Serious Eats
This Week in Recipes

A Touch of French: Cold winter nights are often spent craving the perfect soup, and Blake Royer's French onion soup with star anise certainly is a candidate.
Year of the Chicken: Ok, there is no chicken in the Chinese Zodiac, but with this Chinese five-spice lacquered chicken maybe there should be.
Pumpkin Pie No More: Nicole of Pinch My Salt blog tried something new with her squash—she made grilled pumpkin in sweet and sour sauce.
Quick Cornbread: Sick of dinner rolls? Nick Kindelsperger shares his easy recipe for Pan De Elote, a Mexican pan cornbread.
Pretend It's Not Turkey: Sick of Thanksgiving? Cover up the taste of your bird with stir fry turkey with green beans, adapted from a recipe by Raghavan Iyer.