2   cups lightly packed fresh cilantro or flat-leaf parsle ...

1/2   cup packed dark brown sugar 1 &nbs ...

2   pounds fresh walleyed pike or catfish fillets, about 1 ...

1   8-ounce package cream cheese, softened ...

2   tablespoons olive oil 1   clove ...

1   large fennel bulb, trimmed 1   ...

4   ounces fresh morel mushrooms* or other fresh mushrooms ...

1   8-to-10-pound fully cooked shankless whole ham or half ...

2   ears of fresh corn 1   5-1/2-ou ...

1   beaten egg 1/4   cup ...

1   1-1/4 to 1-1/2-inch-thick beef sirloin, T-bone, porter ...

1/4   cup olive oil 1/4   cup ...

1-1/2   pounds pork tenderloin 1/2   ...

4   3/4- to 1-pound turkey drumsticks 1 ...

1   cup lightly packed fresh basil leaves ...

1-1/2   cups water 1   cup ...

1/4   cup red wine vinegar 2   tabl ...

1-1/2   ounces dried red chili peppers (7 or 8 chilies), s ...

8   10-ounce skinless, boneless chicken breast halves ...

3/4   cup water 3   tablespoons ...

1/2   cup olive oil 2   cloves ...

6   medium sweet potatoes or russet potatoes (about 2 poun ...

2   large russet potatoes (about 1 pound), peeled and slic ...

1   pound fresh green beans and/or yellow wax beans, trimm ...