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This classic Italian pasta and bean dish is irresistibly good and cheap! Kids especially love it.

This upside-down chicken, vegetable and rice dish is a signature recipe for chef Moshe Basson, who served it in Washington, D.C. at the Kennedy Center festival honoring Israel's 50th anniversary.

This Middle Eastern eggplant dish is a favorite worldwide. Although the eggplant can be roasted in the oven, nothing creates its distinctive smoky flavor like a flame grill.

This chicken dish is an easy but elegant entrée to serve when unexpected guests arrive.

This soup not only uses freshly grated cheese but the rind, as well. The rinds, similar to a vegetarian soupbone, are perfectly safe to eat and add flavor without the extra expense of using freshly grated cheese; they are available at many natural foods stores.

This is a great summer dish, when tomatoes and basil are at their ripest.

Adapted from Crème de Colorado (Junior League of Denver, Inc.). Excellent hot and terrific cold, this is a treat for al fresco dining on your patio or in the mountains.

Prep time: overnight marinating, plus 25 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes

This nutritious combination will satisfy without weighing you down. Rosemary, a Mediterranean native whose Latin name means "dew of the sea," is perfect to unite the flavors of this robust salad.

Just tossing this salad rewards you with pleasure. A kaleidoscope of flavors, from delicate to assertive and peppery to tangy, makes it a great summer lunch or light dinner.