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Grilled Salt and Pepper Black Bass with Curry Verde

Two tips for grilling whole fish like a pro: Use two large metal spatulas to make turning it a lot easier, and season the entire fish-we're talking head to tail and inside and out.

Author: Andy Baraghani

Raw Tomatillo Salsa

Author: Deborah Schneider

Tangy Beet Cashew Dressing with Chile

In Amy Chaplin's salads, the vegetables are in the dressing. This is just one version of the raw beet dressings from her book Whole Food Cooking Every Day, where she combines sweet beets with cashew butter...

Author: Amy Chaplin

Serrano Salsa

Author: Ivy Stark

Glazed Leeks With Pine Nut Salsa Verde

It's ideal to serve these leeks warm (the smell just out of the oven is amazing), but they can also be made a few hours ahead and served at room temperature.

Author: Andy Baraghani

Steamed Black Cod with Soy Chile Sauce

Author: Bon Appétit Test Kitchen

Shawarma Spiced Braised Leg of Lamb

This Flintstonian cut is impressive, and the bone lends flavor as the meat braises. But if you prefer, a boneless tied leg of lamb is a little more manageable and cooks more quickly.

Author: Jon Shook

Braised Chile Marmalade Duck Legs With Brussels Sprouts

Simmer duck legs in a chile-infused, maramalade-based braise until tender, then reduce the sauce to a sticky-rich lacquer to glaze over the crisp skin.

Author: Christian Reynoso

Homemade Chili Powder

Author: Robb Walsh

Coconut Chicken Soup

Author: Clifford A. Wright

Hasselback Butternut Squash With Bay Leaves

For this holiday-worthy recipe, roasting the butternut with several bay leaves slipped between the slices results in a subtle aromatic backdrop for the chile glaze.

Author: Ann Redding

Wood Ear and Cilantro Salad

You need a bigger bowl and more water than you might think to rehydrate wood ear mushrooms-they nearly triple in size.

Author: Lisa Cheng Smith

Tom Yum

Author: Jeremy A. Safron

Spicy Tahini Sauce

Author: Suzanne Husseini

Kohlrabi Pickles With Chile Oil

Kohlrabi has a muted flavor and crunchy texture similar to a broccoli stem, which is something to keep in mind for this pickles recipe.

Author: Andy Baraghani

Tajín Seasoned Vegetable Spears

This recipe for raw vegetables is the only conscionable thing you can serve right before sitting down to a heavier meal.

Author: Claire Saffitz

The Tostada That Wants to Be a Memela

Memelas are ubiquitous in Oaxaca, where they're made with fresh masa dough. Since finding similar masa in the U.S. is hit or miss, we call for fresh corn tortillas, which technically makes this a tostada,...

Cornmeal Bao With Turkey and Black Pepper Sauce

These pillowy steamed buns are delicious in all the same ways as Parker House rolls, with the sweet flavor of cornmeal.

Author: Josh Walker

Jerk Spiced Duck

Bathe duck in a spiced (nutmeg, allspice) and spicy (habanero) marinade, stick it in the oven, ignore it for five hours, then serve it with fixings for build-it-yourself tacos.

Author: Chris Morocco

Pico de Gallo Verde

The lime juice and oil will keep the avocado from turning brown, but it's a good idea to make this pico de gallo recipe right before you serve it.

Author: Andy Baraghani

Smashed Cucumber Salad with Hot Vinegar

Cucumbers are practically all water, so you gotta dress them like you mean it. This hot, sweet, and tart dressing will have them covered.

Author: Chris Morocco

Scrunched Cabbage Salad with Grapefruit and Chiles

Not just for slaw, cabbage is a snappy base that can handle lots of refreshing acidity-in this case from torn grapefruit and hot-and-sour chiles-without withering.

Author: Molly Baz

Marinated Croaker Collars With Citrus and Green Mango Salad

I love to cook with ingredients that might otherwise be discarded, like fish collars. If you're tempted to treat them as scraps, please don't throw them away or use them merely for a stock. They're delicious...

Author: Marcus Samuelsson

Chili Crab

Author: Hinnerk von Bargen

Spicy Confit Chiles

Chop these Calabrian-style chiles into pasta sauce or sprinkle onto pizza.

Author: Chris Morocco

Roasted Winter Squash With Kale Pipian

This bright green style of mole is made by blending pumpkin seeds into a smooth paste (kind of like how pine nuts work in pesto). It's wonderful with squash.

Author: Daniela Soto-Innes

Hot Sauce Brown Butter

Lemon zest and hot sauce add further dimension to nutty brown butter. Serve it with oysters, over rice, or on scrambled eggs.

Author: Vivian Howard

Pickled Chiles

Despite being pickled, these chiles have a fresh crunch and bright, garlicky flavor. If you cook them, they lose that; add them to finished dishes, particularly pizzas.

Yogurt Marinated Chicken Kebabs with Aleppo Pepper

Musa Dagdeviren is the go-to guy if you want to know about Turkish barbecue. Spend a couple of hours with him in the open kitchen of one of his Çiya restaurants (in Istanbul), and you'll wonder if there's...

Author: Steven Raichlen

Poblano, Potato, and Corn Gratin

Author: Marcela Valladolid

Kung Pao Chicken

This highly addictive stir-fried chicken continues to be one of the most popular Chinese dishes in America as the succulent, complex sauce of salty, sweet, sour, and spicy flavors is hard to pass up.

Author: Diana Kuan

Gorditas con Camarones

This recipe for a gordita that is split open and filled is more common outside Mazatlán; but the shrimp filling reflects the amazing seafood abundant there.

Author: Rick Martinez

Poblano and Mushroom Tacos

Author: Bon Appétit Test Kitchen

Chicken Curry

Author: Hinnerk von Bargen

D.I.Y. Steak Sauce

Author: Bon Appétit Test Kitchen