Food & Drink

Recipe: Pizza with Burrata, Kalamata Olives and Spicy Salami

Cooler autumn days prove ideal for perfecting homemade pizza skills. Cook these individual-sized pies one or two at a time on a preheated stone, and prepare guests to expect to eat in shifts.

Skinny breadsticks, olives and a giant bowl of salad, with a homemade red wine and olive oil vinaigrette, make great accompaniments.

Recipe: A new, fresh take on million dollar pie

Rich and creamy million dollar pie (aka millionaire pie) is the perfect no-bake dessert. With a crunchy graham cracker crust and a decadent filling made from freshly whipped cream, sweetened condensed milk, toasted pecans, shredded coconut, and pineapple, it’s luscious and decadent — hence its expensive name.

Recipe: One-pot chicken paprika is a weeknight winner

In this streamlined recipe, you rub a paprika-based spice mixture on bone-in chicken thighs, sear the chicken in a skillet, then toast rice and veggies in the chicken drippings. The chicken goes back into the skillet, then the whole thing goes into the oven for 30 minutes. Fluff the rice with a fork, add a few chopped herbs, and dinner is served.

Broccoli and Pistachio Risotto: Fall risotto is creamy and satisfying

Risotto is a simple looking dish. To turn it into a special meal, take a cue from restaurant chefs and go a little overboard with garnishes. Here, small dollops of the pistachio sauce, along with crunchy nuts, bits of cheese and basil look beautiful. A swirl of fruity, deep green olive oil or pistachio oil gilds the lily.

Chicken potato soup is seriously cozy

One sip of this soup is like getting wrapped in your warmest, coziest sweater. Between the thick chunks of vegetables, tender cubes of potato, juicy shreds of chicken (take your pick of boneless breasts or thighs), and thick, creamy broth, it truly doesn’t get more comforting than chicken potato soup.

As the temps begin to dip, this is a family-friendly soup to keep on repeat all through fall and winter.