Alvin Cailan shares his dad's tortang giniling recipe stacked and served over jasmine rice.

Beef patty recipe by Romel Bruno.

These Peruvian empanadas are filled with beef, onions, and spiced with cumin and oregano. A frozen pie crust provides a perfectly buttery, crumbly dough.

I created this recipe for a dinner party I was co-hosting with my sister. I took a lot of steps to make the stew as savory as humanly possible. These steps included: carefully browning the meat; adding great proportions of veggies, including mushrooms and leeks; and stirring in a surprise ingredient: anchovies. The result was delicious, and I served it over buttery, parslied orzo and accompanied by crusty bread. - SmallKitchCara

Let's be honest—short ribs are great in any incarnation. I wanted to use them in a ragu that had a little more oomph than the typical braise so I went into umami overdrive with porcini mushrooms, Worcestershire sauce and anchovy paste. It's great over polenta or pasta, but maybe even better as leftovers in a po-boy.