This farro-stuffed roasted acorn squash was named Best All-Around and Least Judgmental Vegetarian in our high school yearbook.

Norwegian gold cupcakes with sour cream ganache, and a chance to win the Zuni Café cookbook.

This easy and healthful applesauce, which freezes beautifully, has been in our family for generations.

Making homemade pickles really is easy. Join the Canvolution!

An elegant hors d’oeuvre of savory shiitakes in mini potato nests. A whole lot easier—and healthier—than it looks.

Mignonette granita makes an elegant, unusual condiment for oysters on the half shell.

Grilled peaches with feta and mint. Because summertime likes to be taken seriously.

Garlic scapes may look exotic, but they’re easy to make into a versatile, crowd-pleasing pesto.

Phyllo purses stuffed with fava greens, radish greens and Gorgonzola Dolce. Like the CSA-hole who made them, they’re crazy, all dressed up.

An easy strawberry rhubarb crisp kicks off the CSA season simply and joyfully.

Warm ramp spinach dip with sundried tomatoes. Forage, dip, repeat.

Dandelion salad with bacon adapted from Mark Bittman, and a near-miss for a Nobel laureate.

Homemade pizza with roasted asparagus, creamy cremini mushrooms and pecorino cheese. Evidence that growing up isn’t so bad afterall.

Grilled cheese with bacon and arugula, in honor of National Grilled Cheese Month. It took a while, but it’s just right.

Simply delicious muffins that are easy to customize with whatever fruit, nuts or savory additions you have on hand.

Artichokes with homemade mayo or green goddess dip and homemade bread make a rustic yet elegant hors d’oeuvre.

Alice Waters’ earthy fava bean purée is like spring on toast. Learn how to prep and cook favas from an experienced bean wrangler.

An enlightened sandwich makes last-minute dinner planning positively transcendent.

Minimalist panzanella lives at the intersection of what is and what, with time, will be.

How hard could it be to find a great recipe for basic Saturday morning pancakes? You would’ve been surprised, until now.