½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature ...

2 cups long-grain white rice (basmati, jasmine, etc.) ...

1 to 1½ lb. palomilla steak (thinly sliced top sirl ...

1¼ cups sugar ⅞ cup (about 8 oz. ...

1½ cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp. baking ...

½ cup sugar, plus more for rimming the glasses ...

Cookies 4½ oz. ground almonds 8 ...

4 oz. unsweetened chocolate ½ cup butte ...

1 lb. parsnips 1 Tbsp. butter ...

2 cups all-purpose, unbleached white flour ½ ...

1 lb. rhubarb, leaves trimmed 10 dried aprico ...

~ Olive or vegetable oil 1 large yellow onion ...

1 lb. parsnips ½ cup raw pine nuts ...

Chicken 2 Tbsp. canola or olive oil 1 ...

3 Tbsp. cornstarch 3 Tbsp. sugar ...

Pickles 3 to 4 lb. (1.5 to 2 kilograms) unwa ...

Broth 24 small-to-medium-sized littleneck clams ...

1¼ cups olive oil ~ Kosher salt and fres ...

Soup 2 medium leeks, white and tender green parts finel ...

1 lb, 5 oz. carrots, peeled and sliced into rounds ...

½ lb. bacon slices, chopped into 1-inch pieces ...

Dressing 1 cup loosely packed fresh parsley sprigs ...

Lamb and marinade 2 lb. tender lamb, preferably from t ...

3 Tbsp. clarified butter or ghee 1 large yell ...