This salad is an escape from the ordinary, an extra-special dish that is sure to shine on a holiday table. The elements that make it so exceptional – an ambrosial dressing and crisp pistachio-breadcrumb topping – take a bit more effort than you might put into an everyday salad, but that’s the point and what […]
Recipes
My mother’s Sicilian cassata cake nods to her smart frugality and love
The recipe for layered pound cake, covered with chocolate fudge, is a family favorite for the holidays.
Home Plates: Former caterer spreads love with chocolate chip cookies
Jennie Gwilym of Portland delivered her special cookies to essential workers during the pandemic.
Bonus Points: Feast of the Seven Fishes extras
These 2 recipes for roasted oysters and bourride make more great choices for feast night.
This chicken paprikash lightens up a classic but keeps the big flavor
This popular Hungarian stew gets its bright flavor from aromatic, intensely hued paprika.
Maine cooks offer you these 7 dishes for the Feast of the Seven Fishes
We asked home cooks, chefs and food purveyors what seafood-centric dish they’d bring to the Christmas Eve table. Here’s what they said.
Bake shrimp under a blanket of garlicky breadcrumbs for a quick meal
This quick baked dish with seasoned breadcrumbs comes in handy on harried weeknights.
Home Plates: Home is where the palate is
Food memories often anchor our picture of home. For cook Elaine Alley of Jonesport, and perhaps her son, that means brisket.
The meatloaf of my dreams uses a surprising ingredient
For a meatloaf that’s light, savory and moist, try using venison and mushrooms.
This Singaporean meatball soup is soothing to the soul
Sharon Wee revised her cookbook/memoir, ‘Growing Up in a Nonya’s Kitchen,’ for a 10th anniversary release.