Take a tip from Asian home cooks and use bottled sauces to your advantage.

No time to heat up a pizza stone? This easy alternative method yields a crisp crust in just minutes.

A dulce de leche and cream cheese frosting rich with pecans is as innovative as it is easy, making these cranberry-flecked cupcakes unforgettable.

Il Vino d’Enrico Bernardo, a wine-centric Paris restaurant, features a delicious dish of lamb chops, carrots, and chickpeas with North African spices and black truffles....

Parisian chefs have been seduced by lemongrass. This riff on peppercorn sauce uses vermouth instead of the customary brandy to cut the richness of the steak.

You might expect to find smoked duck breast in a main-course salad like this one, but we use smoked turkey, which makes it more affordable.

Summer's bounty gets even better when it's combined in a fresh-tasting pasta.

Our love of chicken salad was rekindled by this lively version, studded with crunchy walnuts, plump grapes, and little beads of salty capers.

If the famed Italian-American noodle took a trip to the Southwest, it might come back looking a little like this.

Though you may not be familiar with the name, chilaquiles are the forebears of modern nachos.