Recipes with potatoes

Old-fashioned potato sourdough starter: a yeast-and-flour starter fed with raw potato for biscuits, breads, and pancakes. Pioneer-style starter that improves with age.

Breakfast tacos with crispy bacon, pan-fried potato chunks, and soft-scrambled eggs in warm flour tortillas. Serve with pico de gallo, hot sauce, and fresh cilantro.

Traditional Irish stew with cubed lamb, potatoes, carrots, and onions simmered slowly with a bouquet garni of bay, thyme, and rosemary. The simple cottage-kitchen recipe that defines Irish home cooking.

Creamy potato cheese soup brightened with a generous full cup of fresh dill and finished with sharp cheddar. A warming bowl with golden carrots, soft potatoes, and a pop of fresh herb.

Hot shoestring potato salad with oven-baked julienned potatoes tossed in hoisin sauce, rice vinegar, red bell pepper, and toasted sesame seeds. An Asian-inspired twist on classic potato salad.

Tourte de Noel: French Canadian Christmas pork pie with diced pork, potato, sage, and savory in a savory-herbed lard and butter pastry. Quebec holiday tradition.

Cream-style potato soup with diced potatoes, celery, onion, dill, and chives. Made creamy with skim milk and flour, no actual cream required. Lighter than traditional potato soup.

Crustless potato pizza with thin-sliced potatoes, rosemary, garlic, red pepper, and melted provolone and Parmesan. No dough needed for crispy, golden, cheesy results.

Microwave breakfast potatoes layer sliced potatoes and onions with cheddar cheese for a 10-minute single-serving breakfast side. No skillet needed.

Garlic soup Provencal with two full heads of garlic, saffron, sage, leeks, and tomatoes, thickened with potato for a silky, deeply aromatic French soup. No cream needed.

Slow-roasted potatoes in goose fat or duck fat, parboiled then baked until crusty brown all over. The classic British Sunday roast side dish with parsley and garlic finish.

Hearty homestyle beef stew braised low and slow in red wine and tomato sauce with potatoes, carrots, and oregano. The kind of one-pot meal that fills the house with warmth.

Skordalia, the bold Greek garlic and potato dip whipped smooth with lemon and olive oil. This punchy, no-bread version is naturally vegan and gluten-free, served cold with fried fish or vegetables.

Mediterranean-style minted potato salad with olive oil, lemon juice, scallions, and parsley. No mayo, served chilled with warm pita bread on the side.

Creamy potato and cucumber soup with heavy cream, dill, and grated scallion. Potatoes riced until silky smooth, with tender cucumber pieces in every spoonful. Served hot.

Minnesota-style clam chowder loaded with wild rice, potatoes, mushrooms, and cream. A Northwoods twist on New England chowder, finished with a splash of sherry before serving.