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This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Market tip: All rainbow trout sold in markets are sustainably farm-raised.

Serve with: Buttered noodles and steamed Swiss chard. Dessert: A bakery Linzertorte.

This recipe is an accompaniment for Pistachio Blancmanges . Active time: 20 min Start to finish: 1 hr

A refined version of a New Orleans classic. Ask the butcher to remove the backbone and quarter the duck.

A hearty combination of textures and flavors.

This would also be terrific over ice cream.

Blood oranges have red flesh and sweet-tart juice. They're available at farmers' markets and, increasingly, at supermarkets. This syrup would also be good over waffles.

Surprise — a bit of ketchup helps the sweet and tart flavors blend. Make this up to three days ahead.

If you can't find fresh fava beans, use edamame (fresh green soybeans in the pod). You'll need to buy two pounds to yield the 3/4 cup for the recipe; do not peel. What to drink: Sauvignon Blanc or a dry Spanish white made from Albariño grapes.

When WABC-TV visited gourmet's test kitchens several months ago, the cameraman, Fred Mason of Teaneck, New Jersey, said we had to try his Bermuda fish chowder. He usually makes it for a crowd—you should double the recipe if you want to serve this robust fish stew at a party. Though cooking seafood for a long time may seem unusual, it is traditional for a Bermuda-style chowder, and we think you'll agree with Mason (and with us) that this chowder is first-rate. The special pepper sauce that completes the dish will transport you to the island. In Bermuda, fish chowder is spiked with local rum—usually Gosling's Black Seal. And the finishing touch is Sherry pepper sauce, a Bermudian condiment. Active time: 40 min Start to finish: 2 1/2 hr

This recipe is an accompaniment for Old-Fashioned Potato Salad.

In this recipe, a casserole dish stands in for the traditional tagine. Serve with couscous or an Israeli salad of tomato, cucumber, and sweet onion.

This soft polenta is good topped with parmesan and fresh thyme and rosemary.