Red Truck Bakery Apple Cake

A yearround charmer, this is sorta like Bundt cake gone to finishing school yet retains all the comforts of home. From the justifiably famous Red Truck Bakery in rural Virginia.

1 hr 45 mins

Homemade Chicken Pot Pie

No ordinary chicken pot pie, this one seems to have gone to finishing school but without a lot of fuss. Just a couple of simple yet significant aspects done exceptionally well.

1 hr 45 mins

Ham, Cheese, and Potato Casserole

Our latest definition of decadent comfort food. A David Leite original, this recipe melds layers of ham, potatoes, shallots, and gooey cheese in a rich cream sauce.

1 hr 45 mins

Shredded Beef Taco Bar

A taco extravaganza that's one part classic Mexican cooking, two parts slightly unconventional toppings, and all parts surprisingly simple to toss together.

5 hrs

Skillet Mac and Cheese

Add this simple skillet mac and cheese, with its brilliant time-saving trick, to your dinner arsenal and you just might achieve superhero status with the kids.

35 mins

Potato and Chickpea Stew

Yet another failproof recipe from Deborah Madison that's hearty and healthy and satisfying beyond words.

1 hr 15 mins

Beet Salad with Feta and Pumpkin Seeds

A stunning jumble of ingredients you'll forget are healthy the moment you take a bite. Sweet roasted beets. Peppery watercress. Tangy feta. And a perfectly balanced vinaigrette.

3 hrs 15 mins

Vegetable Galette

Because who doesn't want pie for dinner?! And this vegetable galette gets it exactly right with a buttery crust, a creamy cheese sauce, and oh-so-sweet roasted veggies.

2 hrs

Salmon Burgers

Just in time for National Salmon Day. If you're craving a burger (always!?) but also wanting some measure of healthiness, then here's our solution. Craving satisfied.

30 mins

Pumpkin Pots de Crème

These fancy-sounding desserts are essentially creamy custards that come together with very little time or effort from half-and-half, brown sugar, pumpkin, eggs, and warm spices. So good you're gonna want them year round.

4 hrs 30 mins

Champagne Truffles

Got leftover Champange? Or simply seeking an excuse to open a bottle of bubbly? Good. We've got the most splurge-worthy use for it ever thanks to these creamy, fudgy, boozy, ganache-gilded little orbs.

8 hrs 15 mins

Buttermilk Dressing with Winter Crudites

Whoever made up that silly rule about no white after Labor Day clearly has never stunned dinner guests with vegetables in shades of winter white and palest green.

10 mins

Easy Chicken Liver Pâté

Satiny smooth and ridiculously rich, this elegant spread is begging to be schmeared on rustic white bread and accompanied by a glass of riesling, whether as an impressive hors d’oeuvres or a simple winter supper.

30 mins

Black-Eyed Peas with Spinach

After trying this Southern good-luck charm of black-eyed peas, we say forget the luck. Just pass more of these peas, please.

2 hrs

Little Gem Salad

Little Gem salad. Such an appropriate name. Not only is it made with Little Gem lettuce, but it's truly a little gem of a salad.

20 mins

French Butter Cookies

Call them whatever you will. Breton butter cookies. French biscuits. Sables. We call them simply impossible to stop noshing.

2 hrs 30 mins

Walnut Rugelach

We’ve never met a rugelach that we haven’t liked. Although there are some we adore more than others. This falls into the latter category.

3 hrs