Vegetarian

This recipe makes more pesto than you'll need. Serve the extra with vegetables or fish, or spread it on sandwiches.

There's so much more to leafy greens than lettuce. In this no-lettuce recipe, greens are tossed with a light vinaigrette and spooned over sliced stone fruit, nuts, and blue cheese.

Double-frying is the trick to these creamy-on-the-inside, crisp-on-the-outside potatoes. The first low-temperature fry gently cooks the potatoes through. The second dip in hotter oil browns them and crisps the outside.

Sometimes all it takes are three ingredients to kick off a party.

Use this dressing to punch up sturdy greens such as escarole or radicchio.

Do it right and you'll get a just-set white and a wonderfully creamy, bright-yellow yolk. It's just the thing to add heft to salads, to devil, to savor unadorned.

Drizzle this gingery-sweet beauty over crisp lettuces, avocado, grain salads, or grilled tofu.