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Bagna cauda for the anchovy-shy

Bagna cauda for the anchovy-shy

The warm garlic and anchovy bath that quietly wins every party. Melting, not fishy, and gone before the coats are off.

Serves 425 min
One-pot Pugliese sausage and potatoes

One-pot Pugliese sausage and potatoes

Peasant food that minds itself in the oven, as happy on a Tuesday as it is at a three-hour lunch.

Serves 450 min
Painkiller

Painkiller

Dark rum, pineapple, orange and coconut cream, buried under fresh nutmeg.

Serves 14 min
Crispy gnocchi and beef on whipped miso ricotta

Crispy gnocchi and beef on whipped miso ricotta

Beef browned to rubble, gnocchi gone golden, sprouts charred nearly black, all of it dragged through a cool miso ricotta.

Serves 435 min
Caesar gnocchi, the crouton situation

Caesar gnocchi, the crouton situation

The crisp gnocchi is the crouton. Massaged romaine, a proper yolk-and-anchovy dressing, a blizzard of pecorino.

Serves 425 min
French onion gnocchi

French onion gnocchi

Onions taken all the way down, crisp gnocchi folded in, a lid of Gruyère melted over the top.

Serves 460 min
Poblano and sausage gnocchi with melting goat cheese

Poblano and sausage gnocchi with melting goat cheese

Roasted poblano, browned sausage and goat cheese gone saucy, crisp gnocchi through the middle.

Serves 435 min
Crispy spanakopita gnocchi

Crispy spanakopita gnocchi

Spanakopita flavors massaged raw, over a cool swipe of chili-flecked yogurt.

Serves 425 min
The Spaghett

The Spaghett

A Miller High Life in a feather boa.

Serves 12 min
Baba ghanouj, minus the mashing

Baba ghanouj, minus the mashing

The dip's more glamorous sister, who refuses to be puréed.

Serves 41 hr
Feta under the broiler with corn and shishitos

Feta under the broiler with corn and shishitos

Ten minutes under the broiler and dinner simply happens.

Serves 425 min
Tahini and Parmesan, an unlikely pasta salad

Tahini and Parmesan, an unlikely pasta salad

Nobody asked for this pairing. Everybody wants seconds.

Serves 445 min
Baked feta dip with hot honey

Baked feta dip with hot honey

The block of feta that went viral, finally behaving like a dip.

Serves 81 hr 20 min
White port and tonic

White port and tonic

Portugal's answer to the gin and tonic, and arguably the better one. Three things, two minutes.

Serves 12 min
Beeritas, no apologies

Beeritas, no apologies

Limeade, lager and tequila by the pitcher. The margarita's lawless cousin.

Serves 810 min
Fish house punch, older than the republic

Fish house punch, older than the republic

Rum, Cognac and a lemon-oil syrup in one bowl. Colonial Philadelphia could drink.

15 min, plus 3 hrs chilling
Greek panzanella with crispy pork

Greek panzanella with crispy pork

The benchmark bread salad gone Greek, with pork that crackles.

Serves 85 hrs, mostly idle
Shatta white bean dip

Shatta white bean dip

The Parmesan crust does all the work. The shatta takes all the credit.

Serves 815 min

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