The next time company comes over, skip the store-bought hummus or guacamole. Here’s how to make baba ghanouj — an easy eggplant recipe, and a Middle Eastern classic.

You can use any type of boneless pork roast here: shoulder, Boston butt, loin roast… and it’s best to make it a day ahead. Something magical happens overnight in your fridge.

This is one of those recipes that makes me feel like I’m cheating the system. It’s so easy and delivers layered, better-than-nostalgic flavor.

I’ve listed the particular ingredients I used in the very tasty batch of curry shown here, but you can sub in quite a few other things. To stretch it another meal or two, consider tossing in some frozen peas or broccoli about 2 minutes before serving.

Home cooks commonly make two mistakes when roasting vegetables in the oven. Here’s a recipe to practice your technique, using two lovely winter farmers’ market finds: the parsnip and the fingerling potato.

We trooped up to Middle Intervale Farm recently, for a day of snowshoeing and an evening of eating and drinking by a roaring fire. Our winter menu: roasted root veg with tangerine juice and balsamic vinegar, polenta, and rabbit braised in garlic and red wine.

The men stereotypically built fires while Cynthia broke down rabbit and I prepped beets, carrots, and parsnips. Deliciousness ensued.

Inspired by the mother load of butternut, kabocha, and sunshine squash we harvested a few weeks ago, here are two recipes that showcase the autumn bounty.

Our latest episode gets dinner prepped and slow-cookin’ in less than five minutes. It’s a great dish to put together on your way out the door, AND it uses a less-expensive cut of pork — the Boston butt — for tons of flavor and leftovers without breaking the bank.  

Alison will show you how to put together an easy meat sauce, then pair it with roasted spaghetti squash or layer it into a gluten-free, Paleo-friendly eggplant lasagna.

Alison shows you three quick & easy ways to tackle vegetables on a busy night: roasting, steaming, and blanching.