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The Good News: These gingery, nutrient-packed bars use only natural sweeteners like brown rice syrup and natural cane sugar. 'Brown rice syrup has a nice, round flavor that doesn't give you the jolt of sweetness that processed sugars do,' Swanson says. Th more »

To make this refreshing riff on a martini, chef Laurent Tourondel muddles basil and cucumber the same way he'd mash the ingredients for a mojito; then he pours in gin and a zingy mixture of ginger syrup and lime juice. more »

Keralites in the Backwaters saute large tiger prawns - raised in the brackish waters of the region's rice paddies - with onions and a complex masala paste of garlic, ginger and eight different spices. Make the masala paste in large quantities and keep it more »

The key to any delicious uncooked recipe is great ingredients. Here, a good-quality oil-packed tuna is essential. You can wrap the salad in lettuce or stuff it into pitas for a heartier meal. more »

The ideal hamburger combines the fattiness of chuck with the rich, beefy flavor of sirloin. I use equal parts of both cuts in my mix, a foundation you can transform into all sorts of variations. When I have the time, I grind my own meat after salting it o more »

This dish, adapted from Harumi Kurihara's Harumi's Japanese Cooking , is topped with a sprinkling of umami-packed bouillon. more »

Kwong says, 'The secret to good fried rice is cooking the eggs first. You scramble the eggs and take them out of the wok. Then you stir-fry onion, bacon, ginger and all of the aromatics, put in the rice and soy, then lastly the eggs, so you have fluffy eg more »

Instead of deep-frying chicken in a vat of oil, Angie Mosier prefers pan-frying, which creates delightfully crunchy and moist chicken without requiring quite so much oil. 'For a covered-dish dinner, there's nothing better than a tray of drumsticks, which more »

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This recipe is based on an American-style streusel-topped coffee cake. Han Feng gives this homey dessert a Chinese twist by adding roasted chestnuts. She bakes the cakes in oversize teacups, but ramekins are perfect substitutes. more »

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