile casserole, 609

on the cob, Cheryl Shafer’s, 556

dried, chowder, John Cope’s, 136–37

fresh, casserole, Maria Gallardo’s, 620

Jamie Pangana’s rich & herby cornbread, 145

maque choux soup, Cecil Lapeyrouse’s, 138–39

Maria Gallardo’s fresh corn casserole, 620

and mushroom skillet cake, Leona Chalmer’s, 559

Norma Naranjo’s tamales, 6–8

Peter Stark’s late summer garden braise, 531

Proclamation Crew’s Brunswick stew, 370

pudding, Hannah Berman’s, 558

salad, Paula’s, 194

summer, and crab salad, Alex Vlack’s, 195

see also cornmeal; grits; hominy

cornbread:

dressing, cayenne, 395

Jamie Pangana’s rich & herby, 145

cornflake(s):

cookies, milk chocolate and marshmallow, Mariel Chua’s, 756

Holly Lane’s best cookie, 754

cornmeal:

Arthur Zampaglione’s polenta, 618

Brenda Martin’s coush-coush, 617

cayenne cornbread dressing, 395

Edna Scott’s hush puppies and catfish, 274

Kay Rentschler’s rich spoonbread, 614

Leona Chalmer’s corn and mushroom skillet cake, 559

Leslie Forde’s nouvelle Barbadian coo-coo, 619

Maria Gallardo’s fresh corn casserole, 620

couscous:

Gabrielle Arnold’s, 648

Israeli, Dalia’s, 647

crab:

Bernie’s peelers with fried tomatoes, 253

cakes, Jody William’s Nobel laureate, 18

Debra Ramirez’s Guatemalan tapado, 238–39

dumpling and rice vermicelli soup, Vispal’s, 122

Dungeness, curried, Devi Jameson’s, 298

Dungeness, Don Wong’s, 297

Jack Czarnecki’s fabulous fungi pasta, 660

Karen Stevenson’s cioppino, 287

salad, West Indies, Bill Bayley’s, 220

and summer corn salad, Alex Vlack’s, 195

cream cheese:

David’s pinup cheesecake, 734

Deb Sundstrom’s layered pumpkin pie, 728

Elizabeth Miller’s mascarpone-plum tart with oat crust, 707

Tayari Jones’s red velvet cake, 806

cream of wheat. See farina

cream puff, the Wisconsin Bakers Association State Fair, 743

crème caramel (Abuela’s Mexican flan), 749

crème chaud, Suze Grégoire’s, 748

crepe “noodles, Sally Levine’s Passover, 601

crostada, pear, with blue cheese streusel, Alyce Birchenough’s, 717

croutons, 112

croutons, Paul’s garlic, 167

cucumber(s):

Dorothy Kalin’s bread and butter pickles, 70

Jam Sanitchat’s quick Thai pickle, 78

Ourania Kallas’s Yia Yia’s weekend tzatziki dip, 54

pudina sandwiches, Roopa Unnikrishnan’s, 34

Sicoutris Family’s Greek orzo salad, 187

Sicoutris Family’s traditional Greek salad, 186

Suzuki Steinberger’s avocado salad, 193

cupcakes:

chocolate-sauerkraut, Scapposse Senior Center’s, 828

Josie Rea-Tomlinson’s superior, 826–27

curry(ied):

dry potato, Sri Lankan, Devan Ganeshananthan’s, 600

Dungeness crab, Devi Jameson’s, 298

mango sauce, duck breasts in, Marcel R. Escoffier’s, 382–83

mushroom, Sri Lankan, Vasugi Ganeshananthan’s, 573

sauce, mussels in, Xinh’s, 299

custard, baked maple, Ed Behr’s, 741

date(s):

Anne Butler’s whiskey cake, 786

-coriander yogurt, spiced, 41

-filled pastries (Salwa Atassi’s mamoul), 767

Margaret Hathaway’s sticky toffee pudding, 747

desserts:

Abuela’s Mexican flan (crème caramel), 749

Adrian Miller’s banana pudding, 742

Adria Shimada’s raspberry sorbet, 686

Allyson Law Kissell’s steamed chocolate pudding, 809

Alyce Birchenough’s pear crostada with blue cheese streusel, 717

Ann Shaffer’s broiled bananas with black ginger sauce, 738

Aunt Kajal’s baaghlava, 715–16

the Brack family shoebox apple tarts, 724–25

Commander’s Palace bread pudding soufflé, 745–46

David’s pinup cheesecake, 734

Dean McCord’s four-berry cobbler, 710

Dean McCord’s strawberry shortcake, 702

Dori Sanders’s cobbler, 709

Ed Behr’s baked maple custard, 741

Elizabeth Miller’s mascarpone-plum tart with oat crust, 707

Haley Scott’s Bananas Foster tart, 737

Janet Cheechuck’s hot fudge sauce, 680

Jeanne Hodesh’s rice pudding, 744

Jeni’s awesome dirt road ice cream, 689

Mama Folse’s pecan pralines, 772

Mame’s dried fruit and almond tart, 719

Margaret Hathaway’s sticky toffee pudding, 747

Nancy Silverton’s salted caramel and peanut sundae, 681–82

People’s Pops: peach, chamomile, and honey pops, 687

Roy’s chocolate ice cream with chocolate “rags,” 688

Shirley Creacy’s chuckwagon peach cobbler, 703–4

strawberry buttermilk sherbet, 678

Suze Grégoire’s crème chaud, 748

Thelma Levenberg’s apple strudel, 714

Theresa Delphin Morgan’s “Creole Gold” praline pecans, 771

Thierry’s sautéed fruit in ginger-caramel sauce, 739

Thomas Jefferson’s vanilla ice cream, 676

Vivian Richardson’s fig and port tart with rose glaze, 718

Willa Davidsohn’s delectable jellied guava, 740

the Wisconsin Bakers Association State Fair cream puff, 743

see also bar cookies; cakes; cookies; pies (dessert)

dips:

Afaf Shaheen’s hummus, 59

better than onion soup mix, Ella’s, 52

Catherine Lorenze Fahrner’s Swiss fondue, 26

eggplant, Mirza Gasemi’s Persian, 58

Farideh Khoury’s muhammara, 57

guacamole, 178

pimento cheese, Dorothy Steen’s award-winning, 56

shrimp, the Piping and Marching Society of Lower Chalmers Street, 60

tzatziki, Ourania Kallas’s Yia Yia’s weekend, 54

see also salsas; spreads

dressings. See stuffings and dressings

duck:

black, and dumplings, 200 years of, 380–81

breasts in curried mango sauce, Marcel R. Escoffier’s, 382–83

with root vegetables, Noelia Rosenthal’s, 384–85

dumpling(s):

black duck and, 200 years of, 380–81

crab, and rice vermicelli soup, Vispal’s, 122

and paprika cream, schnitzel with, Helena Litke’s, 461

spicy lentil and shallot, Azalina Eusope’s, 605

the Surmas’ pierogi, 42–43

eggplant:

Allen Achterberg’s summer vegetable charlotte, 540–41

dip, Mirza Gasemi’s Persian, 58

Linda Fresina’s vegetable lasagna, 666–67

oven-roasted, Kurt Spiridakis’s, 543

pakorey, Roohi Choudhry’s, 549

Shala’s torshi-e litteh (Persian giardiniera), 80

stew, Persian (Mitra Stricklen’s khoresht bademjoon), 548

Vuth Ouk’s samlor kor ko (Khmer vegetable ragout), 571

egg rolls, Saj Vang’s Hmong, 47–48

egg(s):

deviled, the original, 28

devilish, Elisabetta Lecce Baiamonte’s, 29

noodles, fresh, 105

Palmyra Cueva’s potato tortilla, 595

Rob Lamb’s shaking beef cobb salad, 182–83

endive gratin, Bernadette Grosjean’s, 526

escarole:

Rosalie Harpole’s wedding soup, 107

spicy, Hilda Minter’s, 529

stuffed, Tommy Verdillo’s, 560

fajita, Kiko Guerra’s norteño, 424–25

falafel dogs, Doug DuCap’s mini, 40–41

farina:

Rajni Hatti’s rava dosa (cream of wheat pancakes), 645

Salwa Atassi’s mamoul (date-filled pastries), 767

farro wheat taboule, Eli’s, 212

farro “risotto,” Joseppi’s, 646

fennel:

frond–yogurt dressing, Debbie Christensen’s, 165

slaw with orange, cumin, and chilies, Gena Caldrone Tsongas’s, 204

Vivian Richardson’s lentils and roasted vegetables, 604

feta cheese:

Ari Feyda’s Egyptian seder peppers, 566

Cynthia Hodges’s luscious beet salad, 197

Georgie’s little caramelized onion and feta tarts, 27

and Greek olives, Kalyn’s green bean salad with, 191–92

Kurt Spiridakis’s oven-roasted eggplant, 543

marinated, Bill McIntyre’s, 25

Miss Jeanie’s green tomato pie, 538

Paula’s corn salad, 194

Sicoutris Family’s Greek orzo salad, 187

Sicoutris Family’s traditional Greek salad, 186

fiddlehead ferns:

