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Everything in this dinner (including the eggs!) cooks together in one steamer insert.

Nigerian peppersoup should be fiery hot with rich flavor—while the traditional spices can be hard to find in the U.S., this recipe approximates the taste with a few more readily available substitutes.

In this salad, the color palette—pale whites and browns—may leave something to be desired, but the gorgeous medley of textures and very complementary flavors makes up for it. This is an attractive one to serve for a dinner party.

This may sound like some ancient Alpine classic, but it's rather more modern than you'd expect.

This simple appetizer is a hit every time due in large part to the vast appeal of warm cheesy things.

This is a quick summer dish that capitalizes on juicy tomatoes and requires the stove to be turned on for just a few minutes.

Seasoned with a spice mix of ground peanuts, cayenne, and ginger, these skewers are most often served with shaved onions and sliced tomato, here a tomato-cream dipping sauce quells the fiery heat.

Egusi seeds—the large seeds of an African melon—are toasted and ground to thicken this popular Nirgerian stew.

This gin cocktail is essentially an Aviation with orange bitters instead of Crème de violette.

Old Bay Seasoning is the brand name of a blend of herbs and spices produced in Maryland by McCormick & Co. You can make a homemade version of Old Bay by following this recipe.

Eggs provide all the protein and fat that a dumpling demands. 

This crispy-crunchy-salty mix gets its green hue from a blend of ground seaweed snacks, dried dill, and lime zest. The seasoning of garlic powder, cayenne, salt, and sugar rounds it all out.

This dumpling combines lamb with delicate green summer squash, which brings a surprising freshness to the filling.

Use this easy dumpling dough with any filling you like, or add some puréed vegetables to the dough for colored dumpling skins.

A frozen Negroni, no slushy machine required. 

It’s a humble combination of two everyday ingredients, but Kiribath has enormous significance in Sri Lanka—it’s cooked by the Sinhalese to mark the new year in April, and on other special occasions that celebrate new beginnings.