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Sweet and Sour Yams
Risotto With Pumpkin, Ginger and Sage
Chef Peter Berley says, "I’m always looking for ways to cook pumpkin in the fall when Halloween is all around -- it always feels festive and comforting. If pumpkin season has passed, try using sweet potatoes or winter squash."
Beet and Goat Cheese Salad
Lentil Salad With Dried Lime
Baked Apples Stuffed With Mixed Nuts
Grilled-Zucchini Terrine With Niçoise Olives and Herbs
Gratin Of Penne And Vegetables
Creamy Onion Tart
For four generations, the Vongerichten family has been turning out this tart, which is like a quiche but creamier. Chef Jean-Georges says, "My grandmother taught me how to make the basic Pate Brisee pastry crust when I was young. The one thing I learned simply by eating her endless variations on delicious tarts for dinner every night is that this dough can be used for just about anything—sweet or savory."
Moroccan-Style Carrot Salad
Pasta With Tomatoes And Arugula
Curried Chickpea Salad
This dish is surprisingly good considering the ingredients are so simple, and it’s a cinch to make. It’s better to eat the same day, once you stir in the fresh herbs.
Kale Salad With Cranberries and Cashews
There are so many ways to vary this salad: You can toss in some slivered baby carrots, add diced pears or apples, substitute another kind of nut, or add a bit of thinly shredded red cabbage for extra color or sliced celery or bok choy for extra crunch. Even in its simple form, as presented here, it’s luscious and festive.
Chilled Pea-Mint Soup
Buttermilk-simmered peas, plenty of mint, a touch of salt: That’s it. The chef Daniel Patterson brought the recipe to The Times in 2007. It benefits mightily not just from the use of fresh peas, but from real, homemade buttermilk as well, “nothing like the cultured, processed stuff that goes by the same name,” he wrote. This is true, as it happens, but luckily fresh buttermilk can increasingly be found at farmer’s markets and in specialty markets. Top the chilled soup with a few peas and a grind or two of fresh black pepper.
Miso Squash Soup
Soup is an easy first course for a seasonal gathering, especially when it can be prepared — even frozen — in advance. This one calls for Kabocha squash, a variety that’s not too sweet, and is dense and rich, though delicata, honeynut, the ubiquitous butternut or an everyday orange pumpkin all work well. Seasoned primarily with miso, this calls for only a pinch of cinnamon to hint at the inevitable pumpkin spice. And instead of presenting this vegan soup as a plated first course in china or pottery bowls or even in hollowed-out mini-pumpkins, you might consider spooning it into small cups or glasses for guests to sip as an hors d’oeuvre before dinner.
Grilled Broccoli With Apricot Puttanesca
This astoundingly good recipe came to The Times from Nick Anderer, who made it over an open fire when he was the chef of Marta in New York. A sweet and sour puttanesca is draped over charred broccoli still warm from the grill, creating a dish that goes well next to a piece of grilled fish or meat. Do cut the broccoli into large florets; it makes them easier to manage on the grill.
Tandoori Mushrooms
Muhammara (Red Pepper and Walnut Spread)
Freeze vegetables at the height of the season, when they are at their Technicolor best, and you'll be rich with cooking options for months to come. For example, this muhammara, the Middle Eastern red pepper and walnut spread, can be made with either fresh red bell peppers or ones that you have chopped and frozen. The version made with frozen peppers is a little looser and lighter in color than the version starting with fresh peppers, but otherwise you sacrifice nothing having started with frozen produce — the two final spreads are similar in taste.
Black Rice, Corn and Cranberries
This recipe came to us from Nava Atlas, the author of “Vegan Holiday Kitchen: More than 200 Delicious, Festive Recipes for Special Occasions.” "The first time I came up with this recipe, I thought I’d better cut the recipe in half so my family of four wouldn’t be eating it for the rest of the week. What a mistake—we tore through it in no time. While it’s a festive eyeful, it’s too good to save for only special occasions, and too simple not to make for everyday meals."
Basic Mashed Potatoes
Mashed potatoes are an American staple. But perhaps you haven’t tried to make them yourself. Homemade mashed potatoes can be dressed up with chives and roasted garlic, with celery root, with cheese. But this recipe presents them in their simplest form. Start here.
Cranberry Sauce With Pinot Noir
Some of the best wine on the planet comes from Oregon, and with this recipe Jenn Louis, the chef behind Lincoln Restaurant and Sunshine Tavern in Portland, has found a way to weave it into the Thanksgiving feast: as a boon companion to cranberries. “Many deep red wines, or port, can overwhelm the punchy berry,” said Ms. Louis. “Instead, Oregon pinot noir keeps the cranberry sauce bright and clean.” The recipe here doesn’t hold back; it is shot through with allspice, cloves, peppercorns, rosemary, cinnamon, vanilla and honey, in a mix that calls to mind the rusticity and abundance of the Pacific Northwest.
Red Bean and Walnut Spread
At her restaurant, Oleanna, in Cambridge, Mass., Chef Ana Sortun serves this popular dip with homemade string cheese and bread. To prepare it, Ms. Sortun spreads the dip out on plastic wrap, tops with herbs, pomegranate molasses and pomegranate seeds, and rolls the whole thing up. She then serves it in slices. Here we make the dip plain, spread it on Wasa Lite crackers, and use the herbs and pomegranate seeds on top.
Mushrooms with Herbs and Stout
Creamy Tomato Gazpacho With Crunchy Pecorino
At lunchtime on a steamy day, I got the unlikely idea to cross a smoothie with gazpacho. Given my languid state, I had wanted something icy and filling, but not too taxing to prepare. That’s when the idea to merge a gazpacho and a smoothie crept into my head. I’d swap tomatoes for the usual berries; add garlic, oil, vinegar and salt to punch up the flavor; and keep the yogurt for heft. As the blender whirled, my stomach growled, and I nibbled on pieces of crunchy cheese cracker I had left over from a recent salad. Instead of croutons, I like to fry grated cheese until crisp, then crumble it over greens. For this batch, I had used pecorino, which seemed like a natural complement to the sheep’s-milk yogurt. So I saved some for garnish.
