How does this sound: a soup that takes five minutes to cook but tastes like the effort of several hours? That's the gist of this recipe from Rozanne Gold's latest book, Radically Simple. More

This festive recipe makes a fitting holiday side dish. You can prepare it through step three a day in advance. Reheat the components separately and combine them shortly before serving. More

My original recipe made a classic skillet cornbread, gluten-free, of course. After taking a look at it, I decided to swap out a couple of ingredients: brown butter replaced flavorless vegetable oil, and brown rice flour replaced white rice flour. I thought the brown butter's nutty-caramel flavor called for just a touch of sweetness, so I added a little maple syrup. More

Though Thanksgiving is unimpeachably the best holiday, there are moments in early November when the mere anticipation of post-Thanksgiving fullness can make you full, if not ever-so-slightly comatose. At times like these, even the most devout givers of thanks need a simple, comforting dinner like this appealingly basic Potato Leek Soup. More

My goal for this bread was for it to have three different uses. First, it could be the base for a stuffing. Second, because it tastes like Thanksgiving, it would make a great sandwich bread for the day-after turkey sandwiches. And last, the bread would make great croutons for salads. More

[Photograph: Caroline Russock] This Thanksgiving I wanted a squash recipe that was completely new, different, and exciting. In past years I've pureed butternuts for soup, roasted all manners of acorns and kabochas, and meticulously filled squash ravioli. And while... More

[Photograph: Joy Manning] A lot of people think it's hard to make fresh pasta, but it isn't such a big deal, especially if you aren't attempting to roll out super-thin sheets for ravioli. Most machines come with a spaghetti attachment... More

Note: You may know Carolyn Cope as Umami Girl. She stops by on Tuesdays with ideas on preparing fruits and vegetables. [Photograph: Carolyn Cope] Although Asian pears (also called Chinese pears, apple pears or sand pears) are now fairly widely... More

Editor's note: On Mondays, Kristen Swensson of Cheap, Healthy, Good swings by these parts to share healthy and delicious recipes with us. Take it away, Kristen! [Photograph: Kristen Swensson] Sometimes, creating healthy recipes takes quite a bit of planning. There... More

[Photographs: Joshua Bousel] I hadn't carved a pumpkin since my days of roaming the streets as my favorite Nintendo characters, returning again and again to the houses with the best candy, and practicing shameful acts of petty vandalism to those... More