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These easy miso-maple walnuts are crunchy, savory, a little sweet, and beautifully caramelized.

This easy baked Brie is a great appetizer if you’re hosting a small holiday party. While it’s simple, there is some serious wow value during that first oozing fresh-from-the oven Brie slice. 

This twist on the ham and cheese baguette is a great way to use up that marmalade you keep getting every year during the holidays.

This warm, cheesy dip with sweet, caramelized fennel and Brie is perfect as an appetizer or for entertaining.

It’s nothing fancy or complicated, simply a jumbo Brie wheel topped with sautéed apples and honey and wrapped in butter-brushed phyllo. But when baked, the combination of textures matched with apple and honey flavors fused with gooey Brie never fails to please a crowd.

While most baked Bries are on the sweet side, with layers of jam or chutney under the crust, this one goes savory with anchovies, garlic, and roasted bell peppers.

Think of this as something like savory s'mores.

This take on a very popular Thai bar snack—freshly fried cashews tossed with salt, chiles, scallions, and fragrant lime zest—is simple but so good with an ice-cold beer.

Onions are the star of the show: sweet and lightly scented, in pride of place on a layer of light, puffy pastry and delicious crumbled blue cheese.

In this fun and easy Diwali snack, spiced potatoes, cheddar, and cilantro are encased in pastry, then baked until crisp and golden brown.

Use any combination of vegetables for tempura—the list is as long as the vegetables available at your market.

Making this roasted tomato and pumpkin seed dip doesn’t require fancy techniques—just fresh ingredients and a little time.

Spicy, tangy, oh-so-melty-and-ooey-gooey—these chana masala fries hit on all levels. This particular spin on chana masala leans toward vegetarian chili, with a heavy dose of tomatoes and a kick from both Kashmiri chili powder and a couple serrano chiles. Some of the chickpeas are mashed part way through cooking to achieve a thick, spoonable texture akin to Cincinnati-style chili (read: not chunky or watery). Quick tip: If you’re strapped for time, feel free to use store-bought sweet potato fries)…

This bread is ideal for deep summer when you’re awash in fresh, local tomatoes.

Chewy, flaky, rich paratha is always a crowd-pleaser.

There is something really good about crunchy lettuce and a bright shallot dressing filled with the flavor of dried oregano completed by creamy feta.