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This is the pasta I crave every fall and my way is quick, not-too-heavy, and full of flavor from the silkiest sauce. Rigatoni, with its wide tubes and big bite, are my favorite here. Dinner tonight is sorted, yes? smittenkitchen.com/2021/02/riga...

A forever favorite soup, this one is unbeatable on a weeknight: five ingredients, less than 30 minutes, and tastes incredibly rich for something so light and simple. smittenkitchen.com/2006/09/silk...

A deeply toasty brown butter, brown sugar caramel tart with salted peanuts in a crisp shortbread shell. You finish it with a dollop of sour cream, which is cold and perfect here. I also include instructions to make this as salted peanut bars. smittenkitchen.com/2019/02/salt...

I don't make the rules, but if it's Halloween week, there needs to be chili on the stove at least once. Hearty, warming, easy to make ahead, and ready to feed a crowd before everyone sets off on a candy prowl. smittenkitchen.com/2007/07/red-...

This is the best candy I’ve ever made, compacting a whole bottle of fresh apple cider into a salt-flecked, cinnamony, buttery caramel that is so loud with everything awesome about fall, no October is complete without it. smittenkitchen.com/2012/10/appl...

Lemony, light and ever-so-crisp at the edges, these ricotta pancakes are finished with sauéed apples and I can hardly express how little I’d mind if someone came over and made them for me right now. smittenkitchen.com/2007/11/lemo...

My favorite place, my favorite drink. Happy Friday! smittenkitchen.com/2015/09/the-...

One of my favorite fall combinations, ever, roasted winter squash is half-mashed with a tangy mess of vinegar-maple onions then heaped on ricotta toasts and finished with fresh mint. It's great for a party appetizer, or light meal with a big salad. smittenkitchen.com/2014/10/squa...

I think we deserve cake, a spiced, dreamy, single-layer cozy cake with a generous swoosh of cinnamon cream cheese frosting on top just because it's Thursday and waiting until the weekend seems kind of mean. smittenkitchen.com/2010/10/spic...

New! A one-skillet, super quick fall dinner that starts with frozen pierogi and ends with a blissful pan full of crisped, browned edges, buttery onions and mushrooms, a shake of vinegar, dollops of cold, tangy sour cream, and fresh herbs, lucky us. smittenkitchen.com/2026/10/skil...

A warm fall spin on one of my favorite summer salads, this keeps the bright flavors and textures — lemon, scallions, parsley, mint, garlic, and pita chips — but uses the cozy vegetables that are in season right now. smittenkitchen.com/2014/10/fall...

A cozy chicken noodle soup with buoyant, tender meatballs, all of the noodles your heart desires (ours desire a lot) and a speed of assembly impressive even for a weeknight. smittenkitchen.com/2024/12/chic...

Today's SK Digest is a love letter to fall pastas, warm carbs to twirl around our forks and burrow under blankets of blistered cheese. Plus, one of the best loaf cakes, and an interview with the fantastic Erin McDowell, whose new cookbook is out now. smittenkitchen.substack.com/p/all-the-be...

Two dark chocolate cookies, a generous vanilla cream filling, and so much better when homemade. smittenkitchen.com/2007/05/home...

Letter of recommendation: Make a deep skillet of your favorite taco or burrito filling, cover it with cheese and broil the lot of it until lightly charred and gooey on top, then scoop it up with tortilla chips. Repeat as needed, which will be often. smittenkitchen.com/2024/05/blac...

One bowl and one full can of pumpkin yield a towering loaf with a crisp cinnamon-sugar lid that's impossible not to pick off in deeply satisfying bark-like flecks. This is my forever recipe for pumpkin bread. smittenkitchen.com/2016/10/pump...

The simplest, fuss-free pan pizza with a thick, airy dough rippled with blistered cheese on top, and browned to a seasoned crouton-like crisp underneath, the kind that makes an audible crunch when you cut through it. smittenkitchen.com/2026/01/simp...

