Recipe Sifter

Greek yogurt cake with raisins, walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves layered through a tender butter batter. A traditional tourta cut into diamond shapes for a spiced afternoon sweet.

Old-fashioned turn-of-the-century molasses bundt cake with two cups of unsulfured molasses, cake flour for tenderness, and a dusting of powdered sugar. Serves warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Upside-down apple cake with caramelized Granny Smith slices, applesauce-enriched batter, and a cinnamon cream cheese topping. Served warm for the ultimate fall dessert.

Banana nut bread made with whole wheat and white flours, ginger and mace, plus chopped pecans and dates folded in. A spiced, fruit-and-nut-loaded quick bread that's denser and more interesting than the standard.

Warm Upside-Down Cheesecakes with Pineapple S recipe

West: Royal Lamb Chops Braised with Nuts and Saffron recipe

White chocolate chunk brownies with espresso, brown sugar, Kahlua, and toasted pecans baked in a round pan. Fudgy coffee-flavored blondies studded with creamy white chocolate pieces.

Tender white chocolate cake studded with almonds and coconut, layered with billowy whipped cream frosting folded with toasted coconut for elegant celebrations.

Creamy winter vegetable soup loaded with potatoes, carrots, spinach, cabbage, and leeks in a bacon-enriched broth. Half pureed for velvety body with chunky texture in every spoonful.

Yankee lamb stew with braised lamb shoulder, potatoes, turnips, carrots, and peas in a white wine and thyme sauce. Oven-braised in a Dutch oven for fork-tender meat.

Super chocolate truffles use semi-sweet and unsweetened chocolate, butter, and orange liqueur for a rich, boozy ganache cut into squares and rolled in cocoa. Classic French confection, dressed up with Cointreau.

Bakery-style blueberry muffins with nutmeg sugar topping. Three flours, butter, and buttermilk give a tender crumb and tall domed tops crowned with crackly spiced sugar.

Juicy turkey burgers with raw bacon ground into the patty, sage, and sautéed mushrooms on top. Pan-cooked in butter, the leanness of turkey paired with the richness of bacon.

Chocolate pecan pie spiked with Kahlua and molasses, loaded with toasted pecans and semi-sweet chocolate chips. A grown-up Thanksgiving pie with deep coffee-bourbon undertones.

Supernatural brownies are Nick Malgieri's legendary fudge bricks: a full pound each of butter and semisweet chocolate, eight eggs, two sugars, and a shiny crackled top. Bakes a full half-sheet, rests overnight for perfect texture.

Fudgy chocolate brownies: dense, rich brownies built on six squares of unsweetened baking chocolate and real butter. The bake-sale champion that crackles on top and stays gooey inside.