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This spaghetti with fennel and sardines turns a few simple pantry ingredients into a rustic seafood feast.

Creamy butter beans turn this dish of sesame broccoli into a hearty one-bowl meal, though you could leave out the beans and serve the tofu and broccoli with rice.

With lemon juice, gin, and sparkling wine, the French 75 makes any cocktail hour feel like a special occasion.

This make-ahead Sicilian dish makes a great party appetizer, but you can also eat it all by yourself with a few slices of crusty bread.

In addition to potatoes, this creamy springtime side dish is made with lightly simmered rhubarb.

Turmeric gives this rice its vivid color and earthy flavor.

Cut to look like cucumber spears, zucchini makes terrific pickles.

With a no-frills ingredient list and a cook time that comes in under an hour, this spiced coconut lentil soup is simple and unfailingly forgiving.

Dry-roasting the lentils before cooking gives the dish a wonderful smoky, earthy fragrance.

Poach perfect eggs in saucy, tomatoey shakshuka with this recipe from chef and cookbook author Einat Admony. It’s the ultimate all-purpose meal.

Cooking the polenta covered allows condensation to build up, eliminating the need for constant stirring.

This hearty black bean soup gets lots of heat and flavor from a purée of chipotle peppers and garlic.

Lima, or sweet limes, are the key to the citrus flavor of sopa de lima Yucateca, but bitter orange also works well in this Mexican soup.

Caldo de camarón is a classic cantina dish, offered two ways, on its own or with the vegetables and shrimp.

Sopa de fideo is one of the most traditional soups in Mexico, and is usually part of the midday meal in households and in small family restaurants.

Garnishes make tortilla soup special (and famous)—top each bowl of sopa de tortilla with a combination of crispy tortillas and creamy avocado chunks.

There are as many version of lentil soup as there are days of the year—this Sopa de Lentejas recipe features diced carrots and celery.

When you are sick or under the weather, this Mexican chicken soup called caldo de pollo can lift up your spirits like few foods can.

This tonkotsu ramen recipe is time-consuming but worth the effort—both the stock and the marinade can be made a day in advance.

Japanese cuisine tends to be mild on the whole, but this noodle soup, piri kara soba, has a real kick to it.