Fall

These salty-sweet cookies have just the right amount of crunch and are delicious drizzled in chocolate. You can mix it up by swapping white chocolate for milk chocolate or colored candy melts to add a pop of color.

This galette is just as delicious and impressive as a pie, but half the work. The apples get a quick toss in fragrant fennel seeds and vanilla before filling the rustic, flaky crust.

Lamb chops need enough time on the grill to let the fat render. You’ll get flare-ups as the fat melts onto the coals—that’s inevitable—but instead of letting the chops char, just move them to a new spot as needed and keep going.

This party drink is something you’d imagine sipping at the bar of a trendy modern taqueria, except it's easy to pull off at home.

This is a dessert you'll make over and over in the fall when interesting apples fill the farmers’ market; but the Calvados sauce ensures it even makes out-of-season apples sing.

If you can find it, try making this green sauce with hoja santa, a robust aromatic Mexican herb—if not, any hardy green will work (we call for kale).