Smoked turkey gumbo turns the Thanksgiving carcass into a rich Cajun-style gumbo with shrimp, crab, and oysters, built on a deep mahogany roux and served over long-grain rice.
Creole gumbo loaded with shrimp, crab, oysters, chicken wings, veal, ham bone, and okra, thickened with file powder. A true New Orleans-style gumbo served over rice.
Greek pita dip tosses cubed feta, black Greek olives, roasted red peppers, and red onion in olive oil with balsamic vinegar and thyme. Serve with toasted pita.
A colorful salad of black-eyed peas tossed with wild rice, white rice, tomatoes, bell pepper, and corn in a fresh oregano-thyme vinaigrette. Feeds a crowd and tastes even better the next day.
Cherry pork loin roast rubbed with thyme and black pepper, then glazed with a sweet-tart cherry preserve sauce spiked with red wine vinegar, cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
Braised Sunday pot roast with vegetables, garlic, and thyme in a rich red-wine gravy. Classic French-style braise that delivers fork-tender beef and a deeply flavored sauce for family dinner.
Whole chicken slow-cooked with carrots, celery, and onions in herbed broth until fall-apart tender. Drop it in the crockpot, walk away, and come home to a complete dinner.
Herb-crusted trout fillets pan-fried in brown butter with Dijon mustard, five fresh herbs, and garlic chili spinach on the side. A restaurant-quality fish dinner in 30 minutes.
Roast a whole suckling pig at home, from the vinegar soak that whitens the meat to the oil basting that crackles the skin. Posed on its haunches with an apple in its mouth and a watercress garland, it's the ultimate feast centerpiece.
Manhattan clam chowder made with 36 live clams steamed open, diced pork, tomatoes, potatoes, and herbs simmered for over an hour. A brothy, tomato-based chowder.
A classic slow and low simmered brown beef stock to greatly enhance any recipe you use it in.
San Francisco-style cioppino with clams, lobster, shrimp, and red snapper in a saffron-tomato wine broth with fennel. Italian-American seafood feast.
Beef and bay stew: a rustic Irish-style beef stew with leeks, turnip, carrots, potatoes, and celery, simmered gently with bay and thyme. Old-fashioned slow-cooked supper served with crusty bread.
Kasha stuffed tomatoes filled with toasted buckwheat groats, mushrooms, celery, pine nuts, and fresh herbs. A hearty Eastern European-inspired vegetarian side, perfect for late summer harvest meals.
Cajun crawfish fettuccine in a rich cream sauce with onion, celery, scallions, and a kick of cayenne. A Louisiana-style pasta dinner ready in 25 minutes.
Slow cooker black bean and potato soup with diced ham, jalapenos, cumin, oregano, thyme, and cloves in a beef broth base. Dump everything in the crockpot and let it cook all day.