Naengmyeon (Cold Noodles in Chilled Beef Broth) Eric Kim, Olle 6 ¼ hours, plus 9 hours’ cooling and freezing
Herbed Grain Salad With Mushrooms, Hazelnuts and Pears Julia Moskin, Bonnie Frumkin Morales, Deena Prichep 1 1/4 hours
Freds’ Chicken Salad With Balsamic Dressing Ginia Bellafante, Mark Strausman, Susan Littlefield 45 minutes, plus roasting and cooling
Pastry Nests With Poached Pears and Feta and Saffron Cream Yotam Ottolenghi 1 hour, plus infusing time
Dried Fruit Compote With Fresh Apple and Pear Martha Rose Shulman 10 minutes, plus 30 minutes' steeping
Healthy Pear Vanilla Sorbet Martha Rose Shulman 30 minutes, plus at least 4 hours' freezing and refrigeration
Preserved Pears With Pepper, Star Anise and Vanilla Syrup Cathy Barrow About an hour, plus cooling time