[Photograph: Donna Currie] If you've never made pie dough or puff pastry and you're a little afraid of the recipe, let me put you at ease. If you mess up and the butter gets incorporated into the dough rather than... More

I can't look at the name of this recipe from Simply Recipes and not think of Brad Pitt in Inglorious Bastards going on about "sauerkraut sandwiches." You know the scene? OK, it's not exactly the most delicious image, but to be fair, this is still one of the better versions of grilled cheeses in my book. More

I decided that I need more sauerkraut in my life. You ever get that feeling too? On my last trip to the grocery store, I bought a huge jar of the stuff. Obviously it makes a hot dog better, but what else could it do? This recipe from Gourmet for pork chops with kraut sounded good. More

[Photograph: Max Falkowitz] Juniper plays best with gamey meats, but game can be hard to come by. If you don't hunt (or have a friend who does), your options are limited. Ducks, however, are far more widely available and are... More

This Great Smoky Bacon, Country Ham, and Sauerkraut Pie is a savory pie somewhere between a quiche and choucroute. I know the combination doesn't sound all that appealing at first, but in this case it really works. A custardy mix of eggs and cream are mixed with caramelized onions, sauerkraut, and caraway seeds, all poured into a pie crust that's been brushed with Dijon mustard. On top of that goes chopped country ham and a bit of chopped parsley—it does wonders to lend a lightness to what's otherwise a very serious pie. More

[Photograph: Caroline Russock] Out of all of the hearty, meal-worthy soups in The Best Soups in the World by Clifford A. Wright this Slovak Sauerkraut Soup was one of the most appealing of the bunch. I love choucroute garnie, a... More

The sausage for this recipe was bought at W-Nassau Meat Market ("Kiska") in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The pierogi and sauerkraut are from the Green Farms Supermarket, directly across the street, which you can read about on Serious Eats: New York.... More

The last time I had a Reuben sandwich was in a college cafeteria and it gave me food poisoning. My stomach turned against me and ugly things happened. I couldn't eat solid food for days, subsisting basically on chicken soup... More

This dish began at the grocery store, where I kept walking by displays of prepared sauerkraut and started figuring out ways to use them. In the local markets here in Estonia, old woman hock huge tubs of the stuff, home-fermented... More