Nova Kim and Les Hook’s wild spring salad, 188

Shelly Bonham’s, 518

fig(s):

-balsamic glaze, warm spinach salad with, Haley Watkins’s, 175

cake, Gaynelle Tillet’s, 787–88

cookies (Sandra Scalise Juneau’s cuccidatta), 765–66

grilled, Kathy Farley’s, 67

jam, fine, Gaynelle Tillet’s, 788

Mame’s dried fruit and almond tart, 719

and port tart with rose glaze, Vivian Richardson’s, 718

fish:

Annette Di Nunzio’s swordfish rolls, 282

Armando and Cila Estudante’s Portuguese caldeirada, 236–37

Barbara Medhaug’s Norwegian sei biff, redux, 235

Bluegrass bass with Kentucky caviar, 273

catfish à la Kenny, 278

cinnamon halibut, 289

Dallyn Leiniani Duggan’s macadamia-crusted swordfish, 281

Daniel’s sea bass wrapped in crispy potato, 248–49

Debra Ramirez’s Guatemalan tapado, 238–39

Edna Scott’s hush puppies and catfish, 274

Elmer Beal’s corned haddock in lemon cream sauce, 231

George Billiris’s tastier snapper, 264

James Berry Gaskill’s barbecued mullet, 257

Jodi Fouch’s campfire trout, 269

Joseph Agresta’s striped bass alla vassa, 246

Laotian, braised, K.D. Copeland-Baum’s, 232

Mrs. Sun’s braised New Year’s sea bass, 250

oven-braised buttery, Andy’s, 233

Pat Densmore’s roasted lemon sturgeon, 280

Paulo’s monkfish moqueca, 244

Persian New Year, Shanaz Haghanifar’s, 265

Rachele’s Haitian shad in green pepper sauce, 251–52

and rice, Sengalese (Mam Mbye’s Ceebu Jen), 632–34

salt, Spanish, Mrs. Fernandez’s, 266–67

Sicilian braised monkfish, 243

slathers and rubs for, 240–42

Ted Williams’s Fenway chowder, 120–21

Tomas Obraitis’s Armenian mackerels, 247

white, Carrie Wiener’s Alsace to Mississippi, 270–71

see also salmon; shellfish; tuna

flan, Abuela’s Mexican (crème caramel), 749

fondue, Swiss, Catherine Lorenze Fahrner’s, 26

fruit:

dried, and almond tart, Mame’s, 719

sautéed, in ginger-caramel sauce, Thierry’s, 739

see also specific fruits

game hens and pepper jelly, Donald’s hot-blooded, 376

garlic:

croutons, Paul’s, 167

forty cloves of, chicken with, James Beard’s, 350

and ginger roasted peanuts, Todd Porter’s, 31

mashed potatoes, Michael Chu’s, 590

soup for gringos, Dan Ansotegui’s Basque, 112

stir-fried Brussels sprouts, Annie Lau’s, 580

very, pasta, Chester Aaron’s, 658

ginger:

-caramel sauce, sautéed fruit in, Thierry’s, 739

and garlic roasted peanuts, Todd Porter’s, 31

macadamia chicken, Doris Lum’s, 329

sauce, black, broiled bananas with, Ann Shaffer’s, 738

gnocchi, three-cheese, Jesse Kelly-Landes’s, 662

graham cracker crust, better than store-bought, Claudia’s, 697

grains:

the chile woman’s three sisters chile casserole, 609

Eli’s farro wheat taboule, 212

Erin Drasher’s quinoa-cherry pilaf, 672

Fathiyyan Mustafa’s creamy grits and chard, 615–16

Isabel Morales de Dioguardi’s quinoa a la huancaina, 671

Janet Crain’s kasha varnishkes, 673

Joseph Bruchac’s wild rice and turkey soup, 106

Joseppi’s farro “risotto,” 646

Kay Rentschler’s rich spoonbread, 614

Ken Bowling’s posole, 621

Pamela Gurock’s gruenkern soup (green wheat kernel soup), 101

Rajni Hatti’s rava dosa (cream of wheat pancakes), 645

Salwa Atassi’s mamoul (date-filled pastries), 767

Sharon Martinelli’s Italian beef and barley soup, 95

see also cornmeal; oat(s); rice

grapefruit:

Boombastic’s scallops, 245

grape leaves, lamb-stuffed, Louise Etoch’s, 46

gravy, onion and mushroom, Peter’s, 448

green bean(s):

Bill Best’s leather britches (shuck beans), 555

braised, Maria Latimore’s, 554

Dominic’s Italian-American Niçoise salad, 218

Leni Sorensen’s boligee, 546

Marya and Otis Baron’s dilly beans with Thai chiles, 79

Mimi San Pedro’s Philippine pansit (fried rice noodles), 670

and pesto pasta, Cookie Rooney’s, 654

Peter Stark’s late summer garden braise, 531

salad, Kalyn’s, with Greek olives and feta cheese, 191–92

green goddess dressing, Kelly’s, 163

green papaya salad, Cheng Lor’s Hmong New Year’s, 202

green(s):

Alice Waters’s goat cheese salad, 184–85

Alix Shulman’s spring beach soup, 123

Allison Martin’s roasted curly kale, 530

Amy’s kilt lettuce, 174

Angelina Avellar’s Portuguese kale soup, 117

Barbara Damrosch’s winter vegetable pasta, 661

and beets, Algerian roasted, Tiffany Medeb Lee’s, 583

Cat Sentz’s chicken paillards with tomato, goat cheese, and arugula, 330

Celia Mannese’s broccoli rabe Napolitano, 575

chipotle Caesar with tequila-cured salmon, 176–78

collard, quick-braised, with bacon and sweet onions, Chris Duval’s, 524

collard, thoran, Shaheen Shahnaz’s, 525

dandelion, ricotta salata, and garlic, Nico’s bucatini with, 655

Drew Kime’s iceberg wedges with blue cheese and bacon, 179

Elizabeth Pearce’s shrimp salad rémoulade, 216

Hilda Minter’s spicy escarole, 529

Kate’s compost social soup, 132

Leah Chase’s famous gumbo des herbes, 414–15

Mamie Meyer’s veal Milanese, 460

Matthew Ronconi’s better than chef salad, 180–81

mustard, and black-eyed pea soup, Polk family, 118

Nova Kim and Les Hook’s wild spring salad, 188

pea, Sichuan, Simson Wong’s, 519

Rob Lamb’s shaking beef cobb salad, 182–83

Roli Khare’s nouveau saag paneer, 522

Rosalie Harpole’s wedding soup, 107

Sakowitz’s Sky Terrace shrimp and avocado salad, 215

Shelly Bonham’s fiddlehead ferns, 518

Tommy Verdillo’s stuffed escarole, 560

see also chard; spinach; watercress

green wheat kernel soup (Pamela Gurock’s gruenkern soup), 101

grits:

creamy, and chard, Fathiyyan Mustafa’s, 615–16

Kay Rentschler’s rich spoonbread, 614

grouper:

Mam Mbye’s Ceebu Jen (Senegalese fish and rice), 632–34

Ted Williams’s Fenway chowder, 120–21

guacamole, 178

guava, jellied, Willa Davidsohn’s delectable, 740

guinea hen cacciatore, Mrs. Batali’s, 373

gumbo des herbes, Leah Chase’s famous, 414–15

haddock, corned, in lemon cream sauce, Elmer Beal’s, 231

halibut, cinnamon, 289

ham:

Bernadette Grosjean’s endive gratin, 526

Helga von Schweinitz’s kartoffelsalat (German potato salad, northern style), 213

home-cured holiday, 484–85

Leah Chase’s famous gumbo des herbes, 414–15

Mrs. Sun’s braised New Year’s sea bass, 250

and ramp hash, spring, the Bentons’, 483

Richard’s refried beans, 607

7UP, 486

hash, spring ham and ramp, the Bentons’, 483

hazelnut(s):

Becky Herman’s potato chip cookies, 770

-cashew tarator, 41

herb(s):

Debby Morse’s ranch dressing, 164

Gabrielle Arnold’s couscous, 648

Kelly’s green goddess dressing, 163

Lan Pham’s herbed-roasted onions, 582

poultry seasoning, 313

salad cream, Sara Carnochan’s, 162

Skillet Food Truck herbed fries, 598

see also specific herbs

hominy:

Ken Bowling’s posole, 621

hummus, Afaf Shaheen’s, 59

hush puppies and catfish, Edna Scott’s, 274

ice cream:

caramel, 681

chocolate, with chocolate “rags,” Roy’s, 688

Jeni’s awesome dirt road, 689

Nancy Silverton’s salted caramel and peanut sundae, 681–82

vanilla, Thomas Jefferson’s, 676

icing:

seven-minute, 819

vanilla, 827

jam, fine fig, Gaynelle Tillet’s, 788

jambalaya, Lonnie Holley’s, 626–27

jellied guava, Willa Davidsohn’s delectable, 740

jelly, chile pepper, 376

kale:

