This recipe is from the cookbook of the Barefoot Contessa, a popular restaurant in East Hampton, New York. It takes just a minute to make and can be served with crackers, chips or fresh vegetables. (See Where to Buy for book details.)

This is a spicy Indian-style tea.

Leah Chase, owner of the Dooky Chase Restaurant in New Orleans, is also the author of The Dooky Chase Cookbook. Serve this healthful salad with an assortment of steamed vegetables.

The recipe for this southern-style salad served at Miss Mamie’s and Miss Maude’s Spoonbread Too restaurant comes from Norma Jean Darden’s cookbook Spoonbread and Strawberry Wine (Fawcett Crest), which she wrote with her sister, Carole.