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Moqueca (Brazilian Fish Stew)

This Brazilian dish may contain a few unexpected or even unfamiliar ingredients, but they are easy to find online and worth the search. The result is a...

Author: Florence Fabricant

Provençal White Wine Beef Daube

A classic Provençal beef daube, or slow-baked stew, is made with quantities of red wine, like the recipes that Julia Child often made in her house in...

Author: Julia Moskin

Lablabi (Tunisian Chickpea Soup)

There are myriad ways to cook lablabi, the classic, cumin and garlic scented chickpea soup from Tunisia. This version, adapted from Joe Yonan's cookbook...

Author: Melissa Clark

Seafood Gumbo

For many African Americans, seafood gumbo is an essential part of New Year's celebrations. This version, adapted from the chef JJ Johnson, uses celebratory...

Author: Kayla Stewart

Soupe au Pistou (Vegetable Soup With Pesto)

The cookbook author and culinary historian Jessica B. Harris adapted this recipe from a meal she once had in the South of France at the home of James Baldwin,...

Author: Tejal Rao

Slow Cooker Lentil Soup With Sausage and Greens

The seasonings in Italian sausage - fennel, red pepper, garlic - pair beautifully with lentils, and here, they make for a punchy take on lentil soup. The...

Author: Sarah DiGregorio

Quick Minestrone

Minestrone doesn't have to be a long-simmering project. Adding pancetta means that the soup develops full flavor quickly, and the vegetables stay tender...

Author: Julia Moskin

Pressure Cooker Classic Beef Chili

Chili in the electric pressure cooker is super fast and extremely convenient. This version is on the gently spiced side, so if you're looking for more...

Author: Melissa Clark

Minestrone

One of my favorite dishes, which is hard to find properly made in Italian restaurants, is a good minestrone. This hardy vegetable soup is especially delicious...

Author: Moira Hodgson

Lemony White Bean Soup With Turkey and Greens

Bright with lemon and herbs, and packed with hearty greens, this highly adaptable soup can be either light and brothy or thick and stewlike, depending...

Author: Melissa Clark

Lemony Chicken Feta Meatball Soup With Spinach

Some might be suspicious of the rolled oats called for in this recipe, but used in place of breadcrumbs, they help create a light and tender chicken meatball....

Author: Yasmin Fahr

Andalusian Chickpea and Spinach Soup

A simple peasant soup that is often served with toasted or fried bread doused with vinegar, pine nuts, hard-boiled egg and parsley added at the end, this...

Author: Martha Rose Shulman

Chicken Mafe

This West African favorite, adapted from Rama Dione and Papa Diagne, balances the richness of peanut butter with tomato and aromatics, cooked down to a...

Author: Francis Lam

Creole Gumbo

Leah Chase, the chef and owner of Dooky Chase in New Orleans, gave an interview to Matt Lee and Ted Lee of The Times back in 2000. It was about her gumbo,...

Author: Matt Lee And Ted Lee

Lemony Chicken Soup With Fennel and Dill

Lighter than traditional stew, this lemony chicken number relies on potatoes to thicken it, rather than flour or another starch. If you can, buy fennel...

Author: Alison Roman

Tteokmanduguk (Rice Cake Soup With Dumplings)

Korean New Year, Solnal, is greeted with steaming bowls of rice cake soup called tteokguk - "comfort food," said Moon Sun Kwak, who serves it at Dok Suni...

Author: Dana Bowen

Lemony Pea and Spinach Soup

This verdant soup has nuance: Celery, leeks and vermouth provide grassy notes, just subtle enough so as not to obscure the delicate flavor of the peas....

Author: Alexa Weibel

Seafood Chowder

This chowder of root-cellar vegetables, clams and fish is one of the easiest and best things to cook for a weekend dinner with family and friends. Use...

Author: Sam Sifton

Jim Harrison's Caribbean Stew

Jim Harrison, the poet and epicure, hunter and fisherman, novelist, essayist and enthusiastic cook, published a version of this recipe in the literary...

Author: Sam Sifton

Tom Yum Soup With Tofu and Vermicelli

Tom yum is a hot and sour soup from Thailand with lively notes of lemongrass, makrut lime leaves and galangal. There are many variations of this iconic...

Author: Hetty McKinnon

Shrimp Jambalaya

This relaxed take on the popular New Orleans shrimp stew comes together in about an hour, so you can get a taste of the Big Easy on a weeknight. Just make...

Author: Mark Bittman

Potato Cheddar Soup With Quick Pickled Jalapeños

If cheesy mashed potatoes became a cozy soup, it would be this. It's rich but not excessive, hearty but not heavy, and spiked with a little chili powder...

Author: Melissa Clark

Sesame Ginger Chicken Noodle Soup

This noodle soup is a grown-up riff on an old college favorite: Taiwanese instant ramen. The scent of the simmering, chicken-and-ginger broth conjures...

