eggs & dairy

Create a warm Italian atmosphere with cannelloni. It is easy with tomatoes from a tin, available at all seasons.

A spiced cheese snack from the Middle East

Quiche Lorraine is a savory pie made of cream, eggs, and bacon. It takes the name from the Lorraine area in France, famous for its bacon. Cheese is often added to the ingredients.

This fried bread dessert is another sweet favorite for lovers of Spanish or Mexican cuisine. Unbeatable.

Few cultures would be adventurous enough to call a recipe 'fried milk', especially since it's made by boiling and frying. But that's the basis of this delectable treat. Great desserts don't come any easier than this one.

An import from the Catalan region of Spain, this creamy dessert is easy to prepare and even easier to eat. Delicious.

Calling flan a caramel custard is to do it an injustice. No mere pudding, this traditional Mexican dessert, from Spanish origins, is the crème de la crème of sweets. Of course, not surprisingly, there are a hundred and one variations on the basic recipe. But sometimes the original is so much more than one can expect, to alter it is to approach cooking blasphemy.

A good old-fashioned American Christmas drink and still delicious. The triple sec adds different flavor to the traditional brandy, whisky or rum.

This recipe will work with any type of brie, always whole, and it will produce a rich, velvety and pleasingly cheesy appetizer.