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Pink peppermint stick pie set into a chocolate wafer crust, with a no-bake marshmallow-and-cream filling stained candy-cane red. Topped with crushed peppermint sticks for crunch.

Roasted butternut squash, rosemary, and garlic lasagne: a vegetarian fall pasta layered with roasted squash bechamel, parmesan, and a billowy whipped cream top that bakes into a golden crust.

Old-fashioned deep chocolate layer cake: a three-layer cocoa and buttermilk cake made in a food processor, dark and tender with sour cream chocolate frosting. Weekend bake for special occasions.

Two-color chocolate brownies: ultra-rich dark chocolate brownies with walnuts, topped with a white chocolate cream icing and ground nuts. A bakery-style double-batch for a crowd.

Fork-tender chuck pot roast browned and slow-simmered with dill and a splash of vinegar, then finished with potatoes, carrots, zucchini, and a tangy sour cream gravy. A one-pot Sunday dinner.

Spatchcocked roast turkey with cream gravy: backbone-removed bird that cooks in half the time, finished with a rich gravy of turkey stock, heavy cream, and nutmeg.

Chocolate mint sticks: a fudgy almond-chocolate brownie base, a cool peppermint buttercream middle, and a glossy chocolate glaze on top. Three layers of mint-chocolate in neat little bars.

Homemade crepes stuffed with fluffy chocolate cream cheese filling, drizzled with a flaming creme de cacao and brandy butter sauce. Sinfully rich and dramatic.

A rich French duck liver terrine blended with speck, armagnac, cream, and quatre-epices, studded with diced roasted duck breast. Served chilled with hot toast and warm flambeed grapes.

Obsttorte, the German fruit torte built on a buttery pressed shortbread crust, filled with whole fruit set in a glossy fruit glaze, edged in almond meringue, and crowned with vanilla whipped cream. Works with any fruit you love.

Tender sweetbreads nestled in a velvety cream sauce with mushrooms and water chestnuts, topped with golden breadcrumbs and cheese. A classic offal casserole that turns humble organ meat into an elegant dinner.

Espresso cake is a coffee-infused angel food cake: 12 whipped egg whites, cake flour, and espresso baked in a tube pan, then finished with a coffee-cocoa icing. Feather-light and caffeinated.

Macadamia pie with double ginger: candied crystallized ginger and fresh grated ginger folded into a brown sugar filling. A Hawaiian-Australian twist on pecan pie, served with warm chocolate sauce.

Iced cucumber yogurt soup: a no-cook chilled soup blended with mint, scallion, lemon, and garlic, then enriched with sour cream and yogurt. The summer starter that cools the room as it cools the palate.

Cream of artichoke and oyster soup poaches plump oysters in butter, then folds them into a tarragon-chervil pureed artichoke veloute finished with cream. Elegant French Creole first course.

Marinated herring salad with diced potatoes, beets, apples, and dill pickles dressed in a whipped cream dill dressing. A classic Maritime Canadian cold salad with Scandinavian roots.