Winter

These cookies are also great made with regular semisweet chocolate chips.

A traditional side dish for the Christmas ham, sausage or spareribs.

Alternating layers of strawberry and white chocolate mousses form stripes in this creamy frozen dessert.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Watch how to prepare and carve your bird with our streaming video demonstration.

The bouquet garni for this stew includes orange peel (use a vegetable peeler to make wide strips) and some of the wispy fronds from the top of the fennel bulb that goes into the soup.

This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

This gratin is particularly welcomed on the holiday table by those who love sweet potatoes and hate marshmallows. The cream and butter make this so delicious your guests will lie in bed and remember it happily all year long. You only serve this kind of dish once in a very long while, so the caloric intake is moderated. If your meal has too many sweet potatoes, see the variation for turnip gratin.

It is no coincidence that the method used to bake this bread, steaming, is similar to one used by the native Indians of New England, who taught us how to use corn as a grain for bread. The most famous of our region's breads, this wholesome blend of wheat, rye, and corn flours is suitable for our diets today as it was 300 years ago.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Active time: 15 min Start to finish: 45 min