Turn your sweet potato side into a crispy, cheesy smash
Recipe: After being boiled and smashed and crisped in the oven, sweet potatoes become almost as addictive as a potato chip and great for game-day viewing or holiday snacking.
Make a date with this Earl Grey-infused quick bread
Recipe: Plump, sticky Medjool dates go into this quick bread, along with Earl Grey tea and grated apple or carrot.
Cold season is coming. Keep calm and garlic on.
Recipe: This toasted garlic and bread soup might not win beauty prizes, but it’s easy, comforting and you probably already have all the ingredients in your pantry.
Make these pumpkin maple muffins and catch all the fall feelings
Recipe: These muffins get their deep color from pumpkin (or sweet potato) and turmeric and their sweetness from maple syrup. If you want to add chocolate chips, we wouldn’t stand in your way.
Cod amandine: Looks fancy, sounds fancy — but it’s actually super easy and delicious
Recipe: You can substitute almost any fish in this recipe for lemon cod with almonds and brown butter.
Flip ripe bananas and pantry basics into this upside-down cake
Recipe: Pineapples or bananas are classic, but you might consider peaches and cherries in summer or fall apples and pears. Spice up the batter as you like with some cinnamon or nutmeg or a pinch of ground cardamom.
Crisp on the outside and fall-off-the-bone tender, chicken thighs make a stellar weeknight dinner
Recipe: If you’d like more kick, add hot paprika, gochugaru Korean chile flakes or some thinly sliced Hatch chiles, which are in season and available fresh at some local supermarkets.
How to turn old bread into a fresh and amazing meal
For this salad, think lots of vegetables and herbs; maybe some mozzarella or burrata or blue cheese; olives and anchovies. In winter, try roasted squash, some shredded cabbage and chunks of Parm.
Celebrate late summer produce with a rustic tomato cheddar galette
A galette is basically a free-form, open-face tart that’s delicious as is, or serve with a green salad.
Walnut zucchini cake is a sweet way to use up your summer squash
Even sworn squash deniers will go back for seconds on this, especially if no one is looking.
Squash blossoms, stuffed with cheese and fit to be fried
You can find the big, yellow blossoms at Anchorage farmers markets, and they have many potential applications.
This plummy dessert takes the cake
Plum cornmeal cake just takes one bowl, some ripe fruit and your choice of everything from citrus zest and almond extract to warming spices like cardamom and nutmeg.