What to Cook

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.

Low and Slow Rib Roast with Anchovy and Rosemary

When it comes to cooking for special occasions or large groups of people, I am a huge fan of focusing all your emotional and financial efforts on one, glorious, foolproof thing. Say, a very large piece of more expensive than usual red meat.

A Very Good Lasagna

A recipe for a Very Good Lasagna. Nothing insane, no sneaky anchovies (just kidding—there are anchovies if you want) or expensive, hard-to-find cheeses. Just some good ol’ basic stuff layered in a baking dish and baked until melty, bubbly, and satisfying as well.

Classic Apple Sauce

Ingredients * 1 pound apples (about 3), cored and chopped (I don’t peel my apples because I like texture, but you can if you want) * 1/4–1/3 cup sugar * Lemon juice or apple cider vinegar for finishing, if needed * Cinnamon, for finishing (optional) Preparation 1. Combine the apples

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.

Tangy Fruit Salad

This is a two salad thanksgiving! And this one is tart, refreshing, and beautiful.

Very Good Turkey with Tangy Roasted Shallots and Excellent Gravy

This is a recipe for the most basic version of a well-seasoned turkey, which is sometimes all you want.

Turkey Stock

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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.

Brown Buttered Squash, Dates and Walnuts

I never knew squash could be this good (and yes, you can make it with sweet potatoes!).

Anchovy Apple Apricot Artichoke Arugula Asparagus

Bacon Banana Beans & Legumes Beef Blue Cheese Blueberry Bread Brisket Broccoli Broccoli Rabe Buttermilk

Cabbage Capers Carrot Cauliflower Celery Chicken Chickpeas Chiles Chocolate Cinnamon Citrus Clams Coconut Corn Cornmeal Cranberries Cucumber

Dates Dill

Egg Eggplant Escarole

Farro Fennel Feta

Grapefruit Green Beans

Harissa Hazelnut Hominy Horseradish

Kale

Labne Lamb Leek Lemon Lentils Lettuce Lime

Maple Syrup Matzo Mushrooms Mustard

Olive Onion Orange

Panko Parmesan Parsley Peach Peas Pecan Pecorino Pepperoncini Pickles Pistachio Plum Pork Potato Puff Pastry

Radicchio Radish Red Onion Ricotta Rutabaga

Sage Salmon Sardines Sausage Scallions Sesame Shallot Shrimp Squash Steak Strawberry

Tahini Tarragon Tofu Tomatillo Tomato Tortilla Trout Tuna Turkey

Walnuts

Zucchini