Enchiladas are warm hugs, enveloped in tortillas and blanketed in sauce,” Bryan Washington wrote. Truer words? Never spoken.

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Ali Slagle’s baked Alfredo pasta with broccoli rabe and lemon isn’t exactly quick, but it does make for some quality time in ...

I’ll certainly be reaching for Yasmin Fahr’s lemony chicken-feta meatball soup with spinach all winter long. The combination ...

First, whole sage leaves fry in melted butter for a pretty garnish that offers pleasurable crispy bits. The butter ends up browned, nutty and infused with the herb’s woodsy aroma, and helps other ...

Cornmeal, sorghum (both syrup and grain), pawpaws, pecans, buttermilk, sassafras, sweet potatoes: These became the engines that pushed all of that classic French technique to a purpose on my menus.

Craig Claiborne’s smothered chicken is a New York Times Cooking classic, simple to make and ready for improvisations.

Eric Kim’s scallion-oil fish turns olive oil, alliums and white fish fillets into a simple, luscious dinner. Who isn’t ...

Von Diaz calls sazón “an incredible cheat,” and in these tacos from Kristina Felix, cheating doesn’t seem to have any ...

Ali Slagle’s lemon-pepper tofu and snap peas (above) especially caught my ATLien eye. She didn’t exactly set out to put tofu ...

“I was thinking I’d make chili this week.” “The Pierre Franey turkey chili?” ...

Concerned about odors and splatters? This simple dinner, infused with a silky scallion oil, is ready to allay any worries.