Alex Lau
Feel free to use whatever fresh chile you can find, but remember that this sauce from Yemen, known as zhug, is supposed to pack some heat. You can use this sauce with sandwiches, over grilled meats, or as a topping for veggies.
A homemade black bean sauce is better than anything you can find in the grocery store. Plus, the 15-minute dinner you can make with it.
Silky Japanese eggplant and fiery serrano chile unite in this no-fuss frittata that’s brunch-ready, dinner-worthy, and wildly good.
A steak dinner that’s more about the sauce than the meat.
An accidental recipe (sbagliatio means mistaken in Italian) yields a delicious herby tahini dressing that is excellent poured over lightly blanched green beans.
Warming harissa and cinnamon, briny olives, and sweet dried fruit make up the flavorful base for this weeknight-friendly take on tagine.
Store-bought dumplings, fresh tomatoes, butter, and soy sauce simmer away for dinner in a flash.
This riff on çılbır marries garlicky yogurt, fried eggs, and spiced butter with summer tomatoes.
Sour cream scones get treated to a cinnamon-sugar swirl and crunchy streusel crown.