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Serve this icing spooned over cake or ice cream.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

In Rome, chef Barbara Lynch ate the perfect carbonara: The sauce was bright yellow from fresh eggs, and each rigatoni hid cubes of fatty guanciale. This is her recipe.

Toss with spinach, escarole, or kale, or spoon over pork chops.

This assertive dressing loves hearty greens, plus chicken, steak, and lamb.

Parsley can reinvigorate your cooking--and your health.

In this aioli recipe by L.A. chef Suzanne Goin, she provides this tip: "Add a thin drizzle of oil and whisk like crazy."

We consulted the perfectionists at Thomas Keller's Per Se in New York, where chef de cuisine Eli Kaimeh gave us his number-one piece of advice (and recipe) for the perfect poached egg: Start with a fresh egg. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.

These scrambled eggs bear little resemblance to the rubbery ones dished up by short-order cooks.

A little bit of bacon and a handful of raisins add a smoky sweetness that balances the slightly bitter flavor of the little cabbages.

Looking for a go-to recipe for chocolate chip cookies? Try this one on for size.