Leah Koenig

Fresh figs alone, while stunning if savored by you alone in the kitchen, isn't exactly what you want to serve guests. Here's what you do want to offer them.

So satisfyingly subtle and sweet and smoky and spicy, it’ll forever banish canned Campbell’s tomato soup from your thoughts.

All fancied up for the holidays, these boast all the perfectly-crisp-on-the-outside-tender-on-the-inside awesomeness of traditional potato latkes as well as a few surprises.

Sweet and tangy and fall-apart tender. That's what we think of this crowd-pleasing braised brisket that makes us go weak in the knees.