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Orange-cranberry bread for the bread machine with whole wheat flour, dried cranberries, fresh orange juice and zest, and cinnamon. A hearty, fruit-studded holiday loaf.

Whole wheat potato bread for the bread machine with mashed potatoes, potato water, applesauce, and honey. Extra-soft crumb from the potato starch with a subtle sweetness.

Vegetarian stuffed grape leaves filled with rice, yellow split peas, mushrooms, and warming spices like turmeric and cayenne. Baked until tender, these make a hearty appetizer or meatless main.

This is a Middle Eastern soup, typical of the simple foods served in the desert regions. Serve with pita bread and a grain or vegetable dish for a simple meal. This soup is also food served cold, stuffed into a pita bread.

A hearty Romanian cabbage soup layered with smoky bacon, green peppers, and fresh herbs, then finished with a velvety egg yolk and cream liaison. This ciorba is a full meal in a bowl.

Whole wheat potato bread made with mashed potatoes, potato water, honey, and yogurt. A soft, hearty loaf with extra moisture from the potatoes for a tender crumb.

Chocolate peanut pie with melted semi-sweet chocolate, corn syrup, and unsalted peanuts in a from-scratch butter crust. Like a pecan pie but with chocolate and peanuts.

Veal ragout simmered with carrots, celery, potatoes, peas, tomato paste, garlic, and marjoram. A classic one-pot stew with golden-browned veal in a rich, savory gravy.

Habichuelas guisadas: Puerto Rican stewed beans with potatoes, sofrito, sazón, and tomato sauce served over white rice. A quick, soul-warming one-pot meal ready in 25 minutes.

Slow cooker Spanish rice with ground beef, tomatoes, green peppers, and chili powder. Dump it all in the crock pot and let it simmer for 6 to 8 hours.

Lentil stew made with frozen beef-tomato mix, mushrooms, carrots, celery, and red wine. A hearty, high-fiber weeknight dinner from freezer to table in one hour.

Boiled fruit cake with raisins, currants, mixed fruit, and warm spices like allspice, cloves, and cinnamon. An eggless, no-butter fruit cake thats dense and deeply spiced.

Old-fashioned molasses cookies with candied citron, chopped nuts, cloves, and cinnamon. Rolled thin, cut out, and baked crisp. A heritage holiday cookie.

Quick-pickled dill carrots with apple cider vinegar, garlic, red pepper flakes, and fresh dill. Crunchy refrigerator pickles that get better after a few days of soaking.

Froggers are oversized soft molasses cookies from old Nantucket whaling kitchens, spiced with ginger, cloves, nutmeg and allspice, flavoured with dark rum and dotted with raisins. Cut into 4-inch rounds for a proper hand-sized cookie.

Slow cooker chocolate pudding cake with cocoa, chocolate syrup, and chopped pecans. The batter steams into a fudgy, gooey cake with its own chocolate sauce on the bottom. Served warm with cream.