Elizabeth Karmel

If you love sweet buttery chewy cookies with a little spice, you will love these Chai Crinkle cookies. This is a subtle cookie that you can’t stop eating, and it is equally at home with a cup of hot tea or coffee, or a dram of your favorite brown spirit.

Jota, a.k.a. Cabbage Stew is a homestyle, home-cook kind of dish. My recipe is inspired by the version that I had at Restaurant Jakob Franc in Ljubljana. It is not a fancy Michelin-starred, refined stew/soup, but it is remarkable in a warm, comforting way that is both simple and soul satisfying.

This cocktail was inspired by a recent trip to Mexico City and is comprised of five spirits and a dash of bitters. It is served chilled in a coupe or martini glass, and is best enjoyed by sipping slowly and letting all the flavors present themselves.

In Spain and Portugal, it’s common to eat these tinned-fish conservas in a bar as snacks with drinks. And, they are having a moment in the USA in restaurants and at home.

It is a one-layer un-iced snacking cake that is chock-ful of apples and relies on butter and booze to flavor it.

The combination of the smoky bacon, rich pork flavor, warm autumn spice and caramelized brown sugar is the ultimate pig candy.

This isn’t a simmer-on-the-stove all day authentic Bolognese, but it is hearty and soulful with layers of flavor that checks the weeknight boxes—easy, fast, delicious.

Make Coquito your new holiday cocktail & homemade gift.This version of the festive libation is like a tropical version of milk punch made with three milks, spices & rum.

Cedar Plank Salmon topped with Lemon Pesto adds warmth and color to your dinner plate this month. It is bright and fresh, on the healthier side but still delicious.

This warm and cozy one-pot dinner is one of the easiest recipes you will ever make with one of the biggest flavor bangs for the buck!