Easy, wonderfully soft homemade hamburger buns. Make them full-size for a meal, or mini for a buffet or a cocktail-style dinner party.

Today I’m sharing a recipe for delicious homemade bagels that are easy to make. Bagels have become hugely popular over the past few years, from street food chains all the way to restaurants that have added them to their menus. Yet bagels are nothing new: they were brought to the United States by Ashkenazi Jews who made them back home, especially in Poland. What sets them apart is their ring shape and the fact that they are boiled before being baked, which gives them that texture unlike any other bread.

Keftas are a type of fish ball, and what makes them special is their slightly flattened shape and the fact that they are fried. Enjoy them as an appetizer or alongside a fish couscous.

A hamburger is a complete meal that’s fairly simple to make, and kids and grown-ups love it! It’s built from a hamburger bun, a beef patty, tomatoes, lettuce, caramelized onions and a homemade burger sauce.

Here is a quick and excellent recipe for crispy basil shrimp rolls that always makes an impression, whether you serve it with drinks, as a starter, or as a main on a composed salad.

Club sandwiches are perfect for lunch, brunch or a light dinner. They are easy to make and always feel a little sophisticated, when really all you have to do is put together a few good-quality ingredients.

These triangle sandwiches, made with two layers of sliced bread, are what we call a club. They are easy to make and always make a nice impression on the table.

Mozzarella sticks (beignets de mozzarella in French) are sticks of mozzarella, breaded and then fried. Here is an easy recipe for making delicious mozzarella sticks at home. Enjoy them as a snack, as a starter with a good homemade tomato sauce or in a nice salad, for a change from warm goat cheese salad.

Served as a cold starter or as a more generous main, the assiette nordique (Nordic platter) is an elegant dish of smoked fish and salad, served with blinis or toast. Here is my suggestion for the one I like to make; you can adapt it to your taste and to whatever you have in the fridge.

Arancini are little balls that are crispy on the outside and melting on the inside. They’re perfect if you have leftover risotto from the night before, but they’re so good you may end up making risotto just for them! Here’s a vegetarian version with pesto and mozzarella.

Roasted and marinated vegetable antipasti are a staple of Italian starters. Colorful and full of flavor, they also make a great side, especially with a beef carpaccio or a beautiful burrata.

These manchurians are Indo-Chinese vegetable balls in an absolutely divine sweet and sour sauce. They’re flavorful, tender, with a texture close to meat, and here everyone loved them! A vegan, parve recipe.

Indian-spiced red lentil fritters that are incredibly easy to get right and packed with flavor! A recipe to add to your repertoire when you want a change from falafel or meatballs.

I love cooking from around the world, especially Asian food and Indian food. I enjoy putting together themed dinners, so here is a complete homemade Indian meal, with all the great Indian restaurant classics like naan, samosas and chicken tikka masala. Pick and choose from these ideas to put together your own favorite homemade Indian feast.

Indian naan. Like many of you, I’m sure, it’s my favorite bread whenever I eat Indian food. These ones are baked in the oven and stuffed with cheese (a dairy recipe).

Salmon maki is the easiest roll to make when you’re just getting started with sushi. A sheet of nori seaweed rolled around sushi rice and a strip of salmon.

The salmon roll is a lovely, indulgent twist on the classic maki. The sheet of nori seaweed is replaced by a thin slice of salmon and a cream cheese center.

A cross between maki and fresh spring rolls. Rice paper instead of a sheet of nori seaweed, with lettuce, mint, salmon and avocado.

A variation on salmon maki, California rolls are made inside out, with the nori seaweed on the inside instead of the outside. They’re fairly easy to make.

A chirashi rice bowl with fresh salmon, avocado, cucumber and sesame seeds.

The famous chickpea fritters, so easy to make and so, so good! A must-have for your falafel party (and naturally vegan and parve).