Barbara Damrosch’s winter vegetable pasta, 661

curly, roasted, Allison Martin’s, 530

Kate’s compost social soup, 132

soup, Angelina Avellar’s Portuguese, 117

kasha varnishkes, Janet Crain’s, 673

lamb:

chops, seared, with olives and polenta, Paul Angelo’s, 475

Daniela Sales’s Bosnian cevapi, 36

Doug DuCap’s mini falafel dogs, 40–41

grilled, road show North African, 473

Macedonian, Marina Markos Kluter’s, 480

Matthew Ronconi’s better than chef salad, 180–81

Mr. Meatloaf’s personal favorite, 447

Rick Jarrett’s shepherd’s stew, 477

roast leg of, Nick and Kathy Forrest’s road show, 472

the Saffron king’s Persian kebabs, 474

shanks, basque, Freda Cenarrusa’s, 479

-stuffed grape leaves, Louise Etoch’s, 46

Susmita Sharma’s shami sliders, 37–38

tagine with sweet tomato jam, African, Gwen Tabor’s, 478

lasagna:

Mama Fresina’s, 664–65

vegetable, Linda Fresina’s, 666–67

latkes, the Latke Lady’s, 592

leeks:

Barbara Damrosch’s winter vegetable pasta, 661

creamy, salmon on, Ellen Keyes’s, 294–95

Daniel’s sea bass wrapped in crispy potato, 248–49

Ella’s better than onion soup mix dip, 52

lemon(s):

and asparagus, risotto with, Julie Shafer’s, 639

cookies, Barcelona, Palmyra Cueva’s, 763

cream sauce, corned haddock in, Elmer Beal’s, 231

glazed tea cakes, Ella’s, 780

Joseph Agresta’s striped bass alla vassa, 246

Manisha Pandit’s lime pickle, 81

Meyer, vinaigrette, Chris Burrill’s, 171

oil and mint, chilled fava bean soup with, Linda Hillel’s, 127

pie, Shaker, 735

preserved, Meryam’s, 82

sturgeon, roasted, Pat Densmore’s, 280

lentil(s):

Aunt Tati’s baked beef vegetable soup, 96–97

French, beet, and asparagus salad, Erin McCleary’s, 209

red, soup, Leila Abu-Saba’s Egyptian, 119

and roasted vegetables, Vivian Richardson’s, 604

and shallot dumplings, spicy, Azalina Eusope’s, 605

lettuce:

chipotle Caesar with tequila-cured salmon, 176–78

Drew Kime’s iceberg wedges with blue cheese and bacon, 179

Sakowitz’s Sky Terrace shrimp and avocado salad, 215

lime:

butter, 557

pickle, Manisha Pandit’s, 81

liver, chopped chicken, Molly’s be-still-my-heart, 61

lobster:

chowder, Dick Bridges’s, 229

Debra Ramirez’s Guatemalan tapado, 238–39

picnic, Deborah Joy Corey’s, 301

rolls, tiny Maine, à la Waterman’s, 35

loquat dressing, raw asparagus salad with, Paula Ives’s, 189

macadamia (nuts):

Anne Friend Thacher’s Pixie tangerine cookies, 764

-crusted swordfish, Dallyn Leiniani Duggan’s, 281

ginger chicken, Doris Lum’s, 329

mackerels, Armenian, Tomas Obraitis’s, 247

mango(es):

Alex Vlack’s summer corn and crab salad, 195

sauce, curried, duck breasts in, Marcel R. Escoffier’s, 382–83

Thierry’s sautéed fruit in ginger-caramel sauce, 739

maple custard, baked, Ed Behr’s, 741

marshmallow(s):

Carolyn Margolis’s thousand-layer cake, 796

Mary Hill’s Mississippi mud cake, 805

and milk chocolate cornflake cookies, Mariel Chua’s, 756

mascarpone-plum tart with oat crust, Elizabeth Miller’s, 707

matzo balls, barbecued, Rayna Green’s, 109

“matzo” balls, almond-flour, 108

meat:

bow hunter’s venison loin with savory wine sauce, 469–70

Guy Hymel Jr.s smothered rabbit with brown gravy and onions, 468

Mico and Josip Jakšic’s Croatian venison gulaš, 471

Sebastien Bonneau’s grilled rabbit with parsley butter, 467

see also beef; buffalo; lamb; pork; veal

meatball(s):

Mexican, Max Menendez’s, 451

ouzo, Helen Gianacake’s, 450

real Italian, Michelle Comparetti Zeikert’s, 452–53

skewered Vietnamese (Diane Cu’s nem nuong), 66

soup, Persian (Mrs. Hassid’s gundi), 110

Vietnamese, 93

meatloaf:

Anne Rosenzweig’s old-fashioned meat-and-rice loaf, 449

Elana Garce’s steamed pork loaf, 510–11

Mr. Meatloaf’s personal favorite, 447

melon:

Floyd Cardoz’s watermelon salad, 198

Vuth Ouk’s samlor kor ko (Khmer vegetable ragout), 571

mint:

Azalina’s coconut sambal, 605

bar chocolate brownies, Hertha Gall’s, 777

Floyd Cardoz’s watermelon salad, 198

Gia Ly Quach’s Vietnamese chicken salad, 221

and lemon oil, chilled fava bean soup with, Linda Hillel’s, 127

Madison’s minted mashed lima beans, 603

Maile Nguyen’s bahn xeo (Vietnamese shrimp pancake), 13–14

Roopa Unnikrishnan’s cucumber pudina sandwiches, 34

William Fiorino’s modiga steak with peppermint sauce, 435

mirliton, stuffed, Anthony “Tadon” Miletello’s, 561

miso slather, Lee Nakamura’s, 240

monkfish:

moqueca, Paulo’s, 244

Sicilian braised, 243

mullet, barbecued, James Berry Gaskill’s, 257

mushroom(s):

bacon, and onion, potato pancakes stuffed with, Cecylia Roznowska’s, 593–94

and corn skillet cake, Leona Chalmer’s, 559

curry, Sri Lankan, Vasugi Ganeshananthan’s, 573

Faith Kramer’s hot and sour soup, 103

Jack Czarnecki’s fabulous fungi pasta, 660

Katherine Thundercloud’s tundra picker’s tart, 572

Leslie Scott’s twice-baked truffle potato, 588–89

Martina Rossi Kenworthy’s risotto al funghi porcini, 638

Mireille Fabius’s riz Djon Djon, 628

Mrs. Batali’s guinea hen cacciatore, 373

and onion gravy, Peter’s, 448

Ramona Padovano’s chicken thighs with creamy morel and ramp sauce, 322–23

and red wine sauce, pasta with, Allie Rea Baum’s, 652

rice (Lee Nakamura’s matsutake gohan), 637

smoking for Jesus ministry’s dirty rice, 624–25

soup, Fayrene Sherritt’s Hungarian, 135

Vuth Ouk’s samlor kor ko (Khmer vegetable ragout), 571

mussels:

Acadian, 300

in curry sauce, Xinh’s, 299

K.D. Copeland-Baum’s braised Laotian fish, 232

Ted Williams’s Fenway chowder, 120–21

noodle(s):

Cecil Lapeyrouse’s corn maque choux soup, 138–39

chicken soup, Marianne Faso’s, 104–5

dill, and spring chicken, Danny’s, 314–15

egg, fresh, 105

Faith Kramer’s hot and sour soup, 103

Isabel Caudillo’s fideo (vermicelli soup with chard), 130–31

Mrs. Nguyen’s America the beautiful pho, 91–93

Nancy Mehagian’s Armenian rice with vermicelli, 629

rice, beef with, Penang, Mu Jing Lau’s, 668–69

rice, fried (Mimi San Pedro’s Philippine pansit), 670

Saj Vang’s Hmong egg rolls, 47–48

soup, Persian (Homa Movafaghi’s ashe reshteh), 98–99

the Tipton-Martin sumi salad, 203

Vispal’s crab dumpling and rice vermicelli soup, 122

nuts:

Adele Etoch’s stuffed artichokes, 552

Anne Friend Thacher’s Pixie tangerine cookies, 764

Anne Rosenzweig’s old-fashioned meat-and-rice loaf, 449

Aunt Kajal’s baaghlava, 715–16

Becky Herman’s potato chip cookies, 770

Carolyn Young’s chestnut bisque, 140

Chester Aaron’s very garlic pasta, 658

circa 1776 Beacon Hill chestnut stuffing, 390

Dalia’s Israeli couscous, 647

Dallyn Leiniani Duggan’s macadamia-crusted swordfish, 281

Doris Lum’s ginger macadamia chicken, 329

Haley Scott’s Bananas Foster tart, 737

hazelnut-cashew tarator, 41

Laurent Roffe’s roasted potatoes with chestnuts and onions, 597

see also almond(s); peanut(s); pecan(s); walnut(s)

oat(s):

crust, mascarpone-plum tart with, Elizabeth Miller’s, 707

Holly Lane’s best cookie, 754

LaVerne’s black raspberry bars, 781

Pat McCorkle’s chocolate chip cookies, 755

Steve Coren’s laced sandwich cookies, 769

octopus:

Debra Ramirez’s Guatemalan tapado, 238–39

okra:

fried, David Shield’s remarkably light, 550

Leslie Forde’s nouvelle Barbadian coo-coo, 619

spiced (Kirti Gupta’s new-world bhindi masala), 551

olive(s):

The Alvarezes’ pollo criollo (home-style chicken), 356

Annette Di Nunzio’s swordfish rolls, 282

Bill McIntyre’s marinated feta, 25

Dominic’s Italian-American Niçoise salad, 218

Elisabetta Lecce Baiamonte’s devilish eggs, 29

Greek, and feta cheese, Kalyn’s green bean salad with, 191–92

Henrietta Cosentino’s chard torta, 527

Jasmin Evans’s roasted zucchini Provençal, 534

Linda Fresina’s vegetable lasagna, 666–67

Matthew Ronconi’s better than chef salad, 180–81

and polenta, seared lamb chops with, Paul Angelo’s, 475

salad, Elizabeth Williams’s three-generation, 190

Shem’s marinated Berkeley chips, 51

Sicoutris Family’s Greek orzo salad, 187

Sicoutris Family’s traditional Greek salad, 186

Vito Zingarelli’s remarkable peasant pasta, 649–50

onion(s):

bacon, and mushrooms, potato pancakes stuffed with, Cecylia Roznowska’s, 593–94

Barbara Medhaug’s Norwegian sei biff, redux, 235

caramelized, and feta tarts, Georgie’s little, 27

and chestnuts, roasted potatoes with, Laurent Roffe’s, 597

herbed-roasted, Lan Pham’s, 582

Lug Poche’s smothered pork chops, 496–97

and mushroom gravy, Peter’s, 448

rings, Mr. Woernik’s, 581

soup mix dip, Ella’s better than, 52

sweet, and bacon, quick-braised collard greens with, Chris Duval’s, 524

Vito Zingarelli’s remarkable peasant pasta, 649–50

orange(s):

blood, yogurt cake, Kristen Hortenbach’s, 820

Padma Priya Venkata’s rustic bread salad, 214

ouzo meatballs, Helen Gianacake’s, 450

oyster(s):

dressing, Ruth Fertel’s Plaquemines parish, 396

Mr. Digg’s fine dressing, 173

Olympia, Bill Taylor’s, with soy mignonette, 20

Rockefeller-style, 21

Ted Williams’s Fenway chowder, 120–21

wood-fired spicy, Sue Wespy Ceravolo’s, 22

pancakes:

clam, Rod Browne Mitchell’s, 15

cream of wheat (Rajni Hatti’s rava dosa), 645

John Newman’s “better than famous” ableskivers (stuffed Danish pancakes), 9

the Latke Lady’s latkes, 592

Maile Nguyen’s bahn xeo (Vietnamese shrimp pancake), 13–14

potato, stuffed with bacon, mushrooms, and onion, Cecylia Roznowska’s, 593–94

papaya, green, salad, Cheng Lor’s Hmong New Year’s, 202

Parmesan cheese:

Cookie Rooney’s pesto and green bean pasta, 654

Grace Brucato’s tomato-braised artichoke hearts, 553

Joann Calhoon’s molten squash tian, 586

Joseph Agresta’s striped bass alla vassa, 246

Matthew Ronconi’s better than chef salad, 180–81

Nonna Concetta’s pizza di patate (potato pizza), 596

raw artichoke salad, 205

parsley:

butter, grilled rabbit with, Sebastien Bonneau’s, 467

Eli’s farro wheat taboule, 212

parsnips:

Barbara Damrosch’s winter vegetable pasta, 661

Noelia Rosenthal’s duck with root vegetables, 384–85

pasta:

Aunt Tati’s baked beef vegetable soup, 96–97

crispy shallot and ricotta, Betty Keller’s, 659

Dalia’s Israeli couscous, 647

Didi Rea’s favorite, 656

fresh tomato and peas, Barbara Urban’s, 657

fungi, Jack Czarnecki’s fabulous, 660

Gabrielle Arnold’s couscous, 648

Helen Griffin Williams’s macaroni and cheese, 416–17

Janet Crain’s kasha varnishkes, 673

Jesse Kelly-Landes’s three-cheese gnocchi, 662

Kate’s compost social soup, 132

Linda Fresina’s vegetable lasagna, 666–67

Mama Fresina’s lasagna, 664–65

Moonstone Farm’s squash-filled ravioli, 663

Nico’s bucatini with dandelion greens, garlic, and ricotta salata, 655

peasant, Vito Zingarelli’s remarkable, 649–50

pesto and green bean, Cookie Rooney’s, 654

with red wine and mushroom sauce, Allie Rea Baum’s, 652

Rinaldo Campana’s St. Louis toasted ravioli, 50

Rosalie Harpole’s wedding soup, 107

Secoutris Family's Greek orzo salad, 187

Valeria Ponte’s white minestrone, 134

very garlic, Chester Aaron’s, 658

winter vegetable, Barbara Damrosch’s, 661

see also noodle(s)

pasties, Mona’s iron range, 44

pastries, date-filled (Salwa Atassi’s mamoul), 767

pâté, Ila Douglas’s, 62

peach(es):

chamomile, and honey pops: People’s Pops, 687

cobbler, Shirley Creacy’s chuckwagon, 703–4

Dori Sanders’s cobbler, 709

pie, Coletta Boan’s, 708

peanut butter:

Americo Angelo’s world-famous African chicken, 361–62

cookies, Amy Fitzgibbons’s, 752

Kavanah Ramsier’s tidewater peanut soup, 114

peanut(s):

caramel sauce, salty, 681–82

and caramel sundae, salted, Nancy Silverton’s, 681–82

Carmen Johnson’s chiles rellenos, 532

-chile sauce, chicken in, Lupe Peach’s, 355

ginger and garlic roasted, Todd Porter’s, 31

sauce for satay, 64

soup, Kavanah Ramsier’s tidewater, 114

Xinh’s mussels in curry sauce, 299

pear crostada with blue cheese streusel, Alyce Birchenough’s, 717

pea(s):

Alix Shulman’s spring beach soup, 123

fresh, soup, Véronique Nguyen’s cold and frothy, 125

greens, Sichuan, Simson Wong’s, 519

Jeff’s special three-bean salad, 210

Mimi San Pedro’s Philippine pansit (fried rice noodles), 670

Shahnaz Ahmad’s keema mattar (Pakistani ground meat), 456

and tomato pasta, fresh, Barbara Urban’s, 657

pecan(s):

Anne Butler’s whiskey cake, 786

crispies, Nonnie Robinson’s, 30

Cynthia Godby McGuiness’s crumbly top crust for pies or cobblers, 698

Dolly’s butterballs, 762

Ella’s lemon glazed tea cakes, 780

Joyce Strickland’s cake brownies, 776

Julie Shafer’s German chocolate layer cake, 810–11

pie, bourbon, Alice Persons’s, 720

praline, Theresa Delphin Morgan’s “Creole Gold,” 771

pralines, Mama Folse’s, 772

Steve Coren’s laced sandwich cookies, 769

Tom O’Connor’s turtle cookies, 751

pepper(s):

Aggie Hejja Geoghan’s paprikás csirke (chicken paprikas), 364

Allen Achterberg’s summer vegetable charlotte, 540–41

Bill McIntyre’s marinated feta, 25

datil, sauce, 5

Dave Umphress’s picalilli, 73

Dorothy Steen’s award-winning pimento cheese dip, 56

Egyptian seder, Ari Feyda’s, 566

Farideh Khoury’s muhammara, 57

green, sauce, shad in, Haitian, Rachele’s, 251–52

Linda Fresina’s vegetable lasagna, 666–67

Lug Poche’s smothered pork chops, 496–97

Maw Maw’s chow-chow, 72

Mrs. Batali’s guinea hen cacciatore, 373

Mrs. Fernandez’s Spanish salt fish, 266–67

pickled, and pork chops, Susan Rosenburg’s, 501

red, flame-charred, –tomato sauce, Jesse Kelly-Landes’s, 651

Sister Marie Antonia’s zucchini relish, 77

smoking for Jesus ministry’s dirty rice, 624–25

stuffed, Ben Herrera Beristain’s, 562–63

sweet and sour zucchini relish, 76

Tía Rosa and Ruth Eichner’s sweet-and-sour carrots, 584

see also chile(s)

pesto and green bean pasta, Cookie Rooney’s, 654

pheasant:

in a blanket, Bill Purdy’s, 378

smoked, mole, Lisa Lawless’s, 374–75

picalilli, Dave Umphress’s, 73

pickles:

bread and butter, Dorothy Kalin’s, 70

green tomato, two sisters’, 71

lime, Manisha Pandit’s, 81

Marya and Otis Baron’s dilly beans with Thai chiles, 79

quick Thai, Jam Sanitchat’s, 78

Shala’s torshi-e litteh (Persian giardiniera), 80

pie crust:

all-butter, Michael Mulligan’s, 696

Anne LaFiandra’s lard crust, 694

Brenda Harmon’s vinegar and butter crust, 695

Claudia’s better than store-bought graham cracker crust, 697

Pie Day Committee’s, 693

pierogi, the Surmas’, 42–43

pies (dessert):

