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Traditional fish cakes are made with salt cod and potatoes. To create a lighter, more delicate cake, we used fresh cod and left out the potatoes. Active time: 30 min Start to finish: 40 min

Active time: 40 min Start to finish: 40 min

Although bisques tend to be thick and creamy, the following intensely flavorful version is light, with very little cream added.

(Cacciucco) This seafood soup, called cacciucco (meaning "mixture"), is a specialty of Livorno, a fishing port that is Tuscany's second-largest city. It has been made for hundreds of years, and variations of it appear all along the Tuscan coast. Traditionally, at least five types of fish and shellfish are included (one for each "c" in the name). If you like, do as the Italians do, and place a slice of toasted bread in each bowl before ladling the soup over.

Some of the ingredients need to marinate overnight in the Dijon-red wine vinaigrette, so plan accordingly.

This recipe was created to accompany <a></a>Turkey with Sherry Wine Vinegar Gravy .

Active time: 2 hr Start to finish: 3 1/2 hr (includes making stock)

Chilies add a southwestern twist to this traditional chowder.

"The day before Thanksgiving, my grandmother would make trays of corn bread for this stuffing," says food writer Janet Fletcher. "We grandkids would crack the pecans for the stuffing; the nuts came from the trees in her back yard."