Mom: Recipes--Mom

This old-fashioned hors d'oeuvre is always a crowd-pleaser for both grown-ups and kids.

Enjoy as is or customize with add-ins; fold in extras right after you add melted butter (except as noted).

These muffins are great for breakfast or as a mid-morning snack. Serve with lemon-honey butter or jam.

If you like carrot cake, you'll love these. They're delicious alone or with a daub of cream cheese.

You can wrap and freeze these muffins individually. Pop one in the lunch box in the morning, and it'll be defrosted by lunchtime.

My Spanish friend Isabel Achoa taught me how to prepare this authentic gazpacho—a great way to use fresh summer vegetables.

Few deserts are as satisfying and fun to make and eat as this fruit, cake, and chocolate treat.

This sweet, sour, and salty soy-based sauce adds a fresh citrus taste to cooked beef and vegetables.

For this Japanese-style fondue, paper-thin slices of meat or fish (our own variation), plus vegetables are dipped into boiling water to cook. (Its name comes from the sound of the meat being gently swished in the water.) As the ingredients cook, the water becomes a delicious broth, which can be served as a soup with noodles at the end of the meal.