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Dishes That Double as Appetizers

These make fabulous first courses in a more formal meal (you can also start with salad or soup). For finger food, see the list on frontmatter.

Brown-Bag Lunches

Leftover pasta, soup, and main courses; salads and cold sandwiches—these are all no-brainers for workplace lunches. So here are some of the less obvious one-dish meals that travel well from fridge to desk or corporate kitchen; some of them benefit from reheating. Some can be eaten as is, at work or (if you’re lucky) on a bench, or at a park or beach.

Breakfasts and Brunches You Can Eat Any Time of the Year

Change the fruit, vegetables, or seasonings and these eye-openers are fine in any season.

Desserts You Can Eat Any Time of the Year

Some desserts are bound to their season, but you can enjoy many others year-round. Then there are those that change character, and season, when you change the fruit.

Finger Food for All Occasions

Perfect for cocktail parties or picnics. Serve these with toothpicks alongside, or cut them into bite-size triangles, squares, or chunks, before or after preparing. For a list of more substantial knife-and-fork appetizers, see frontmatter.

Recipes That Barely Disturb the Kitchen

No recipe in this book leaves you with a sink full of dirty dishes, but here are those which really can be made in one pan or pot, with a minimum of mess.

The Easiest of the Easiest

Of all the recipes in Kitchen Express, these are the ones that give the biggest rewards for the smallest amount of work.

The Best Recipes for Picnics

Any sandwich—and there are dozens of them here—is fine for a picnic. But here are some additional, perhaps unexpected, ideas.

The Best Recipes for Reheating

Any soup can be reheated; here are some other dishes that you can warm on the stove, in the oven, or in the microwave.

The Best Do-Ahead Recipes for Potlucks

Need to carry a dish to someone else’s house? Try one of these.

Recipes for Hot Sandwiches

Terrific dishes for serving between two pieces of bread, stuffed into a split roll or pocket pita, wrapped up in a large warm tortilla, or open-face on thick slices of toast.

Recipes to Toss with Pasta

All of these are moist enough to serve as a sauce when mixed with a pound or more of cooked pasta.

Recipes to Serve over Asian Noodles or Rice

Not every stir-fry dish mandates rice or noodles, but on the other hand, why not? The meal expands almost instantly.

Soups You Can Chill

Perfect hot-weather soups.