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Simple Cooking

Fall Spritz

Set out both bottles with glasses and a bucket of ice and let guests do the rest. Just remember the ratio: one part amaro to four parts hard cider.

Chicken Soup with Charred Cabbage

Simmer the bones of a rotisserie bird in water with a handful of aromatics and flavor-packed mushroom stems to make the umami-rich broth for this comforting soup.

Coconut-Apple-Ginger Dal

This velvety lentil stew, brightened with shredded apple and fresh ginger, is the antidote to holiday excess.

Buttermilk Cornbread

This simple cornbread was designed for making stuffing—it’s easy to cut, not too sweet, and holds together.

Radicchio Salad with Sour Cream Ranch

Pale yellowish-white Castelfranco radicchio is usually tender and mild, but Chioggia (round) or Treviso (spear-shaped) varieties also work.

Shortcut Puff Pastry

You don’t need to smash the butter to smithereens—it’s those large pieces that make for a flaky pastry.

Sunday Stash Braised Beef

Make a big batch of this simple braise and stash it in the fridge or freezer to turn into stews, tacos, hashes, sandwiches, soups, and more in the weeks to come.

Sheet-Pan Pancakes with Pear Compote

A swirl of cinnamon-spiced pear compote runs through these protein-rich pancakes.

Mushroom and Kale Breakfast Skillet

For mornings when you need to feed a crowd a healthy breakfast, this veggie-packed egg skillet is here for you. Serve with toast on the side for mopping up those runny yolks.

Smoky Beans and Greens on Toast

Beans and greens are great on almost every carb: in tortillas as tacos, over rice, on flatbread. But whenever crispy, skillet-fried toast is an option, you should probably take it.

Clams with Chorizo, Leeks, Tomato, and White Wine

You need the fresh, soft, fiery red version of chorizo for this dish, the kind that bleeds out bright red-orange grease into the pot when you heat it.

Roasted Cauliflower with Sesame

This dish is compulsively delicious. One adult could easily eat the entire head of cauliflower for dinner and feel good about it.

Stars Pappardelle

You don't need to cut the finished star sheets into pappardelle—farfalle, lasagne sheets, or any other noodles on the larger side would also showcase this pattern well.

Brodo di Parmigiano

This recipe makes deeply flavorful broth out of something that most people throw away: the hard rinds of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.

Russian Deviled Eggs

A topping of salmon roe gives these deviled eggs an extra layer of flavor.

Instant Pot Beef and Sweet Potato Chili

Sweet potatoes almost melt as they cook under pressure in the Instant Pot, lending a silky texture and sweet flavor to this harissa-spiced chili.
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