The invisible apple cake (gâteau invisible) is so stunning, you’d never guess that it’s as simple as thinly-sliced apples in a vanilla-flecked, lemon-scented, gently sweet crêpe batter. Perfect with tea or coffee, perfect for right now. smittenkitchen.com/2024/12/invi...

Cubes of sweet potatoes roasted with so much spice, it almost forms a crust, atop a schmear of refried black beans, finished with lime, avocado, and more make for easy (vegan), hearty and flavorful weeknight tacos. smittenkitchen.com/2018/03/swee...

This week's Smitten Kitchen Digest is full of ways to chomp and bake your way through October's apples, plus three of my favorite fall weeknight dinners, and we've got in interview with Rachel Gurjar, whose cookbook East to East is out today. smittenkitchen.substack.com/p/the-great-...

Broccoli cheddar soup, exactly the way I always wanted it to be -- a lot of broccoli, a little bit of richness, and the coziest thing on a fall afternoon. smittenkitchen.com/2015/09/broc...

A fluffy, spiced cake that tastes like a glazed apple cider doughnut and will make your kitchen smell like fall blew up in it, yet is secretly even more magical: it’s naturally dairy- and egg-free. smittenkitchen.com/2024/10/glaz...

It's my favorite time of the year in the Northeast -- crisp air, leaves in every color, and, most importantly, it's finally butternut squash and caramelized onion galette season. It's my every-October-without-fail thing, and I hope you make it yours too. smittenkitchen.com/2007/10/butt...

A sky-high vegetable lasagna with five layers of noodles, sauce, cheese, and vegetables (that are not an afterthought). The top layer — crackly with melted, deeply bronzed cheese over a thin slick of garlicky tomato sauce — is my favorite part. smittenkitchen.com/2020/02/perf...

A buttery, flaky, layered book of a cinnamon sugar scone makes your kitchen smell like fall bliss. These can be made in a single bowl, quite quickly, right now — lucky us. smittenkitchen.com/2019/09/cinn...

The snickerdoodle recipe of my dreams: thick, tender (but never cakey), fragrant with brown butter and vanilla bean, complex with a little cream cheese, and unequivocally the best aroma on earth to come home to. smittenkitchen.com/2025/10/brow...

A clean-out-the-fridge roasted cauliflower salad, the kind of thing I crave endlessly. This one has charred scallion segments, salted pistachios, chopped dates, and a sharp lemon dressing and it's so inhalable that forkfuls walked off as I tried to take photos. smittenkitchen.com/2023/01/caul...

These chicken cutlets are deeply golden, craggy, and surprisingly easy, thanks to an unusual omission: I skip the flour dredge. The result is even crispier cutlets that are simple enough for a weeknight — and a dinner staple. Scale it up for the best leftovers. smittenkitchen.com/2021/03/cris...

A bouldered and plush intersection of baked apples and New York-style crumb cake, i.e. 50% cinnamon-brown sugar topping, 50% golden, sour cream-enriched cake, and 100% the best kind there is. smittenkitchen.com/2021/10/big-...

This green angel hair with garlic butter is one of our favorite pastas ever. It's tangled with roasted garlic butter and vividly green from spinach. Finish with sharp cheese and lots of black pepper, then repeat weekly, perhaps forever. smittenkitchen.com/2022/11/gree...

This week’s Smitten Kitchen Digest celebrates Braiser Season, a thing I invented for the stretch of the year when the best foods are cooked slowly in a heavy pot with a lid. Plus, a new recipe for simple chicken tacos and an interview with Nik Sharma. smittenkitchen.substack.com/p/braiser-se...

A cozy, flavor-packed chicken tortilla soup that comes together quickly, without sacrificing any of the good stuff. Finish with crunchy tortilla strips, avocado, a squeeze of lime, and all the toppings your heart desires. smittenkitchen.com/2022/03/simp...

