Hello and welcome to this thing we’re doing where we help you figure out what you’re gonna put in your mouth this week. Some of these are recipes we’ve tried, some of these are recipes we’re looking forward to trying, all of them are fucking delicious. Tell us what you want to put in your piehole or suggest your own recipes, and we’ll talk about which things we made, which things we loved, and which things have changed us irreversibly as people. Last week, we gave you a sleigh full of holiday cookie recipes.

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Capers are among my favorite foods, and I always have a jar of these little guys in my fridge. Capers are pickled buds from the caper bush and come in two varieties: vinegar packed and salt packed. I admit I have only tried the vinegar variety, but only because the salt ones require a pre-soaking situation, and I’m not about that life. I hope this accumulation of caper recipes will ignite or otherwise invigorate your love for capers, or at the very least give you an excuse to make a lot of detective puns in the kitchen.


1. Mediterranean Lentil Salad 

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via Bev Cooks

2. Roasted Shrimp Po Boy Sandwich with Greek Yogurt Coleslaw & Remoulade Sauce

via The Perfect Pantry
via The Perfect Pantry

3. Greek Pasta Salad 

via Foodie Crush
via Foodie Crush

4. Roasted Vegetables with Caper Vinaigrette

via Food 52
via Food 52

5. Roasted Potatoes with Lemon and Capers

via Cafe Johnsonia
via Cafe Johnsonia

6. Baked Feta Cheese with Sundried Tomato and Capers

via Food 52
via Food 52

7. Sole Piccata 

via Simply Recipes
via Simply Recipes

8. Salmon with Lemon, Capers and Rosemary 

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via Food Network

9. Braised Greens and Garlicky Pasta 

via Celene Eats Avocados
via Celene Eats Avocados

10. Cherry Tomato and Caper Spaghetti 

via BBC Good Food
via BBC Good Food

11. Braised Chicken with Capers and Parsley

via Bon Appetit
via Bon Appetit

12. Lemon Basil Chicken with Capers 

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via Creme de la Crumb

13. Pasta Puttanesca 

via Simply Recipes
via Simply Recipes

14. Scallops with Caper and Brown Butter Sauce 

via My Recipes
via My Recipes

15. Grilled Mackerel with Tomato, Fennel and Capers

via Chow
via Chow

16. Spaghetti with Olives and Crispy Capers

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via Woman and Home

17. Roasted Lemon-Parmesan Cauliflower with Capers 

via Eating Well
via Eating Well

18. Sauteed Chickpea Salad with Roasted Red Peppers, Capers, Mint, and Sumac

via Kalyn's Kitchen
via Kalyn’s Kitchen

19. Sautéed Kale with Garlic, Shallots, and Capers

via Epicurious
via Epicurious

20. Zucchini Noodles with Caper Olive Sauce and Tomatoes

via Gourmande in the Kitchen
via Gourmande in the Kitchen

21. Beef Tenderloin with Cornichon-Caper Herb Sauce

via Fine Cooking
via Fine Cooking

22. Italian Salsa Verde 

via Food 52
via Food 52