Our Top 10 Recipes of 2025

By: The Local Palate

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From a lemon-dill chicken soup that comes close to curing the winter blues, to a drink that would be at home in Paris Hilton’s hands—and a couple of crabs in between, these recipes are here to serve you, your guests, and your respective tastebuds. From quick ‘n easy Pimento Cheese sandwiches when you’re in a pinch to simple sheet pan dinners that don’t skimp on flavor, you’re sure to find space in your kitchen for these recipes in the coming year.

One Pot Lemon Dilly Chicken Rice Soup

While spring is the only cure to seasonal depression, this soup comes pretty close. Allium-laden and nutritionally-bolstered with rice and fennel, this soup integrates lemon zest and dill for brightness, even amidst the harshest winters.

Broccoli and Cheese Casserole

Sometimes returning to a classic is the way to go; enter: the Broccoli and Cheese Casserole. Coming together in under an hour, from ingredients you likely already have in your fridge, this family classic is unlikely to turn heads but more unlikely to disappoint.

Masters Style-Pimento Cheese Sandwiches

These Pimento Cheese Sandwiches please crowds by the masses at The Masters every year. They won’t disappoint anyone save for the lactose intolerant.

Batter-Fried Hard-Shell Blue Crab

If you were an unlucky hard-shell blue crab, this is how you’d want to be prepared. Dipped in a spiced beer batter, fried ‘till golden-brown, and served with a remoulade-esque dipping sauce; worse fates can befall both crabs and your taste buds.

Azalea Cocktail

Named for the iconic pink flowers that adorn Augusta National, this refreshing drink, brightened by pineapple juice and colored by grenadine, is sure to provide enough kick to render even the slowest round of golf a riveting spectacle.

Cajun Sheet-Pan Shrimp “Boil”

This Cajun Sheet-Pan Shrimp “Boil” sits at the crossroads of culinary faithfulness and efficiency: it delivers the same beloved flavors, in a fraction of the time, with a fraction of the mess.

Skillet Chicken Quarters with Garlic and Herbs

This skillet-roasted chicken, seared hard and flavored with garlic and rosemary, will bring you the flavors of the French countryside.

Red Snapper Crudo

When you’re working with fish like red snapper, you want to make sure you’re getting your money’s worth. This crudo, flavored by bright citrus, hot peppers, and wonderfully balanced with fatty avocado and EVOO is sure to impress anyone.

Blackberry Doobie

Bursting with flavor from jammy blackberries and dotted with little sweet dumplings, this Blackberry Doobie does double duty on carbs and sweets if you make the accompanying biscuits and honey butter.

Marinated Louisiana Crab Claws

More often than not, a sense-forward, throw-in-whatever-you-like approach to cooking will allow you to both learn more and to develop a sense of what you enjoy. These Marinated Louisiana Crab Claws are an exercise in this approach to cooking; simple, rustic, and—as long as you trust your tastebuds—delicious to you, the cook.