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    Cold Yogurt Cucumber Soup

    Cold Yogurt Cucumber Soup

    This Turkish soup is ideal for a summer meal because no cooking is involved and it is so refreshing and satisfying. It is also wonderful served as a first course to a Middle Eastern meal. Do use fresh dill if you can get it; it really defines the dish. SERVES 4 AS A...
    Almond Custard Sauce

    Almond Custard Sauce

    MAKES: About 2 cups (6 to 8 servings) TIME: 15 minutes A spin on creme Anglaise, the English-style custard sauce, only this one-step, one-pot method is super-easy and lends itself to many more variations. See Infusing Liquids with Flavor for some ideas; since you...
    Vinaigrette

    Vinaigrette

    MAKES: About 3/4 cup TIME: 5 minutes From here grow all other vinaigrettes. Use your instincts or any of the suggestions on the following pages to vary the basic recipe. My everyday dressing almost always includes a bit of mustard (see the second variation), which...
    Traditional Pesto

    Traditional Pesto

    Pesto Genovese MAKES: About 1 cup TIME: 10 minutes The best pesto is made with a mortar and pestle. And in Genoa, where pesto originated it’s properly called pesto Genovese, and everyone there will tell you not to even bother to try to make it elsewhere, because...
    Tomato Chutney

    Tomato Chutney

    MAKES: About 21/2 cups TIME: 20 minutes I like almost any tomato-based condiment; the truth is that I’m an unapologetic ketchup lover. This one, from my friend the New York based chef Suvir Saran, is spicy, sweet, aromatic, chunky, and more interesting than...