What to Cook

A Little Eggplant Parm

I didn’t know eggplant parm could taste this good, and yet! This one is crispy, briny, saucy, and wonderful.

Clam Pasta with Spicy, Toasted Breadcrumbs

This pasta is my favorite pasta, bar none. For me, clam pasta is a decidedly summery meal, and you should be making it at least once before summer is over.

Pork Chops With Salted Plums

This quick, easy dinner is one of the few exceptions to my rule about not mixing fruit and meat. It really works here, and it’s a great way to use in-season plums.

Sticky Apple Cake

This custardy, caramelized cake is the best vessel for all your beautiful fall apples, bar none.

Blueberry Cornmeal Tart

With jammy blueberries, a crunchy, buttery cornmeal crust, and preferably some vanilla ice cream on the side, this tart is not only delicious—it’s shockingly easy to make.

Salted Apricot-Honey Cobbler

Bring this nutty, jammy, not-too-sweet cobbler out at the end of your next dinner party with a pint of vanilla ice cream. Everyone will love it.

Perfect, Crispy Pancakes

These pancakes are even more perfect topped with cold, tart marmalade.

Chicken and Chickpea Soup

Pick any leftover meat off the carcass, make some stock, and you’re well on your way to a big pot of this wonderful soup.

Salted Butter and Chocolate Chunk Shortbread

It’s cookie season! Make these for yourself, your neighbor, or your cookie swap.

Deep-Dish Honey Apple Galette

This is a real showstopper of a dessert, and is a welcome way to end any holiday meal.

A Pot of Brothy Beans

Ring in the new year (or any day) with a big pot of brothy beans (yes, this recipe works with black eyed peas!).

Whole Fish With Soy and Citrus

For those curious about cooking a whole fish but nervous to try, this skillet method is as simple as cooking a chicken breast. This method, which keeps the skin and bones involved, prevents overcooking and drying out (plus it's more fun to eat).

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