Vegetables

My favorite food group.

Spicy Caramelized Leeks with Fresh Lemon

Leeks are criminally slept-on, and this recipe really lets them shine. The frizzled ends gets as crispy as a potato chip, the middle gets tender and creamy, and you’re going to want to make them once a week.

Peas with Anchovy, Lemon, and All the Radishes

This is a great recipe for switching up your salad routine. It’s filled with peppery radishes, green garlic, sweet, crunchy peas, and a dressing so good you’ll want to keep a jar in your fridge.

Baked Potato Bar

Even though I find it hard to improve on the simple “lots of butter, salt, and too many scallions” combo, I do love to get dressed up for company and break out the picked herbs, sour cream, and fancy fish eggs.

Wine-Roasted Artichokes

Once these artichokes are cooked in their oily, white wine bath, you can eat them without teaching anyone how to navigate the thorny beast or deal with the feathery choke.

Parsley Salad With Fennel and Horseradish

This salad is an obvious nod to the Seder plate, including both parsley (bitter herbs) and fresh horseradish, except it’s less ceremonial and more just a very delicious salad. I love, love parsley and think a well-seasoned bowl of it is something that most tables can benefit from, especially if thos

Crispy Potato Kugel

At its core, kugel is a casserole. This version, made with potatoes, is decidedly salty and savory, with onions in the mixture and chives to finish. It can best be described as something between a Spanish tortilla and a giant latke. Sounds dreamy, doesn’t it?

Tiny Boiled Potatoes with Butter and Chives

This can be endlessly scaled up or down to feed as many or few people as you like. While I find the butter + chive + salt combo to be perfect in its simplicity, you can always dress it up.

The Greatest Creamed Greens

A steakhouse dinner at home simply isn’t complete without creamed spinach, and this is my favorite way to make it.

Crispy, Salty Latkes

The key to crispy latkes lies in a hot skillet with plenty of fat and getting absolutely every ounce of liquid out of those potatoes and onions.

Classic Celery Stuffing

Stuffing is my favorite food, and this is my favorite stuffing, bar none. Highly recommend making more than one pan.

Leek and Greens Gratin

This is our Thanksgiving mac and cheese moment. If you’re thinking “no, that’s kale,” just trust me: it will probably be your favorite thing on the table.

Frizzled Green Beans, Mushrooms and Onions

This is a perfect side dish, IMO. It’s savory, deeply flavorful, and really lets the vegetables shine.