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In 2018, we did a lot of cooking, and we hope you did, too. While working on the TASTE lasagna book (coming September 2019!), we all cooked an extraordinary amount of lasagna, stuffed shells, and tiramisu. Inspired by the Can Issue we published in March, I learned how to make pineapple upside down cake, and when our Emilia-Romagna Issue came out in October, I watched about 200 YouTube videos of nonnas making tortellini and eventually absorbed enough of the process through the ambient glow of the computer screen that I had the guts to make them myself.
We also learned an incredible deal about cooking from our TASTE contributors over the course of the year. Laurie Woolever taught us how to be less afraid of just buying and cooking an entire beef heart. Cathy Erway taught us how to lovingly poach chicken for chicken salad and how to make a crispy sandwich topping from the skin. Michael Harlan-Turkell taught us how to emulsify eggs, stock, and lemon juice into a silky avgolemono. Therese Nelson told us about the bracingly zippy, ruby-red hot sauce she makes from chiles, vinegar, and garlic.
We published hundreds of recipes on TASTE in 2018, but these were a few that especially resonated with us as editors—recipes that not only tasted good, but also inspired us and made us better cooks. —Anna Hezel, Senior Editor
![Red Curry Beef Heart](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Taste_Heart_05-1024x786.jpg)
recipe
Red Curry Beef Heart
![Ethiopian Lasagna](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/TasteBerbereLasagna0031-1024x710.jpg)
recipe
Ethiopian Lasagna
![Chicken Milanese Hero With Broccoli Rabe and Provolone](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Taste100Cutlets0037-1024x683.jpg)
![Rosni’s Curry Puffs](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CurryPuffs05-1024x731.jpg)
recipe
Rosni’s Curry Puffs
![Fried Eggplant With Mint Yogurt Sauce](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/fried-eggplant-herbed-yogurt-1024x683.jpg)
![Mexican-Italian Pasta With Garlic and Dried Chiles](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PastaAglio_e_OlioMexicanStyle0025-1024x683.jpg)
![Poached Chicken Salad Done Many Ways](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Taste_Chicken_Salad_06_08_180096-1024x678.jpg)
![Chicken Finger Sub](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/AT1A0135-1024x683.jpg)
recipe
Chicken Finger Sub
![Peach and Mahlep Bread Pudding](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/mahlep_Taste_Hagerman-6-1024x669.jpg)
![Avgolemono](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/4I8A8013-1024x683.jpg)
recipe
Avgolemono
![Sausage and Bamboo Clay Pot Rice](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/clay-pot-rice-max-falkowitz-2-1024x678.jpg)
![Hakzimaawu: Black Sesame Soup](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/black-sesame-tong-sui-1024x683.jpg)
![Dry Chilli Paneer](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG-0113-1024x728.jpg)
recipe
Dry Chilli Paneer
![Taiwanese Fried Chicken With Basil](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/david-hsu-wide-edit-homecooks-3819-1024x682.jpg)
![Spring Green Risotto With Black Garlic](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Black-Garlic-Risotto-5531-1024x684.jpg)
![Simple Southern Hot Sauce](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hot-sauce-jars-1024x682.jpg)
recipe
Simple Southern Hot Sauce
![Tres Leches Cake](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/tres-leches-cake-5-1024x682.jpg)
recipe
Tres Leches Cake
![Richard Hsiao’s Pickled Cukes 1971](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Taste_PickledCukes05-1024x731.jpg)
![Lemony Roasted Cauliflower and Pine Nuts Over Labneh](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/IMG_3992-1024x683.jpg)
![Toch: The Pelzel Family’s Yeasted Potato Bread](https://tastecooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/toch-1024x904.jpg)