Layer thinly sliced potatoes in a gratin dish, and then take your time sautéing the leeks, letting them turn a little golden and crisp around the edges, which brings out their sweetness. Add the leeks...
Author: Melissa Clark
There's nothing complicated about this potato salad - it's really just boiled red potatoes tossed with a simple Dijon mustard vinaigrette and a generous smattering of scallions and fresh herbs - and that's...
Author: William Norwich
Potatoes aren't usually associated with Provençal cooking, but every French region must have its gratin: sliced potatoes baked into a delicious mass that is the perfect side dish for roasts. The binder...
Author: Julia Moskin
Jim Leiken, the executive chef at DBGB Kitchen & Bar, cooked us this hearty, rustic dish of fork-tender potatoes, Swiss chard and bubbling Gruyère that can move easily from a satellite role to the centerpiece...
Author: Elaine Louie
A favorite family casserole, updated. My mother served this as a side dish for company. I have adapted it, using fresh spinach and other embellishments.
Author: David Tanis
This version of the classic Thanksgiving side dish forgoes the traditional marshmallow topping for a generous sprinkle of brown sugar, butter and pecans. You get crunchy, soft and sweet all in one glorious...
Author: Marian Burros
This simple recipe allows the richness of potatoes and cream to shine through unadorned, and it is easily assembled. A gratin dish is not necessary; try using a cast-iron skillet. (For everything you need...
Author: Amanda Hesser
This is a very comforting and pretty main dish with several layers of good flavor.
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
A request from a reader for a quinoa and carrot kugel inspired this week of recipes. I have no idea if this caraway-scented version resembles the kugel she enjoyed at a reception (see the variation below...
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
This pretty gratin is not as rich as it tastes. I blend the kernels from one of the ears of corn with eggs and milk for a sweet, rich custard that holds it all together. Cumin seeds accent the mixture...
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
This luxurious vegetarian stuffing recipe from Daniel Humm, the chef of Eleven Madison Park and NoMad in New York, came to The Times in 2010 when the Well blog published several recipes appropriate for...
Author: Tara Parker-Pope
Silvana Nardone, the founding editor of the food magazine Every Day With Rachel Ray, developed this recipe for her gluten-intolerant son, Isaiah. Instead of toasting the cornbread, you can spread out the...
Author: Tara Parker-Pope
To accommodate the time constraints of modern life, more and more Thanksgiving dinner hosts are proposing potluck. The change has caused a subtle shift in the conversations about the approaching holidays....
Author: Molly O'Neill
A layered potato casserole, a gratin is a French dish named for both the technique and the dish it's baked in: a fairly shallow, oval, oven-safe baking dish. Nonetheless, you can make it in a standard...
Author: Tara Parker-Pope
Millet can be dry, but here there's lots of custard to moisten it, and it works really nicely to hold this gratin together. I used 1 1/4 cups cooked millet that I'd frozen a while back. Look for beets...
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
This golden and glorious mash-up of potato gratin and Hasselback potatoes, from the acclaimed food science writer J. Kenji López-Alt, has been engineered to give you both creamy potato and singed edge...
Author: Emily Weinstein
If you think you don't like green bean casserole, withhold judgment until you've tried this entirely from-scratch version. It has all the classic elements of the Thanksgiving favorite, but its base is...
Author: Sarah Jampel