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This slow-simmered Southern classic uses just six ingredients (including water) to create rich, timeless flavor. 

When well made, béchamel has a proper place in homey, creamed dishes, often making leftovers stretch or giving cooked foods new life.

Finely ground walnuts turn into the creamiest (but cream-free) sauce you’ve ever had, seasoned with garlic, cinnamon, and blue fenugreek.

This comforting, savory rice porridge is the ideal day-after-Thanksgiving dish.

Known as gbẹ̀gìrì in Yorùbá and miyan wakye in Hausa, this bean soup delights in its simplicity, and it’s often served as a trio of multicolored complements.

Steamed, mashed, and puréed yams are the base for this silky soup, which is served with large poached prawns.

The best part of this rich, savory turkey stock? You don’t need a leftover turkey to make it.

In this Lyonnaise potatoes recipe, Yukon Golds are sliced, browned in butter, tossed with caramelized onions, and showered with chopped parsley.

These rich and tender matzo balls are cooked in homemade chicken stock that’s perfumed with parsnips, turnips, dill, and star anise.

Luminously orange, topped with evaporated milk, and light as a feather, mango pudding is a star of the dim sum dessert trolley for good reason.

Think of this porridge as an oat-based version of congee or jook that can be thrown together quickly and topped with an egg, avocado, or kimchi.

Having a dependable turkey chili recipe in your culinary repertoire means that a hearty, crowd-pleasing weeknight dinner is never far from reach.

Transform your orchard or farmers market haul into a spiced applesauce you’ll want to eat by the bowlful.

This old-fashioned recipe is simple and memorable; the secret is starting with fresh, juicy corn on the cob.

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

This easy chocolate pie recipe is a dream: creamy chocolate custard piled into a chocolate cookie crust and topped with whipped cream.

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.