This is the dinner that converted several dedicated meat-eaters in the test kitchens of everyone who has ever made it. Not because it is trying to imitate meat — it is not — but because white beans simmered in a garlic-thyme cream sauce with properly browned mushrooms produce a skillet that is so hearty, so…
Apple cider caramel is one of those things that sounds like a minor variation on regular caramel until you make it and realise it is actually its own distinct thing — the cider reduces into the caramel and adds a fruity tartness and apple depth that makes the finished caramel taste specifically of autumn in…
If you have never had cloud bread, prepare to be delighted. These little rounds are impossibly light, pillowy-soft, and marshmallowy in the middle with a faintly golden top — like eating a sweet cloud. This cottage cheese version makes them even better: extra protein, extra tender, with juicy blueberries bursting in every bite that turn…
When the weather turns chilly and you want dinner to feel like a warm hug, this is the soup I make. Best Pork Sausage Potato Soup is creamy without being heavy, hearty without being fussy — tender chunks of Yukon Gold potatoes, savory crumbled pork sausage, sweet onion, garlic, and kale (or spinach) swimming in…
Chicken pot pie is one of those dinners that sounds like a weekend project and turns out to be a weeknight possibility — especially with a store-bought pastry lid, a rotisserie chicken shortcut, and a filling that comes together in one skillet in about 20 minutes. What comes out of the oven is a golden,…
There is a specific kind of lunch that feels genuinely civilised — the kind that requires a plate, a glass of something cold, and the sense that this is a meal worth sitting down for. This Caramelized Onion and Gruyère Tart is that lunch. It is also, quietly, one of the most impressive things you…
Potato and spinach curry — called aloo palak or saag aloo in Indian cooking depending on the spice base and the spinach preparation — is one of the most satisfying vegetarian dinners in existence, and also one of the most unfairly overlooked. People who would never consider making Indian food at home assume it requires…
These are the blondies that make you question why anyone bothers with the standard version. The Greek yogurt replaces a significant amount of the butter and adds protein — which sounds like a reasonable health swap and not much else — but what it actually produces is a blondie that is so much more fudgy,…
There is a moment every autumn when the temperature drops enough that a hot drink feels genuinely necessary rather than just pleasant, and the first cup of warm apple cider is that moment’s perfect answer. This recipe produces the kind of apple cider that fills the entire house with a smell so good that whoever…
Chili is one of those recipes where the more you think about it, the more complicated you can make it — toasting your own spices, using three kinds of dried chillies, simmering for four hours. All of that can produce something magnificent. This recipe is not that. This recipe is the chicken chili you make…