My favorite brownies are intense, fudgy, and a little chewy and fantastically easy too: 7 ingredients, 1 bowl, and you could be eating them 40 minutes from now. smittenkitchen.com/2012/08/my-f...

A toasty, cheesy casserole of torn sourdough and butter-seared vegetables from @taraobrady, made in one pan with minimal fuss. Serving instructions? “Hand out forks, then bring the pan to the table.” smittenkitchen.com/2015/05/mush...

Pumpkin cinnamon buns, better than ever -- bigger, generously spiraled with cinnamon sugar, tender and devastatingly delicious. Make this and be a hero to all around you. Or, make them and don't share. I won't tell. smittenkitchen.com/2012/10/pump...

A peak fall apple and cheddar crisp salad in which I share three tricks to make the kind of fancy, cool, crunchy, dynamic, and gorgeous salads I can never resist on a restaurant menu at home with little fuss for so much less. I'm obsessed. smittenkitchen.com/2022/10/appl...

A fudgy, fluffy one-bowl chocolate cake that just happens to be dairy- and egg-free. This cake is a massive hit everywhere it goes, if it makes it out of the house. smittenkitchen.com/2017/10/choc...

New! The simplest chicken tacos for last-minute dinners, i.e. the way I'm cooking most nights of the week. Tender, juicy, perfectly-spiced chicken, plus a couple of new tricks for making the toppings even easier, I hope this shows up just in time. smittenkitchen.com/2026/09/simp...

These fatteh-inspired spiced baked chickpeas are served with pita chips, a finely-chopped tomato cucumber salad, tahini yogurt, and toasted pine nuts, creating a colorful, layered, and flavorful dish I crave endlessly. smittenkitchen.com/2015/03/bake...

A 15-minute, 5-ingredient crispy-creamy pasta-and-greens dinner that wants to change the way we make ravioli forever, just in time to talk ourselves out of ordering takeout tonight. smittenkitchen.com/2019/10/skil...

Today's SK Digest is all about packed lunches for grown-ups (dino-cut sandwiches optional, but encouraged) trying to escape the tyranny of $20 sad desk slop bowls. Plus, and an interview with Top Chef alum Sara Bradley about her new cookbook. Enjoy! smittenkitchen.substack.com/p/make-every...

We spent 8 days traveling through Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Norway at the end of the summer and had the best time. As promised, I've written up everything we did, and perhaps one thing we might not do again. I hope you love waterfalls! smittenkitchen.com/travel/8-day...

Quick, one-bowl, hand-whisked cookies fragrant with vanilla and brown sugar, studded with chocolate, but a little rumpled too. It's a need, not a want. smittenkitchen.com/2009/03/cris...

This lentil, sausage, and swiss chard soup from the late, wonderful Gina DePalma via Adam Roberts (@amateurgourmet ) is a forever favorite -- cozy and filling but never boring due to a perfect finish of sizzling garlic oil. You'll be so, so glad you made it. smittenkitchen.com/2013/01/lent...

My favorite oatmeal pancakes, simplified and streamlined but as perfect as ever: hearty and flavorful, with leftovers so good, I always make a double batch. smittenkitchen.com/2010/05/oatm...

When it suddenly feels like soup season, I dream about this savory babka, ribboned with caramelized onions and poppy seeds. Add cheese, if you wish, for a [drumroll] French Onion Babka. Eat it plain, with butter or cream cheese, or alongside a cozy bowl of soup. smittenkitchen.com/2020/11/bial...

A roasted, toasty salad with crispy cabbage, charred cauliflower, and a sharp tahini dressing is perfect for this gusty fall day. The best moment is when the vegetables just begin to soften against the dressing -- each bite is both crackly and tender. smittenkitchen.com/2022/02/cris...

This is my go-to weeknight-friendly (i.e. everything is done, including the nonnegotiable grilled cheese alongside, in under an hour) tomato soup. Grape or cherry tomatoes do the heavy lifting here, providing flavor, nuance, and sweetness. smittenkitchen.com/2024/03/week...