Simple Cooking

Easier to make than the beef version, chicken pho requires fewer ingredients and takes less finesse for superlative results.

How to prevent tofu from being bland? Toss it in a robust, spicy, salty, and deeply seasoned marinade.

Somewhere between a fudgy chocolate truffle and a Tootsie Roll is the Brazilian confection known as the brigadeiro.

Snow peas and water chestnuts add a fresh crunch to these tasty dumplings

A tangy dish full of zing. The thyme adds deep flavour and the roasties give real crunch.

A combination made in healthy-foodie heaven, this will be sure to satisfy you first thing in the morning!

Serve this lightly spiced, last-minute bean dip with tortilla chips and watch it disappear before half-time.

Sweet, spicy, and refreshing all in one, this crisp cabbage side dish is a great way to get out of a steamed-broccoli rut.

This rum-spiked hot toddy is infused with fiery black pepper, revitalizing cinnamon, and cleansing cardamom to cure the winter blues.

A specialty of Kerala, this simple, spiced-up stir-fry makes for a quick, hearty dinner.

This 22-minute South Indian-inspired chicken dinner is based on takeout versions served at Manhattan's Curry Row. 

This classic Japanese soup is both nourishing and comforting—just the thing for those midwinter blues.

Spicy, honey-glazed figs and creamy goat cheese are baked in puff pastry in this fun vegetarian play on pigs-in-a-blanket.

Complete your Super Bowl snacking lineup with this addictive five-cheese version of the classic Southern spread.

These cumin-spiced chicken thighs and roasted potatoes are balanced by a zippy, jalapeño-spiked alternative to coleslaw.

This sharable cookie has all the flavors of a latte. And chocolate. Lots of hot, melting milk chocolate.

A whole chicken, poached in a ginger and anise–scented soy broth, is a popular dish served at Chinese New Year celebrations.

Here, fresh shrimp gets gently poached in herb-laced coconut milk. The spicing is subtle, so as not to obstruct the milk’s sweet flavor.

Cumin and turmeric give this 30-minute vegetarian stew smoky, warming flavor and vibrant, soul-satisfying color.

Frying the paneer in a little oil before stirring it through the masala not only makes it crispy—it also adds loads of flavor.