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In addition to looking at the color of the liquid butter as it cooks, keep your eyes trained on the solids; the butter is ready when the bits are very dark brown. Serve on Vivian Howard's Roast Oysters.

A cooling and crunchy green version of the typical tomato-based salsa.

Showstoppers like this don’t come easy. Here’s the strategy: Blind bake the crust on Day 1; fill and bake on Day 2; and assemble on Day 3.

Looks like a perfectly innocent bowl of apricot jam, burns like a bright and fruity pepper jelly.

A crunchy, salty salad that proves (once again!) that it’s worth having a mandoline slicer.

If we had to give this salsa a heat index rating, it would get three out of five chiles.

This all-in-one brunch dish is both luxurious to eat and easy to make.

Attention: This is not a smoothie, but you can have it for breakfast if you want.

This super-flavorful drink, also known as golden milk, is a sweeter, dairy-free take on traditional Indian Haldi Doodh (Turmeric Milk).

These sweet pierogies help balance out the savory fillings from Kielbasa, Sauerkrat, and Potato Pierogies, Beef, Onion, and Cheddar Pierogies, and Bacon, Mushroom, and Spinach Pierogies, making them perfect for any pierogi party.

Avoid soggy, gray, rubbery mushrooms by avoiding these common mistakes. Crispy and golden 'shrooms, here you come!

This spring salad can be made with pretty much any grain and firm grating cheese you like.

Hillstone’s signature slaw is made with the restaurant’s own pickle relish, which can be purchased at any of its locations, but it’ll work with a store-bought brand.

Use the brine as liquid for vinaigrettes. Add the chopped garlic to salads, potatoes, pesto, or schmear it onto sandwiches.

Available in the spring, green garlic is somewhat less intense than grown-up garlic, but still very pungent and extra-juicy. The dairy fat and tang of the labneh provide cooling balance.

Fat asparagus stalks won’t fall through the grill grates—and they can char without becoming soft and stringy.

Fava beans most likely require a trip to a farmers’ market and take a while to peel. Sugar snap peas cut into bite-size pieces are a fine alternative.

The pungent garlic notes in ramps make them the perfect accompaniment for any pasta dish.

Spring onions are a young allium with a tiny bulb and a tender stalk. After caramelizing, use the leftover oil for bread dipping.

Ultrarich and almost custardy in the middle, this is the kind of appetizer you should serve before a dinner of celery sticks.

Soaking the onion slices in ice water rids them of their sulfury smell and firms them up.

Blister leeks to transform the crunchy, spicy veggie into something soft and smoky.

When matzo meets kimchi pancakes: a love story.