Pumpkin and potato soup is the autumn workhorse of my kitchen: the pumpkin brings sweetness and color, the potato brings body and silk, and together they make a soup that tastes far richer than...

I grew up in a small village in the north of Portugal, where soup opened every dinner — no debate, no menu, just my grandmother’s pot doing its quiet work. This creamy potato and...

With a baby and a toddler in the house, I have learned that dinner victories come in bowls. This spinach and carrot soup is my grandmother’s recipe — she was legendary for her soups,...

Sképasti pita — “covered pita” — is the Greek street-food move you did not know you needed: two soft pitas sandwiching gyros or souvlaki meat, tzatziki, tomato, onion and melting cheese, grilled under pressure...

Hamam mahshi is one of Egypt’s grand old dishes: squab (young pigeon) stuffed with buttery rice, poached until tender, then roasted until the skin turns golden. In Egypt it is celebration food — the...

Awaze is Ethiopia’s essential hot sauce: a thick, brick-red paste of berbere spices loosened with red wine or tej (Ethiopian honey wine), sharpened with garlic and ginger. One taste at an Ethiopian restaurant in...

I met attiéké at an African restaurant in New York, ordered it out of pure curiosity, and left planning my next visit. It is Ivory Coast’s beloved staple: couscous-like granules of fermented cassava with...

Some recipes come with a story attached, and my passatelli in brodo will always taste like my friend’s kitchen, where her Italian grandmother waved us to the table with a wooden spoon and an...

Peinirli are Greece’s cheese boats: soft yeasted dough shaped into open vessels, loaded with molten kasseri or mozzarella and feta, edges crisped, center gloriously gooey. Greek-Ottoman heritage on full display — the dish sailed...

Tirokroketes are Greece’s golden cheese croquettes: creamy feta and sharp kefalotyri bound with herbs, rolled, breaded and fried until the outside crackles and the inside barely holds itself together. Dangerous knowledge, freely shared. They...