Potato

At the restaurant, the hash comes with eggs, served either poached or over easy.

This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

A rich, delicious stove-top side dish with a silky texture. This pairs especially well with the Porcini-Rubbed Turkey with Shiitake-Madeira Gravy — or grilled steaks on any other day in November. You can make the potatoes eight hours ahead and reheat them just before serving.

Both fresh fennel and fennel seeds flavor this creamy mash of Yukon Golds. It can be made eight hours ahead and rewarmed.

The moist interior and crisp crust call out for a main course of roast chicken or fish with pan juices.

Alice Marcus Solovy of Skokie, Illinois, writes: "Although I'm retired now, I like recipes that are fairly quick. Usually I'm just cooking for my husband and daughter, but occasionally we're joined by our eldest daughter and her family. When it comes to getting dinner ready, I have a system. While the main course is cooking, I'll prepare the potatoes and other side dishes. When guests come over, I'm not too fond of letting them help in the kitchen. I'm kind of a tyrant that way. I'd rather make dinner myself and have it all ready." To cut down on the cooking time, these potatoes are cooked in the microwave first, then stuffed and rewarmed in the oven.

Kathleen Sooy of Richmond, Virginia, writes: "On a visit to Pascal's restaurant, in Newport Beach, California, I enjoyed a wonderful grilled sea bass. What really caught my attention, though, were the luscious, creamy potatoes served on the side. The maître d' kindly shared the very simple ingredients with me, and I worked out the rest by trial and error back home. I have served this dish many times since then, always to rave reviews. " Active time: 15 min Start to finish: 1 hr

Jim Fobel, cookbook author, says. "My mother never put sun-dried tomatoes in her mashed potatoes, as I do in this recipe. She made them ahead, then topped them with Parmesan and butter, and baked them. I've always loved those potatoes, and the layer of chopped sun-dried tomatoes I've added provides some terrific extra flavor."

If you cut up the potatoes ahead of time, keep them in cold water so that they don't discolor.

This is a delicate, light-tasting soup.

Great as an appetizer or a light lunch dish.

Orange juice adds zip to the dressing.

The small white onions called cipolline are exceptionally sweet.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.