apple, Fay Peterson’s blue ribbon, 711–12

blueberry, Anne LaFiandra’s, 699

bourbon pecan, Alice Persons’s, 720

buttermilk, with blackberry sauce, Barbara J. Duke’s, 733

butterscotch, Karen’s Mama’s, 729

cherry, Charlotte Bero’s, 705–6

chocolate, fried, Tammy Sharp’s, 726

chocolate cream, Nora Ephron’s, 736

coconut cream, fresh, David Hodges’s, 731–32

coconut cream, Helen Myhre’s, 730

crumbly top crust for, Cynthia Godby McGuiness’s, 698

frozen raspberry, Ruth Eichner’s, 700

lemon, Shaker, 735

peach, Coletta Boan’s, 708

pumpkin, layered, Deb Sundstrom’s, 728

rhubarb, Edna Lewis’s, 701

schnitz, Elma Smucker’s, 713

shoo-fly, Carol Wallace’s, 721

sweet potato, Rose McGee’s, 727

transparent, Mason County, 722

pies (savory):

green tomato, Miss Jeanie’s, 538

Henrietta Cosentino’s chard torta, 527

meat, Christy Spackman’s, 509

pimento cheese dip, Dorothy Steen’s award-winning, 56

pineapple:

Thierry’s sautéed fruit in ginger-caramel sauce, 739

and tomatillo salsa, Martha Ojeda-Aguilar Bayer’s, 86

upside-down cake, Sylvie Rowland’s, 821

pine nuts:

Adele Etoch’s stuffed artichokes, 552

Dalia’s Israeli couscous, 647

pistachios:

Anne Rosenzweig’s old-fashioned meat-and-rice loaf, 449

Aunt Kajal’s baaghlava, 715–16

Dalia’s Israeli couscous, 647

pizza, naked, Charlie Shackleton’s, 10–11

plantains:

Ben Herrera Beristain’s stuffed peppers, 562–63

plum-mascarpone tart with oat crust, Elizabeth Miller’s, 707

polenta:

Arthur Zampaglione’s, 618

and olives, seared lamb chops with, Paul Angelo’s, 475

poppy seed torte, Mrs. Vala’s, 794–95

pops, peach, chamomile, and honey: People’s Pops, 687

pork:

Alice Moreira Howe’s feijoada (Brazilian black bean stew), 606

Ann Green’s red beans and rice, 643–44

Arthur Zampaglione’s polenta, 618

bacon-roasted, with prunes, Ivy Henz’s, 494–95

and chicken adobo, Bianca Garcia’s, 502

chops, brined, Mrs. O’Brien’s, 498

chops, smothered, Lug Poche’s, 496–97

chops and pickled peppers, Susan Rosenburg’s, 501

Christy Spackman’s meat pie, 509

Dan the Pig Man’s baby back ribs, 503–5

Diane Cu’s nem nuong (skewered Vietnamese meatballs), 66

George Chew’s justifiably famous ribs, 507

Hawaiian kalua, Roy Balmilero’s, 491

Ila Douglas’s corton pâté, 62

Jam Sanitchat’s satay, 63

jerked, Vernon’s, 493

kalua, lumpia, Kimee Balmilero’s, 49

Ken Bowling’s posole, 621

Lillie Louviere Delphin’s roast while you rest, 488–89

loaf, steamed, Elana Garce’s, 510–11

Maile Nguyen’s bahn xeo (Vietnamese shrimp pancake), 13–14

Max Menendez’s Mexican meatballs, 451

Michelle Comparetti Zeikert’s real Italian meatballs, 452–53

Olga Peters’s Transylvanian goulash, 455

pilau, Minorcan, Teddy Myers’s, 635

red chile, Ermita Campos’s, 508

roast, Cuban, Rita Newman’s, 490

roast, Laurent Roffe’s, 487

Rod Okuno’s green chile, 463

Saj Vang’s Hmong egg rolls, 47–48

shoulder, slow-braised, Lana Chen’s, 492

Thalia’s tamarind-chili chops, 499–500

Tony Tsujikaka’s smoked baby backs and sauerkraut, 506

see also bacon; ham; sausages

port and fig tart with rose glaze, Vivian Richardson’s, 718

posole, Ken Bowling’s, 621

potato chip cookies, Becky Herman’s, 770

potato(es):

Americo Angelo’s world-famous African chicken, 361–62

Armando and Cila Estudante’s Portuguese caldeirada, 236–37

the Bentons’ spring ham and ramp hash, 483

Bill Best’s leather britches (shuck beans), 555

Christy Spackman’s meat pie, 509

Cookie Rooney’s pesto and green bean pasta, 654

crispy, sea bass wrapped in, Daniel’s, 248–49

curry, dry, Sri Lankan, Devan Ganeshananthan’s, 600

Dominic’s Italian-American Niçoise salad, 218

garlic mashed, Michael Chu’s, 590

Henrietta Cosentino’s chard torta, 527

Isabel Morales de Dioguardi’s quinoa a la huancaina, 671

John Pull’s tater tot, 591

the Latke Lady’s latkes, 592

lemon chicken with, Mrs. Lombardo’s, 321

Leni Sorensen’s boligee, 546

Marina Markos Kluter’s Macedonian lamb, 480

Matthew Ronconi’s better than chef salad, 180–81

Michael Hogue’s tajine bil khodar (vegetable tagine), 547

Mona’s iron range pasties, 44

Noelia Rosenthal’s duck with root vegetables, 384–85

pancakes stuffed with bacon, mushrooms, and onion, Cecylia Roznowska’s, 593–94

Peter Stark’s late summer garden braise, 531

pizza (Nonna Concetta’s pizza di patate), 596

Proclamation Crew’s Brunswick stew, 370

roasted, with chestnuts and onions, Laurent Roffe’s, 597

salad, German, northern style (Helga von Schweinitz’s kartoffelsalat), 213

salad, Lee Smith’s, 211

Shem’s marinated Berkeley chips, 51

Skillet Food Truck herbed fries, 598

the Surmas’ pierogi, 42–43

sweet, pie, Rose McGee’s, 727

tortilla, Palmyra Cueva’s, 595

twice-baked truffle, Leslie Scott’s, 588–89

Vivian Richardson’s lentils and roasted vegetables, 604

poultry:

Bill Purdy’s pheasant in a blanket, 378

Donald’s hot-blooded game hens and pepper jelly, 376

Lisa Lawless’s smoked pheasant mole, 374–75

Marcel R. Escoffier’s duck breasts in curried mango sauce, 382–83

Mill Pond Plantation’s beer and bacon quail, 377

Noelia Rosenthal’s duck with root vegetables, 384–85

seasoning, 313

200 years of black duck and dumplings, 380–81

see also chicken; turkey

praline pecans, Theresa Delphin Morgan’s “Creole Gold,” 771

pralines, pecan, Mama Folse’s, 772

prunes:

bacon-roasted pork with, Ivy Henz’s, 494–95

Mame’s dried fruit and almond tart, 719

Ramin Ganeshram’s Trinidadian black cake, 784–85

puddings:

banana, Adrian Miller’s, 742

chocolate, steamed, Allyson Law Kissell’s, 809

corn, Hannah Berman’s, 558

rice, Jeanne Hodesh’s, 744

sticky toffee, Margaret Hathaway’s, 747

pumpkin:

pie, layered, Deb Sundstrom’s, 728

soup, Mavis Lowe’s West Indian, 100

quail, beer and bacon, Mill Pond Plantation’s, 377

quinoa:

-cherry pilaf, Erin Drasher’s, 672

the chile woman’s three sisters chile casserole, 609

a la huancaina, Isabel Morales de Dioguardi’s, 671

rabbit:

grilled, with parsley butter, Sebastien Bonneau’s, 467

smothered, with brown gravy and onions, Guy Hymel Jr.’s, 468

radishes, buttered, Jeff Beil’s, 533

raisins:

Anne Butler’s whiskey cake, 786

Aunt Gladys’s broccoli salad with bacon, 208

Ben Herrera Beristain’s stuffed peppers, 562–63

Carmen Johnson’s chiles rellenos, 532

Commander’s Palace bread pudding soufflé, 745–46

Holly Lane’s best cookie, 754

Jeanne Hodesh’s rice pudding, 744

Lisa Lawless’s smoked pheasant mole, 374–75

Mrs. Pfluger’s sauerbraten, 438–39

Ramin Ganeshram’s Trinidadian black cake, 784–85

Tommy Verdillo’s stuffed escarole, 560

ramp(s):

and ham hash, spring, the Bentons’, 483

and morel sauce, creamy, chicken thighs with, Ramona Padovano’s, 322–23

raspberry(ies):

Dean McCord’s four-berry cobbler, 710

frozen, pie, Ruth Eichner’s, 700

Kathy Farley’s grilled figs, 67

Nova Kim and Les Hook’s wild spring salad, 188

sorbet, Adria Shimada’s, 686

raspberry jam:

Ann Tindell’s seventeenth birthday cake with chocolate, beets, and raspberry glaze, 789

Kate Thomas’s raspberry-filled white chocolate bars, 782

LaVerne’s black raspberry bars, 781

Margit Schott’s Swedish shortbread with jam, 759

ravioli:

squash-filled, Moonstone Farm’s, 663

toasted, Rinaldo Campana’s St. Louis, 50

red snapper:

George Billiris’s tastier snapper, 264

Mrs. Fernandez’s Spanish salt fish, 266–67

Ted Williams’s Fenway chowder, 120–21

relishes:

Dave Umphress’s picalilli, 73

Maw Maw’s chow-chow, 72

zucchini, Sister Marie Antonia’s, 77

zucchini, sweet and sour, 76

rémoulade sauce, 207

rhubarb pie, Edna Lewis’s, 701

rice:

Abeer Abutaleb’s Egyptian beram ruz, 630

and beans (Claudette Eugene’s riz et pois), 641

Carmen Johnson’s chiles rellenos, 532

dirty, smoking for Jesus ministry’s, 624–25

El Tonayense chicken burrito, 367

and fish, Senegalese (Mam Mbye’s Ceebu Jen), 632–34

herbed steamed, Persian (Shanaz Haghanifar’s chelo), 631

Julie Shafer’s risotto with lemon and asparagus, 639

Lonnie Holley’s jambalaya, 626–27

Louise Etoch’s lamb-stuffed grape leaves, 46

Martina Rossi Kenworthy’s risotto al funghi porcini, 638

Mireille Fabius’s riz Djon Djon, 628

Ms. Pina’s Cape Verdean Jagacida, 640

mushroom (Lee Nakamura’s matsutake gohan), 637

pudding, Jeanne Hodesh’s, 744

red, the Geechee girl’s, 622–23

and red beans, Ann Green’s, 643–44

Regina Safdie’s Sephardic stuffed zucchini, 569

Ronnie Morris’s Kensington Plantation chicken pilau, 636

Teddy Myers’ Minorcan pork pilau, 635

with vermicelli, Armenian, Nancy Mehangian’s, 629

wild, and turkey soup, Joseph Bruchac’s, 106

wild, stuffing, mammoth zucchini “roast” with, Nancy Rigg’s, 567–68

wild and brown, salad, Rita Pelligrini’s, 642

risotto:

al funghi porcini, Martina Rossi Kenworthy’s, 638

with lemon and asparagus, Julie Shafer’s, 639

“risotto,” farro, Joseppi’s, 646

rum:

Ramin Ganeshram’s Trinidadian black cake, 784–85

-washed and marinated chicken, Andrea Hutchinson’s, 345

rutabaga(s):

Mona’s iron range pasties, 44

Rick Jarrett’s shepherd’s stew, 477

sake salmon, Dick Yoshimura’s, 292–93

salad dressings:

balsamico vinaigrette, 167

Bloodroot’s sesame and soy dressing, 170

Chris Burrill’s Meyer lemon vinaigrette, 171

Debbie Christensen’s fennel frond–yogurt dressing, 165

Debby Morse’s ranch dressing, 164

Kelly’s green goddess dressing, 163

Mr. Digg’s fine dressing, 173

Nan McEvoy’s walnut-sherry vinaigrette, 168

Rogue Creamery’s best blue cheese dressing ever, 166

Sara Carnochan’s herb salad cream, 162

shallot-thyme balsamic vinaigrette, 183

salads:

Amy’s kilt lettuce, 174

avocado, Suzuki Steinberger’s, 193

beef and watercress, Vietnamese, Chau Tran Smith’s, 222–23

beet, Cynthia Hodges’s luscious, 197

beet and corn, Katherine Dieckmann’s, 196

bread, Padma Priya Venkata’s rustic, 214

broccoli, with bacon, Aunt Gladys’s, 208

chicken, Vietnamese, Gia Ly Quach’s, 221

chipotle Caesar with tequila-cured salmon, 176–78

corn, Paula’s, 194

corn, summer, and crab, Alex Vlack’s, 195

crab, West Indies, Bill Bayley’s, 220

Drew Kime’s iceberg wedges with blue cheese and bacon, 179

Eli’s farro wheat taboule, 212

French lentil, beet, and asparagus, Erin McCleary’s, 209

goat cheese, Alice Waters’s, 184–85

Greek, Sicoutris Family’s traditional, 186

Greek orzo, Sicoutris Family’s, 187

green bean, Kalyn’s, with Greek olives and feta cheese, 191–92

green papaya, Cheng Lor’s Hmong New Year’s, 202

Heather Arndt Anderson’s celeriac rémoulade, 207

Matthew Ronconi’s better than chef, 180–81

Niçoise, Dominic’s Italian-American, 218

olive, Elizabeth Williams’s three-generation, 190

potato, German, northern style (Helga von Schweinitz’s kartoffelsalat), 213

potato, Lee Smith’s, 211

raw artichoke, 205

raw asparagus, with loquat dressing, Paula Ives’s, 189

root vegetable, marinated, Stephen’s, 206

shaking beef cobb, Rob Lamb’s, 182–83

shrimp, rémoulade, Elizabeth Pearce’s, 216

shrimp and avocado, Sakowitz’s Sky Terrace, 215

three-bean, Jeff’s special, 210

the Tipton-Martin sumi, 203

tuna, Indonesian, Kahn’s, 219

warm spinach, with fig-balsamic glaze, Haley Watkins’s, 175

watermelon, Floyd Cardoz’s, 198

wild and brown rice, Rita Pelligrini’s, 642

wild spring, Nova Kim and Les Hook’s, 188

see also slaws

salmon:

on creamy leeks, Ellen Keyes’s, 294–95

Dutch oven, in black and white, Ruth Kendrick’s winning, 409–10

pine-cured, Chan’s, 19

sake, Dick Yoshimura’s, 292–93

slow-cooked, Makah Indian, 290

tequila-cured, chipotle Caesar with, 176–78

salsas:

de tomatillo and pineapple, Martha Ojeda-Aguilar Bayer’s, 86

drunken, Rosa Ojeda Lyons, 87

el chile de Juan Siordia, 87

hot, Mercedes Ojeda Hernandez’s, 86

toasted pasilla chile and sunflower seed, Grandmother Ojeda’s, 85

tomatillo, El Tonayense Taco Trucks, 83

sambal, Azalina’s coconut, 605

sandwiches:

cucumber pudina, Roopa Unnikrishnan’s, 34

Susmita Sharma’s shami sliders, 37–38

tiny Maine lobster rolls à la Waterman’s, 35

see also burgers

satay, Jam Sanitchat’s, 63

sauces:

Bessie’s short rib ragu, 653

datil pepper, 5

flame-charred red pepper–tomato, Jesse Kelly-Landes’s, 651

hard, 809

hazelnut-cashew tarator, 41

hot fudge, Janet Cheechuck’s, 680

Mike Magnelli’s riff on Italian “gravy,” 454

modest red, Miranda Thomas’s, 12

peanut, for satay, 64

peanut caramel, salty, 681–82

Peter’s onion and mushroom gravy, 448

red chile, 8

rémoulade, 207

soy dipping, Sam’s, 283

spiced date-coriander yogurt, 41

spicy, 47–48

sweet and sour, 47–48

tartar, chipotle, Jojo Petty’s, 277

sauerkraut:

-chocolate cupcakes, Scapposse Senior Center’s, 828

Olga Peters’s Transylvanian goulash, 455

and smoked baby backs, Tony Tsujikaka’s, 506

sausages:

Alice Moreira Howe’s feijoada (Brazilian black bean stew), 606

Angelina Avellar’s Portuguese kale soup, 117

Ann Green’s red beans and rice, 643–44

Arthur Zampaglione’s polenta, 618

circa 1776 Beacon Hill chestnut stuffing, 390

Hilda Minter’s spicy escarole, 529

Leah Chase’s famous gumbo des herbes, 414–15

Lonnie Holley’s jambalaya, 626–27

Polk family black-eyed pea and mustard greens soup, 118

Ruth Fertel’s Plaquemines parish oyster dressing, 396

Teddy Myers’s Minorcan pork pilau, 635

scallops:

Boombastic’s, 245

Ted Williams’s Fenway chowder, 120–21

schnitzel with paprika cream and dumplings, Helena Litke’s, 461

schnitz pie, Elma Smucker’s, 713

sea bass:

braised, Mrs. Sun’s New Year’s, 250

Carrie Wiener’s Alsace to Mississippi white fish, 270–71

Mam Mbye’s Ceebu Jen (Senegalese fish and rice), 632–34

wrapped in crispy potato, Daniel’s, 248–49

seafood. See fish; shellfish

sesame and soy dressing, Bloodroot’s, 170

sesame seeds:

Lisa Lawless’s smoked pheasant mole, 374–75

Ruth Kendrick’s winning Dutch oven salmon in black and white, 409–10

Suzuki Steinberger’s avocado salad, 193

the Tipton-Martin sumi salad, 203

seven-minute icing, 819

7UP ham, 486

shad in green pepper sauce, Haitian, Rachele’s, 251–52

shallot:

crispy, and ricotta pasta, Betty Keller’s, 659

and lentil dumplings, spicy, Azalina Eusope’s, 605

-thyme balsamic vinaigrette, 183

shellfish:

