Get the latest Basics recipes from Group Recipes. http://www.grouprecipes.com/tag/basics Mollie Katzen has a way of breaking things down so that anyone can understand them. When I started making quiche in college with a roommate, we hardly even thought to be intimidated, because there were all the steps, laid out clearly, in The New Moosewood Cookbook. This is the basis for a number of her delicious recipes, including Spinach-Ricotta Pie and Swiss Cheese and Mushroom Quiche. I'll share some of my favorite quiche combinations soon; but before you fill the crust, you have to make it. It's so much fresher and flakier than a store-bought one, it's worth the effort. http://www.grouprecipes.com/15251/mollie-katzens-pie-and-quiche-crust.html Basic little dumplings to go in Hungarian soups. Use in Jokai Bableves (Hungarian bean soup) and other such recipes. http://www.grouprecipes.com/15323/hungarian-dumplings-for-soup-galuska.html From the Celebrated Greens Restaurant, in their Fields of Greens cookbook. A delicious simple sauce for pasta, but especially for other dishes requiring basic tomato sauce. (Sorry for the repost, but Group Recipes just wouldn't let me edit the first one for some reason.) http://www.grouprecipes.com/14999/fresh-tomato-sauce.html The pancake puffs over the top of the pan ~ it has an eggy-soft middle and browned and crusty on the outside. http://www.grouprecipes.com/10480/german-pancake.html