Dried Apricot

Here's a sweet-tart addition to your menu.

These caramel-dipped fruits look like jewels and add another layer of elegance to the gingerbread roulade.

The unusual combination of mushrooms and dried apricots makes for a delicious and earthy soda bread.

Hoisin sauce is sold at Asian markets and in the Asian foods section of most supermarkets.

Here is a colorful dressing that is baked alongside—rather than inside—the turkey.

A sweet snack, full of chewy dried cherries and apricots, to nibble or wrap as a gift.

We couldn't have an American potluck dinner that didn't include at least one thoroughly native dish. The wild rice, hickory nuts, and dried cranberries in this salad are a nod to the potluck's origins.

From the Rainforest Cafe in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Caramelized pears plus dried apricots, cranberries, and prunes add intense fruit flavor to this stuffing from Rochelle Palermo Torres, a freelance recipe developer and cooking teacher.

Ukrainian Dessert Dumplings These stuffed dessert dumplings with a chewy noodle-dough wrapping are a Ukrainian specialty. The fruit fillings vary widely—ours are stuffed with dried apricots and walnuts, then sprinkled with a cinnamon-crumb topping.

Serve with: Roast turkey, ham, or chicken. Combine with: Crackers that have been spread with cream cheese or goat cheese. Use as: A sandwich spread.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

At '21' wild Scottish pheasant is served in season (November through January). The rest of the year, free-range farm-raised pheasant is offered.

This "stuffing" has a soft, custard-like texture and should not be baked inside a bird.