Author: Sue Li

Matzo Ball Soup With Celery and Dill

Greater than the sum of its parts, matzo ball soup is a wonderful combination of three very simple things: chicken broth (golden brown, deeply savory,...

Author: Alison Roman

Lugaw

As any Filipino mother will tell you, the magic of lugaw comes in its restorative properties. This recipe, adapted from the version served at Uncle Mike's...

Author: Kevin Pang

Asado

Asado, a complex, salty-sour dish of pork shoulder slowly cooked in tomato sauce flavored with garlic, soy sauce and calamansi (a small citrus fruit),...

Author: Priya Krishna

Summer Vegetable Couscous With Spicy Pesto

Hearty but not heavy, this stew uses lots of summer vegetables available from the farmers' market. It's a little complicated to put together, but both...

Author: David Tanis

Japanese Chicken and Root Vegetable Stew

This vegetable-rich stew is based on a Japanese nimono, a simmered dish flavored with kombu, soy sauce and dried shiitake mushroom caps. Although the ingredients...

Author: Melissa Clark

Sopa de Fideos (Mexican Chicken Noodle Soup)

This Mexican version of chicken noodle soup uses fideos, vermicelli or capellini for the noodles. It's garnished with cilantro, green chiles, avocado and...

Author: Molly O'Neill

Spinach and Tofu Wontons in Broth

You can find wonton wrappers in most supermarkets. Sometimes they're in the produce section in the cooler with the tofu. Use either round or square wrappers...

Author: Martha Rose Shulman

Braised Ligurian Chicken

This dish came to The Times in a 2003 article about Jamie Oliver: "What I found quite interesting with this dish, being English," Mr. Oliver said, "is...

Author: Amanda Hesser

Hearty Kale, Squash and Bean Soup

A substantial main course soup that usually contains beans or other legumes and lots of garden vegetables, call this soup a potage, if you like. Hard squash...

Author: David Tanis

Yogurt or Buttermilk Soup With Spinach and Grains

This is informed by my yogurt or buttermilk soup with wheat berries from a few weeks ago, but this time I stirred chopped steamed spinach into the refreshing...

Author: Martha Rose Shulman

Pozole With Duck and Mezcal

The giant white hominy used to make pozole are a blank canvas. The hominy - soaked, then simmered using a quick-boil shortcut that skips the need for overnight...

Author: Florence Fabricant

Spicy Peanut Stew With Ginger and Tomato

Hearty stews needn't be meat-laden. Case in point: this rich, vibrantly-spiced vegan stew of eggplant, tomatoes, zucchini and peanut butter that is seasoned...

Author: Julia Moskin

Chicken Waterzooie

Author: Moira Hodgson

Spinach Soup With Coriander, Cinnamon and Allspice

This soup was inspired by a Syrian recipe, a spice-laced pan-cooked spinach that is served with yogurt and walnuts on top. This recipe uses the same spices...

Author: Martha Rose Shulman

Wine Braised Calamari With Vegetables

With the right treatment, squid (a.k.a. calamari) can make a satisfying, almost meaty stew. Simmered in white wine and chicken broth, the squid becomes...

Author: David Tanis

Wheat Berries With Spinach and Spring Onion

You can use any of the ancient wheat varieties here - spelt, kamut or farro. You could also substitute other greens, like chard or beet greens, for the...

Author: Martha Rose Shulman

Stew Chicken

Raised as a Seventh Day Adventist and vegetarian in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the chef Rawlston Williams rarely got to eat stew chicken growing up,...

Author: The New York Times

Pozole Verde

In most towns in Mexico, street vendors set up food stalls on summer evenings. Head for the pozole stand for bowls of brothy pozole verde, a stew of large...

Author: David Tanis

Tripe Soup

Author: Moira Hodgson

Chowder Soaked Toast

This delicate and brothy clam chowder soaks into the toast - an elegant and light-handed way of adding tender - rather than floury, thick and pasty - body...

Author: Gabrielle Hamilton

Slow Cooker Lentil Soup With Sausage and Greens

The seasonings in Italian sausage - fennel, red pepper, garlic - pair beautifully with lentils, and here, they make for a punchy take on lentil soup. The...

Author: Sarah DiGregorio

Chicken Mafe

This West African favorite, adapted from Rama Dione and Papa Diagne, balances the richness of peanut butter with tomato and aromatics, cooked down to a...

Author: Francis Lam

Creole Gumbo

Leah Chase, the chef and owner of Dooky Chase in New Orleans, gave an interview to Matt Lee and Ted Lee of The Times back in 2000. It was about her gumbo,...

Author: Matt Lee And Ted Lee

Quick Minestrone

Minestrone doesn't have to be a long-simmering project. Adding pancetta means that the soup develops full flavor quickly, and the vegetables stay tender...

Author: Julia Moskin