Bon Appétit
Parmesan Bread Pudding
Salty, rich pancetta balances bitter broccoli rabe in this savory, chile flake–spiked bread pudding.
Sweet Potato Curry
This one-dish wonder grants you immunity from even the most gluten-averse, meat-abstaining, fat-conscious houseguests. And the spicy vegetarian curry tastes as good as ever reheated.
Poached Chicken with Mushrooms and Chile
The real star of this dish is the flavorful ginger- and allspice-scented broth. Comforting anytime, it’s positively liquid gold for anyone feeling the first tingles of cold season.
Leche Flan with Grapefruit
For the clearest caramel and smoothest custard, ceramic or glass baking dishes work best for cooking this Filipino-American–style dessert.
Spiced Molasses Cookies
If you’d like an even more pronounced molasses flavor, use a robust instead of mild molasses. Just don’t use blackstrap in these cookies; not only will it be too strong and bitter, but it will overwhelm the spices.
Jam-Filled Challah Doughnuts
If your jam is too thick, a few pulses in a food processor will loosen it up—no need to add water.
Pistachio Thumbprints
You can find pistachio paste at specialty food stores and some grocery stores, but making your own is easy. Process 1/2 cup raw pistachios, 2 Tbsp. honey, and 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil in a food processor to a smooth paste.
Honey-Vanilla Linzer Cookies
You can roll out the dough and punch out other shapes, but the slice-and-bake method is fast, and you won’t have any scraps.
Honey-Vanilla Sablé Cookie Dough
This dough recipe produces a finely textured, surprisingly flavorful cookie that holds its shape well. Use it for our Honey-Vanilla Linzer Cookies and Pistachio Thumbprints.
Granola Cluster Cookies
These meringue-like cookies have all our favorite granola ingredients. You can swap in equal amounts of other nuts and seeds, such as hazelnuts, peanuts, or sunflower seeds.
Blood Orange and Poppy Polenta Shortbread
Make these delicate, citrusy, melt-in-your-mouth cookies and just try not to eat all of them in one sitting.
Bittersweet-Chocolate Truffles
Chef Jody Williams serves this truffle mixture family-style at holiday parties, with spoons, so guests can scrape off shavings of ganache and toss them through cocoa powder or sandwich between wedges of clementine.
Salted Buttered Pecans with Orange and Nutmeg
The orange zest and nutmeg say holiday, but you can switch up the spices as long as you keep the butter and salt.
Coconut and Crispy Chickpea Trail Mix
The beauty of this mix is that it can be deployed lots of ways. Eat it out of hand as an upgrade to the usual cocktail nut or pretzel offering, or spoon it over plain yogurt as a savory topping. It can also be tossed into a bowl of salad greens or as a stir-in for a puréed soup.
Sweet and Tangy Collard Greens
Finishing these collard greens with vinegar means they tend to be on the acidic side. If you like yours sweeter, add less vinegar and up the sugar.
New Year's Day Black-Eyed Peas
The peas may bring good luck, but the bacon definitely brings good flavor.
Ube (Purple Yam) Candies
Traditionally made with ube (Filipino sweet potato), this recipe will work with any purple or orange sweet potato or yam.
12-Minute Saucy Chicken Breasts
Three tricks for flawless weeknight chicken: remove the bones from a skin-on breast, weight it down for faster cooking and crisper skin, and toss some lime halves into the hot pan for an instant smoky, tangy sauce.
Monkey Bread
No secrets here—the key to the buttery flavor and signature texture of monkey bread is the brioche dough.
White Negroni
Hey Lillet fans, keep open bottles in the fridge as you would with any other wine. Even though Lillet is fortified, it will still oxidize and lose flavor over time.