What to Cook

Dilly Rolls

These rolls land somewhere between a fluffy roll and a fluffy biscuit, with a crunchy exterior and pillowy interior. Their texture defies logic, and they taste amazing.

Caramelized Maple Tart

For anyone out there who wished you liked pumpkin pie but just don’t, meet your new favorite Thanksgiving dessert. If you’re a novice baker, this is one of the easiest desserts you could make (and for the overachievers, this is a great make-ahead).

Bitter, Leafy Salad

This is a great bitter, peppery salad to serve alongside just about anything. It’s simple, it’s quick to make, and it’s an especially nice antidote to braised meats.

Mushroom Soup with Tofu and Toasted Garlic

Whether you have a cold, your apartment heat isn’t working, or you just need something light and brothy between holiday meals, this soup has you covered. It’s warming, nourishing, and exactly what the doctor ordered.

A Really Nice Fish with Cucumber and Crunchy Garlic Salad

While this fish is perfect in its boringness, it does absolutely cry out for a punchy, assertively flavored, dramatically textured salad. Chief among them, this one made with cucumber.

Alison's Bolognese

If you’re looking for a different kind of winter cooking experience, may I interest you in the rewarding act of slowly cooking a bolognese for a few hours? This classic-ish sauce will offer warmth and comfort on the dark, cold days you need it most.

Almost Classic Caesar Salad

Bolognese and a caesar salad? That’s amore. This is an all-occasion salad, but is particularly nice with a bowl of pasta. Bring a hunk of parmesan to grate at the table for true red sauce vibes.

Hard Shell Taco Night

Hard Shell Tacos– you know them, you love them. My biggest piece of advice here is don’t overthink it. Decorate your taco however you want. Add more spices or make it less spicy. It’s Hard Shell Taco Night!

Steak Like Tartare

This is my new favorite way to make steak at home, and it’s been on repeat all summer. Steak and a caesar? Sign me up.

Spicy Vinegar Chicken over Tomatoes

Chicken and tomatoes love to be treated simply and basically left alone (who among us), but they really do sing together.

A Pretty Classic Cobb Salad

While I do hate following rules, sometimes it’s nice to color inside the lines. To qualify as a Cobb Salad, the salad must have certain ingredients or else it’s simply just a large salad, and I am happy to oblige.

Labne with Sizzled Scallions and Chile

In case you’re hosting this week, do yourself a favor and invite The Dip.

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