Darcy Buch

For a more intimate holiday dinner, a smaller turkey cooked in under two hours might be just the thing. Juicy with crispy skin, it's superb.

If you took all the best summer veggies, chopped 'em up and dressed them in a liltingly sweet and tangy dressing, you'd end up with this stunning salad.

An easy toss-it-in-the-oven-and-forget-about-it sorta dish that’s still gonna make everyone ooh and aah at the dinner table for its tender, wine-imbued spectacularness.

Because yes, a properly constructed tuna melt is reason to get pretty darn excited. This exquisite specimen makes a pretty compelling argument.

Sorta rustic, sorta refined, sorta irresistible. That's what we're hearing about this nuanced cobbler from Tanya Holland with its cakey biscuits and subtly cinnamon-inflected fruit filling.

Just like those classic and towering pudding pies you experienced as a kid at diners. But better.

When it's half past when you'd wanted to eat and you're too exhausted to think, turn to this kid-friendly, adult-approved fix.

Earthy black-eyed peas, Portuguese tuna, sliced onion, garlic, and parsley are tossed together in a vinegar-y salad dressing for a quick, nutritious salad.

Part bread, part cake, kugelhopf is made like brioche except it's studded with raisins, brushed with butter, and dusted with sugar.