Recipes

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7 Feb 2026

Basler Leckerli

Rich honey and sugar form the base for these Swiss spiced biscuits, studded with almonds and candied citrus peel. A hint of Kirsch and a delicate powdered sugar glaze complete these chewy, flavorful treats.

Cook time: 23 minutes
Heart and round gingerbread cookies, white icing swirls, topped with almonds and fruit.
5 Feb 2026

Lebkuchen (Swiss Ginger Bread)

This traditional Lebkuchen recipe yields a chewy gingerbread with a rich, spiced flavor. After a crucial overnight rest, the dough is rolled thin, baked, and then allowed to "ripen" for several days before decorating, making it perfect for building a festive gingerbread house.

Prep time: 1440 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes
Steaming yellow curry with tofu and greens next to white rice in a blue bowl.
10 Jan 2026

Traditional Panang Curry

This recipe provides a straightforward guide to making a traditional Panang Chicken Curry, featuring a rich, nutty, and fragrant sauce. Ready in just 25 minutes, it's a quick and easy dish perfect for a flavorful meal for 2-3 people.

Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes
homemade orange marmalade in a transparent jar
8 Jan 2026

Orange Marmalade

This easy orange marmalade recipe uses a time-old technique of letting the chopped fruit soak overnight, which is key to drawing out pectin and mellowing its bitterness. The simple method yields a thick, pleasingly bittersweet marmalade made with natural ingredients like navel oranges, lemon, water, and sugar. It's perfect for spreading on toast or as a thoughtful homemade gift.

Prep time: 30 minutes Cook time: 90 minutes
Shrimp Pasta combine jumbo shrimp and pasta in a luxurious, creamy sauce
7 Jan 2026

Shrimp Pasta

"Marry Me" Shrimp Pasta combine jumbo shrimp and pasta in a luxurious, creamy sauce, boasting robust flavors from sun-dried tomatoes, Parmesan, Italian seasoning, and smoked paprika. Despite its fancy taste, this impressive dish comes together in just 30 minutes, making it perfect for a quick yet special meal.

Prep time: 12 minutes Cook time: 30 minutes
Cantonese Superior Soy Sauce Noodles
30 Dec 2025

Cantonese Superior Soy Sauce Noodles

From J. Kenji López-Alt’s The Wok comes this recipe for Cantonese Superior Soy Sauce Noodles. It’s a classic dim sum dish characterized by its smoky aroma (wok hei) and a mix of textures between the crispy noodles and tender vegetables.

Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes
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10 Feb 2014

Vegan Fall Barley Salad

This easy, yummy, and healthy recipe creates a vibrant grain salad. It features tender barley mixed with fresh vegetables, sweet fruits like persimmon and pomegranate, crunchy walnuts, and aromatic herbs, all tossed in a tangy dressing with pomegranate molasses.

Prep time: 32 minutes Cook time: 4 minutes
Blue bowl of heart-shaped crackers with crimped edges on a wooden table.
12 Aug 2013

Cheese Crackers

This recipe offers a quick and easy way to make dairy-free, cheesy crackers using a food processor. Simply combine flour, oil, nutritional yeast, and water to form a dough, then cut into thin shapes and bake until golden and crunchy.

Cook time: 18 minutes
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5 Apr 2013

Bitchin' Sauce, original flavor

We support a family business which creates those three wonderfully flavored Bitchin' Sauces. We discovered them at our Farmer's Market. Every weekend when we're at the Farmer's Market we buy this amazing sauce. And we continue to support and buy their sauces and hope you will too. Bitchinsauce.com
There are moments when we are desperate and have to fall back on making it ourselves. So here is a really good recipe with small adjustments, it is yummy!

Use it to dip fresh veggies for appetizer or snack. Use it in burritos, over rice and beans or? You'll come up with many more ideas, I am sure of it.

Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 0 minutes
Handmade ceramic mug with reddish-brown congestion tea on a wooden table.
16 Jan 2013

Congestion / cough / flu Tea

This tea works better for us than most over-the-counter medicines, and it tastes really nice. We often prepare it just for the enjoyment.

Prep time: 6 minutes Cook time: 3 minutes
Lit candle, Chraebeli cookies on a tray, and a floral teacup with red tea on a wooden table.
22 Dec 2012

Chräbeli (Anise cookies)

This is another traditional Christmas cookie we love, which is distinctively flavored with anise seeds. The simple dough is shaped into small, cut pieces and then left to dry overnight. Finally, they are baked at a low temperature for a short period.

Prep time: 480 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes
Star-shaped Zimtsterne cookies dusted with powdered sugar on a colorful floral plate.
2 Dec 2012

Zimtsterne (Cinnamon Stars)

A traditional Swiss Christmas cookie recipe that was passed down from our grandmothers (and probably their grandmothers). This one is transcribed from handwritten notes, now smudged, crinkled, and showing years of active love, that we kept from our student days.

This cookie contains mostly almonds and has no flour in it - a very good gluten-free choice.

Prep time: 600 minutes Cook time: 5 minutes
A rustic, round loaf of bread, golden brown and dusted with flour.
29 Mar 2012

Artisan Bread

This recipe provides a simple method for making delicious artisan bread with minimal effort, primarily requiring time for a long, slow rise. It involves mixing basic ingredients, letting the dough rest for many hours, then baking it in a preheated dutch oven to achieve a sweet interior and a perfect, crispy crust. The resulting versatile loaf is ideal for any meal, from breakfast to dinner.

Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 45 minutes