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To make the breadcrumbs, tear up a day-old baguette or some crusty country bread and pulse it in a food processor until the crumbs are coarse. If you end up with more than you need, freeze the surplus in an airtight container.

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.

Bake this festive spice cake in your favorite Bundt pan or pudding bowl, or feel free to use an 8" springform pan. You can top the cake with Luscious Chocolate Icing (see recipe) or simply dust it with powdered sugar.

Use good butter, fresh crabmeat, and Meyer lemons and this simple spread will really sing. Can't find Meyer lemons? Substitute 2 Tbsp. juice and 1-2 tsp. zest from a regular lemon instead.

A classic twist on your basic meat-and-potatoes meal, chicken sausages and squash keep things healthy.

Score the chicken thighs to deliver more spice and flavor to the meat and encourage quicker cooking.

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.

This Asian-inspired broccoli beef recipe will make you forget all about that takeout menu.

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

Serve this fragrant, Indian-inspired side dish with all things chicken.

A great spread alternative to hummus (and a fixture with crudités or on sandwiches in the BA Test Kitchen). French green lentils work best here, but the most important ingredient of the recipe is top-quality extra-virgin olive oil.

Chef Raymond Vandergaag dresses up this pistachio cake recipe with whipped cream and truffled honey, an unnecessary but welcome gilding of the lily.

If you have a juicer at home, by all means use it, but good store-bought 100 percent carrot juice will work just as well here.

Marinate thinly-sliced mushrooms to create a simple, fresh salad.

Server our tangy buttermilk green goddess dressing recipe with crudités, poached shrimp, or over butter lettuce.