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Most pork laab recipes call for poaching the meat, but here you will fry it so it has some crispy bits. Serve with quartered cabbage leaves to make wraps at the table, or thinly slice the cabbage for more of a plated salad.

This tangy, spicy Thai salad is a sensational weeknight dish

Pork laab, sometimes spelled larb, is a meaty Thai salad flavored with fish sauce, lime juice, raw shallot or onion, and herbs. This version is inspired by the elements Nashville-based chef Arnold Myint says are essential to the classic dish, including cilantro, mint, lemongrass and khao khua, ground toasted rice you can make at home.

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This recipe transforms socca, the tender Provençal chickpea flour pancake, into a crisp-edged flatbread by baking it in a hot cast-iron skillet. Slathered with pesto and piled with a lemony fennel and arugula salad with pine nuts and shaved Parmesan, it’s a delightfully different dish that can be served as a vegetarian main, side or starter.

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The classic old-fashioned cocktail gets turned into a luscious pan sauce for pork chops. Serve the pork with steamed or sautéed vegetables and potatoes or grains.

Whiskey adds old-fashioned flair to weeknight pork chops

The classic old-fashioned cocktail gets turned into a luscious pan sauce for pork chops. The sauce features bourbon or rye whiskey, fresh orange juice, cherry preserves and a dash of Angostura bitters. Serve the pork with steamed or sautéed vegetables and potatoes or grains.

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Serve these lamb meatballs with steamed basmati rice and fresh sides, such as a cooling cucumber yogurt salad and sautéed spinach, to offset the richness of the butter sauce.

Instant exhale: Slow down with warm, rich, aromatic butter lamb meatballs

There’s something about a buttery, spice-forward sauce that feels like an instant exhale. Warm, rich and deeply aromatic, it has a way of slowing everyone down at the table — which is exactly why these butter lamb meatballs have become a staple in both my home kitchen and with my personal chef clients.