This salad yields generous portions. Combined with a loaf of crusty bread, it's easily a meal in itself.

Colloquially, chilaquiles means “broken-up old sombrero,” but you could think of it as a Mexican version of French toast—created to use up leftover bread....

These mushrooms go well with the creamy Parmesan polenta, making a fine vegetarian meal.

This pasta dish—its savor equal to its ease of preparation—is from Il Melograno, a charming family-run hotel in the Apulian village of Monopoli, Italy.