Acadian mussels, 300

Boombastic’s scallops, 245

Debra Ramirez’s Guatemalan tapado, 238–39

K.D. Copeland-Baum’s braised Laotian fish, 232

Mike DiMuccio’s Rhode Island fried calamari, 17

Pat McQuillister’s adobong pusit (tangy Filipino squid), 286

Ted Williams’s Fenway chowder, 120–21

Xinh’s mussels in curry sauce, 299

see also clam(s); crab; lobster; oyster(s); shrimp

sherbet, strawberry buttermilk, 678

shoo-fly pie, Carol Wallace’s, 721

shortbread:

Joe Castiglione’s, 750

Swedish, with jam, Margit Schott’s, 759

shortcake, strawberry, Dean McCord’s, 702

shrimp:

Anthony “Tadon” Miletello’s stuffed mirliton, 561

and avocado salad, Sakowitz’s Sky Terrace, 215

barbecued, the one and only, ever-evolving, legendary, 261–62

Cecil Lapeyrouse’s corn maque choux soup, 138–39

Creole, 259–60

Debra Ramirez’s Guatemalan tapado, 238–39

dip, the Piping and Marching Society of Lower Chalmers Street, 60

Karen Stevenson’s cioppino, 287

Lonnie Holley’s jambalaya, 626–27

Maile Nguyen’s bahn xeo (Vietnamese shrimp pancake), 13–14

Mary Shaw’s vacant lot tomato dinner, 537

Saigon-Biloxi, Peter’s, 263

salad rémoulade, Elizabeth Pearce’s, 216

Teddy Myers’s Minorcan pork pilau, 635

Vispal’s crab dumpling and rice vermicelli soup, 122

slaws:

fennel, with orange, cumin, and chilies, Gena Caldrone Tsongas’s, 204

red, Dan Huntley’s, 200

Sharon Capp’s classic coleslaw, 201

sliders, shami, Susmita Sharma’s, 37–38

snapper. See red snapper

sorbet, raspberry, Adria Shimada’s, 686

soufflé, bread pudding, Commander’s Palace, 745–46

soups:

almond-flour “matzo” balls, 108

asparagus, Luke Pyenson’s, 124

avocado, cold, Joan Churchill’s, 126

Barbara Tropp’s Chinese chicken broth, 102

bean, John Coykendal’s filibuster, 115–16

beef and barley, Sharon Martinelli’s Italian, 95

beef vegetable, baked, Aunt Tati’s, 96–97

black-eyed pea and mustard greens, Polk family, 118

Carolyn Young’s chestnut bisque, 140

chicken noodle, Marianne Faso’s, 104–5

corn maque choux, Cecil Lapeyrouse’s, 138–39

crab dumpling and rice vermicelli, Vispal’s, 122

Danny’s spring chicken and dill noodles, 314–15

Dick Bridges’s lobster chowder, 229

fava bean, chilled, with mint and lemon oil, Linda Hillel’s, 127

fresh pea, Véronique Nguyen’s cold and frothy, 125

garlic, for gringos, Dan Ansotegui’s Basque, 112

green wheat kernel (Pamela Gurock’s gruenkern soup), 101

hot and sour, Faith Kramer’s, 103

John Cope’s dried corn chowder, 136–37

kale, Angelina Avellar’s Portuguese, 117

Katarina Longhofer’s chicken and butterballs, 368–69

Kate’s compost social, 132

Mrs. Nguyen’s America the beautiful pho, 91–93

mushroom, Fayrene Sherritt’s Hungarian, 135

Olga Napolilii’s borscht, 94

peanut, Kavanah Ramsier’s tidewater, 114

Persian meatball (Mrs. Hassid’s gundi), 110

Persian noodle (Homa Movafaghi’s ashe reshteh), 98–99

pumpkin, Mavis Lowe’s West Indian, 100

Rayna Green’s barbecued matzo balls, 109

red lentil, Leila Abu-Saba’s Egyptian, 119

spring beach, Alix Shulman’s, 123

Ted Williams’s Fenway chowder, 120–21

tomato, Rita Nader Heikenfeld’s approximately Campbell’s, 129

tortilla-lime, Simca Horowitz’s, 111

Valeria Ponte’s white minestrone, 134

vegetable, Hal & Mal’s, 113

vermicelli, with chard (Isabel Caudillo’s fideo), 130–31

wedding, Rosalie Harpole’s, 107

wild rice and turkey, Joseph Bruchac’s, 106

see also stews

soy dipping sauce, Sam’s, 283

spice mixes:

Cajun fish rub, 242

Gabe’s spicy fish rub, 241

poultry seasoning, 313

spinach:

after the spinach festival, Jill Wendholt Silva’s, 521

Erin Drasher’s quinoa-cherry pilaf, 672

German-style, Marge Klindera’s, 520

Mama Fresina’s lasagna, 664–65

oysters Rockefeller-style, 21

Peter Stark’s late summer garden braise, 531

salad, warm, with fig-balsamic glaze, Haley Watkins’s, 175

spoonbread, rich, Kay Rentschler’s, 614

spreads:

Ila Douglas’s corton pâté, 62

Molly’s be-still-my-heart chopped chicken liver, 61

squash:

acorn, apple-baked, Dena Young’s, 587

Anthony “Tadon” Miletello’s stuffed mirliton, 561

casserole, Southern, Maureen Walther’s, 536

the chile woman’s three sisters chile casserole, 609

Deb Sundstrom’s layered pumpkin pie, 728

-filled ravioli, Moonstone Farm’s, 663

green chili cholent, 406–8

Joseppi’s farro “risotto,” 646

molten, tian, Joann Calhoon’s, 586

Norma Naranjo’s tamales, 6–8

summer, salted, Maya Lachlan’s, 535

Valeria Ponte’s white minestrone, 134

Vuth Ouk’s samlor kor ko (Khmer vegetable ragout), 571

yellow, and tomatoes, brick chicken with, Zach and Clay’s, 342

see also pumpkin; zucchini

squid:

Debra Ramirez’s Guatemalan tapado, 238–39

Filipino, tangy (Pat McQuillister’s adobong pusit), 286

Mike DiMuccio’s Rhode Island fried calamari, 17

stews:

Armando and Cila Estudante’s Portuguese caldeirada, 236–37

black bean, Brazilian (Alice Moreira Howe’s feijoada), 606

Brunswick, Proclamation Crew’s, 370

chicken, Persian (Mahin Rajabi’s khoreshte fesenjan), 357

chicken and artichoke, Greek, with avgolemono, 318–19

chicken and green chile, Southwest, Mika Garnett’s, 328

Debra Ramirez’s Guatemalan tapado, 238–39

eggplant, Persian (Mitra Stricklen’s khoresht bademjoon), 548

green chili cholent, 406–8

Gwen Tabor’s African lamb tagine with sweet tomato jam, 478

Karen Stevenson’s cioppino, 287

Ken Bowling’s posole, 621

Mico and Josip Jakšic’s Croatian venison gulaš, 471

Olga Peters’s Transylvanian goulash, 455

rooster, Bubba Frey’s famous, 371–72

shepherd’s, Rick Jarrett’s, 477

sticky toffee pudding, Margaret Hathaway’s, 747

strawberry(ies):

buttermilk sherbet, 678

Dean McCord’s four-berry cobbler, 710

shortcake, Dean McCord’s, 702

striped bass:

alla vassa, Joseph Agresta’s, 246

Armando and Cila Estudante’s Portuguese caldeirada, 236–37

Bluegrass bass with Kentucky caviar, 273

strudel, apple, Thelma Levenberg’s, 714

stuffings and dressings:

cayenne cornbread dressing, 395

circa 1776 Beacon Hill chestnut stuffing, 390

Mollie Shimelovich Chester’s turkey stuffing, 391

Ruth Fertel’s Plaquemines parish oyster dressing, 396

sturgeon, roasted lemon, Pat Densmore’s, 280

sunflower seed and toasted pasilla chile salsa, Grandmother Ojeda’s, 85

sweet potato(es):

Michael Hogue’s tajine bil khodar (vegetable tagine), 547

pie, Rose McGee’s, 727

swordfish:

macadamia-crusted, Dallyn Leiniani Duggan’s, 281

rolls, Annette Di Nunzio’s, 282

taboule, Eli’s farro wheat, 212

tacos, Swiss chard (Melissa Guerra’s tacos de acelgas), 528

tagines:

lamb, with sweet tomato jam, African, Gwen Tabor’s, 478

vegetable (Michael Hogue’s tajine bil khodar), 547

tamales, Norma Naranjo’s, 6–8

tamale-stuffed turkey, Texas, Francis Butler’s, 392

tamarind-chili chops, Thalia’s, 499–500

tangerine, Pixie, cookies, Anne Friend Thacher’s, 764

tarts:

apple, the Brack family shoebox, 724–25

Bananas Foster, Haley Scott’s, 737

caramelized onion and feta, Georgie’s little, 27

dried fruit and almond, Mame’s, 719

fig and port, with rose glaze, Vivian Richardson’s, 718

Katherine Thundercloud’s tundra picker’s, 572

Maggi Smith Hall’s Minorcan fromajardis, 4–5

mascarpone-plum, with oat crust, Elizabeth Miller’s, 707

tea-brined batter-fried picnic chicken, lackberry Farm’s, 332

tequila-cured salmon, chipotle Caesar with, 176–78

tofu:

