This crostini brings together culinary worlds that once seemed far apart—Italian crostini and the classic New York bagel with lox. It’s like a mini bagel reinvented as an elegant Italian appetizer, uniting the smoky richness of Jewish deli tradition with the fresh, herby simplicity of Mediterranean cuisine.

You can customize this soup any way you like. For example, remove the peas and add celery, or even add only celery instead of peas and corn...

Potatoes, carrots and eggs can be cooked ahead of time.

Crepes are like pancakes that decided to skip the gym—thin, elegant, and ready to be dressed up with anything from Nutella to ham and cheese.

Croissants, though famously French, actually trace their roots to Vienna, Austria! Their ancestor is the kipferl, a crescent-shaped pastry that dates back to at least the 13th century. Legend says Viennese bakers created it to celebrate the defeat of the Ottoman Turks — the crescent shape imitating the symbol on the Ottoman flag.