Winter
Step Aside, Potatoes: (Almost) Any Vegetable Has Gnocchi Potential
Carrots, beets, broccoli, winter squash, and more can easily become a bowl of perfect, pillowy bites.
A Gingery, Fizzy, Smoky Cocktail for New Year’s Eve
The spicy, honey-sweetened Penicillin gets the Royale treatment.
Hot Cocoa, Yes. And Also Hot Butterscotch
It’s like toasty, buttery caramel in drinkable form.
Winter Squash Wedges With Gorgonzola Butter and Hazelnuts
Meet your new go-to flavor booster: butter that’s fully equipped with blue cheese and garlic. Layer on charred winter squash (any variety will work), then top it off with nuts and fresh herbs.
A Feast for Small Crowds: Christian Reynoso’s Spiced, Marmalade-Lacquered Duck Legs
This festive dish for four is the only adornment your holiday table needs.
Braised Chile-Marmalade Duck Legs With Brussels Sprouts
Simmer duck legs in a chile-infused, maramalade-based braise until tender, then reduce the sauce to a sticky-rich lacquer to glaze over the crisp skin.
Hot Butterscotch
This luscious drink gives hot chocolate a run for its money. Really caramelizing the sugar keeps the drink from tasting cloyingly sweet. Add a glug of good rum or skip it as desired.
This Mid-Century Modern Gingerbread House Is the Winter Baking Project We All Need Now
Okay, it’s not actually gingerbread—it’s better. Use Judy Kim’s detailed templates and blueprint to build the ultimate edible holiday centerpiece: a cardamom cookie house complete with twinkly lights, shimmery doors, ceiling beams, and color-coordinated wallpaper.
Mid-Century Modern Cookie House
This cardamom cookie house is the ultimate edible holiday centerpiece, complete with twinkly lights, shimmery doors, ceiling beams, and color-coordinated wallpaper.
Grated Dough Equals Great Shortbread
Featuring a layer of jam streaked through the center, these shortbread bars are made with dough that’s frozen (for up to a month!) and then grated right into the pan.
71 Easy Christmas Appetizer Recipes (and Hors d'Oeuvres, Too)
These are so good, you might skip dinner.
Quince and Almond Tart With Rosé
Poach quince in rosé with a dash of cocktail bitters and a few warm spices, then assemble into a tart with almond paste using an upside-down, Tatin-style method.
The Best Eggnog Has No Eggs in It
I know what you’re thinking, but this almond milk–based “holiday nog” can do it all.
Caramelized Honey Pumpkin Pie
Browned butter, caramelized honey, warm spices, and few extra eggs make this a pumpkin pie that's truly custardy and wonderfully delicious.
Lean in to Casserole Season With This Comforting Cabbage and Cauliflower Gratin
This cauliflower and cabbage number is ready for your weeknight table; but he’d be fine joining you for Thanksgiving too.
Cauliflower Gratin
Cauliflower and cabbage meet up in this soufflelike casserole that's both warm and comforting while feeling light and virtuous.
Green Bean Casserole With Walnut Bacon Crumble
Chanterelle mushrooms and a crunchy, sweet, and salty walnut-bacon topping make this holiday side dish a stand-out.
A Lemony Cranberry Pie For a Brighter Thanksgiving
This fruit-studded riff on chess pie might not look like all of the cinnamon-laced desserts on your Thanksgiving table, but that’s kind of the point. With a refreshing tang and a lip-puckering bite, this pie may even steal the show.
Cranberries Aren't Just For Sauce: Use the Juice in This Festive Campari Cocktail
If, for you, the best part of Thanksgiving is the tang of cranberry sauce, this super-easy, super-tart Campari-laced drink is for you.
Khajur Ladu (Date, Pistachio, and Almond Morsels)
These date balls, which I make each year for Diwali, are nutty and fudgy—without any chocolate. In years when the celebrations for Diwali and Thanksgiving are close together, I like to make a double batch to add to our Thanksgiving spread. They fit right in.