(Iced) Gingerbread Cookies

A holiday recipe for making delicious gingerbread cookies studded with crystalized ginger. Icing and orange flavor optional.

Christmas Tree Appetizer

A recipe for a festive goat cheese Christmas tree appetizer: Boursin, rosemary, almonds, olives, currants, and butterkase cheese crackers.

Homemades jams are so easy to make, and so utterly fantastic. This Tangerine Marmelade is no exception: easy and amazing!

This beefy dill and fennel meatloaf takes everyday cooking down a street your mama warned about. Great freshly made, reheated, and cold.

“The Bear” Chocolate Cake. Of course you watch The Bear, and you remember the first-season, from-scratch chocolate cake subplot. Here it is.

This pork stew is made from pork shoulder. It tastes slow-cooked, but I made it in an Instant Pot … although it was hardly “instant.”

Pumpkin Buttermilk Pancakes, full of pumpkin spice and pumpkin puree. Serve with maple syrup, or pumpkin butter, or spiced whipped cream.

Beer Braised Chicken and Onions with bacon. Need I say more? Google thinks so. Yummy. Delicious. Homey. Smells heavenly. Good leftover.

Want a beefy, manageable, satisying, one-pan, meat-and-potatoes meal? Porterhouse Steak with Potatoes, Green Beans, and Corn is a win.