Try one of these easy frozen shrimp recipes, all of them bold and flavorful:

It is amazing to notice how similar shrimp recipes from different cuisines are, except for the seasoning.

On the good-guys side, Mr. Le Vien's pasta and shrimp recipes are spartan, resembling sensible home-prepared meals.

Seventy-five shrimp recipes, said to have been inspired by Forrest Gump.

With these changes and substitutions, Thai dishes, like the various shrimp recipes given here, will have somewhat less aromatic intensity than they should.

The idea for the ancho chili puree in the shrimp recipe comes from Jeremiah Tower, who uses it frequently in recipes in his new cookbook, "New American Classics" (Harper & Row, $25).

And he says that he has even brought along a large bottle of Matouk's hot sauce, a crucial ingredient in the shrimp recipe included here, on one of his frequent trips.

The Pilot Island folks seem to have anticipated that - they included a file with plenty of shrimp recipes.

You will have to triple or quadruple the shrimp recipe, but all the preparation can be done ahead.

Mr. Goossens' most acclaimed shrimp recipe is a potato stuffed with sauteed shrimp, covered with a butter sauce that is sprinkled with a mingling of minced onion, lemon juice, cream and chopped parsley.