Faith Kramer’s hot and sour soup, 103

Jam Sanitchat’s satay, 63

Mr. Zanger’s vegetarian chili, 544–45

Roli Khare’s nouveau saag paneer, 522

Susan Shirk’s turkey mapo doufu, 397

tomatillo(s):

el chile de Juan Siordia, 87

Lisa Lawless’s smoked pheasant mole, 374–75

and pineapple salsa, Martha Ojeda-Aguilar Bayer’s, 86

salsa, El Tonayense Taco Trucks, 83

tomato(es):

Alex Vlack’s summer corn and crab salad, 195

The Alvarezes’ pollo criollo (home-style chicken), 356

Annette Di Nunzio’s swordfish rolls, 282

Ari Feyda’s Egyptian seder peppers, 566

Arthur Zampaglione’s polenta, 618

Barbara Rush’s zucchini casserole, 564

-braised artichoke hearts, Grace Brucato’s, 553

Carmen Johnson’s chiles rellenos, 532

creamed, with biscuits, the Davis family’s, 539

Creole shrimp, 259–60

datil pepper sauce, 5

Dave Umphress’s picalilli, 73

dinner, Mary Shaw’s vacant lot, 537

el chile de Juan Siordia, 87

Eli’s farro wheat taboule, 212

–flame-charred red pepper sauce, Jesse Kelly-Landes’s, 651

fried, Bernie’s peelers with, 253

goat cheese, and arugula, chicken paillards with, Cat Sentz’s, 330

Grandmother Ojeda’s toasted pasilla chile and sunflower seed salsa, 85

green, pickles, two sisters’, 71

green, pie, Miss Jeanie’s, 538

Isabel Caudillo’s fideo (vermicelli soup with chard), 130–31

jam, sweet, African lamb tagine with, Gwen Tabor’s, 478

kachumbari (Kenyan coleslaw), 74

Kalyn’s green bean salad with Greek olives and feta cheese, 191–92

Karen Stevenson’s cioppino, 287

Kurt Spiridakis’s oven-roasted eggplant, 543

Leni Sorensen’s boligee, 546

Maw Maw’s chow-chow, 72

Melissa Guerra’s tacos de acelgas (Swiss chard tacos), 528

Mercedes Ojeda Hernandez’s hot salsa, 86

Miranda Thomas’s modest red sauce, 12

Mrs. Batali’s guinea hen cacciatore, 373

Mrs. Fernandez’s Spanish salt fish, 266–67

not Uncle Rocco’s tuna, 284–85

Padma Priya Venkata’s rustic bread salad, 214

and peas pasta, fresh, Barbara Urban’s, 657

Rosa Ojeda Lyons drunken salsa, 87

Simca Horowitz’s tortilla-lime soup, 111

slow-roasted, 192

soup, Rita Nader Heikenfeld’s approximately Campbell’s, 129

Teddy Myers’s Minorcan pork pilau, 635

Sicoutris Family’s Greek orzo salad, 187

Sicoutris Family’s traditional Greek salad, 186

Vito Zingarelli’s remarkable peasant pasta, 649–50

and yellow squash, brick chicken with, Zach and Clay’s, 342

torta, chard, Henrietta Cosentino’s, 527

tortilla, potato, Palmyra Cueva’s, 595

tortilla(s):

El Tonayense chicken burrito, 367

Kiko Guerra’s norteño fajita, 424–25

-lime soup, Simca Horowitz’s, 111

Melissa Guerra’s tacos de acelgas (Swiss chard tacos), 528

Pat Atteberry’s King Ranch chicken, 351–52

trout, campfire, Jodi Fouch’s, 269

truffle potato, twice-baked, Leslie Scott’s, 588–89

tuna:

Dominic’s Italian-American Niçoise salad, 218

loin, Sichuan, Sam Popkin’s, 283

not Uncle Rocco’s, 284–85

salad, Indonesian, Kahn’s, 219

turkey:

cider-brined grilled, Dr. Starkloff’s, 393

deep-fried, Cajun, Janet Trent’s award-winning, 394–95

mapo doufu, Susan Shirk’s, 397

Mrs. Hassid’s gundi (Persian meatball soup), 110

Regina Safdie’s Sephardic stuffed zucchini, 569

roast, modern, Kathleen Curtin’s, 387–88

tamale-stuffed, Texas, Francis Butler’s, 392

wild, buttermilk-marinated, Aunt Vestula’s, 389

and wild rice soup, Joseph Bruchac’s, 106

turnips:

Michael Hogue’s tajine bil khodar (vegetable tagine), 547

Stephen’s marinated root vegetable salad, 206

Vivian Richardson’s lentils and roasted vegetables, 604

tzatziki dip, Ourania Kallas’s Yia Yia’s weekend, 54

vanilla:

ice cream, Thomas Jefferson’s, 676

icing, 827

varnishkes, kasha, Janet Crain’s, 673

veal:

Anne Rosenzweig’s old-fashioned meat-and-rice loaf, 449

Arthur Zampaglione’s polenta, 618

Helena Litke’s schnitzel with paprika cream and dumplings, 461

Michelle Comparetti Zeikert’s real Italian meatballs, 452–53

Milanese, Mamie Meyer’s, 460

Mr. Meatloaf’s personal favorite, 447

Mrs. Hassid’s gundi (Persian meatball soup), 110

vegetable(s):

beef soup, baked, Aunt Tati’s, 96–97

lasagna, Linda Fresina’s, 666–67

Pech Khunn’s spring pot au feu, 316–17

ragout, Khmer (Vuth Ouk’s samlor kor ko), 571

root, marinated, salad, Stephen’s, 206

soup, Hal & Mal’s, 113

summer, charlotte, Allen Achterberg’s, 540–41

tagine (Michael Hogue’s tajine bil khodar), 547

Valeria Ponte’s white minestrone, 134

see also specific vegetables

venison:

gulaš, Croatian, Mico and Josip Jakšic’s, 471

loin with savory wine sauce, bow hunter’s, 469–70

vinaigrettes:

balsamico, 167

Meyer lemon, Chris Burrill’s, 171

shallot-thyme balsamic, 183

walnut-sherry, Nan McEvoy’s, 168

vinegar and butter crust, Brenda Harmon’s, 695

walnut(s):

Ben Herrera Beristain’s stuffed peppers, 562–63

Carmen Johnson’s chiles rellenos, 532

cookies, Greek (Peggy McClanathan’s melomakarona), 768

Cynthia Godby McGuiness’s crumbly top crust for pies or cobblers, 698

Dolly’s butterballs, 762

Farideh Khoury’s muhammara, 57

Gaynelle Tillet’s fig cake, 787–88

Hertha Gall’s chocolate mint bar brownies, 777

Mahin Rajabi’s khoreshte fesenjan (Persian chicken stew), 357

Mary Hill’s Mississippi mud cake, 805

Mrs. Vala’s poppy seed torte, 794–95

Tomas Obraitis’s Armenian mackerels, 247

Tommy Verdillo’s stuffed escarole, 560

watercress:

and beef salad, Vietnamese, Chau Tran Smith’s, 222–23

Nova Kim and Les Hook’s wild spring salad, 188

watermelon salad, Floyd Cardoz’s, 198

whiskey cake, Anne Butler’s, 786

white chocolate bars, raspberry-filled, Kate Thomas’s, 782

whoopie pie, real Downeast, 803–4

wild rice:

and brown rice salad, Rita Pelligrini’s, 642

stuffing, mammoth zucchini “roast” with, Nancy Rigg’s, 567–68

and turkey soup, Joseph Bruchac’s, 106

yogurt:

blood orange cake, Kristen Hortenbach’s, 820

–fennel frond dressing, Debbie Christensen’s, 165

Ourania Kallas’s Yia Yia’s weekend tzatziki dip, 54

spiced date-coriander, 41

Susmita Sharma’s shami sliders, 37–38

zucchini:

Allen Achterberg’s summer vegetable charlotte, 540–41

casserole, Barbara Rush’s, 564

Dalia’s Israeli couscous, 647

Didi Rea’s favorite pasta, 656

Linda Fresina’s vegetable lasagna, 666–67

mammoth, “roast” with wild rice stuffing, Nancy Rigg’s, 567–68

Norma Naranjo’s tamales, 6–8

Peter Stark’s late summer garden braise, 531

relish, Sister Marie Antonia’s, 77

relish, sweet and sour, 76

roasted, Provençal, Jasmin Evans’s, 534

Sephardic stuffed, Regina Safdie’s, 569

Valeria Ponte’s white minestrone, 134