Yukon Gold Potato

You can’t go wrong with roasted potatoes for a holiday meal. A mix of fresh thyme and nutmeg keeps this version interesting.

Unpeeled potatoes absorb less moisture when boiled, and the ricer will catch the skins—great news for lazy cooks everywhere.

What happens when you cook with a lot of oil? Magic. Because oil conducts heat much more efficiently than air, foods that are confited in it, like these chicken thighs, come out incredibly moist and infused with the oil’s flavor.

You know what goes with pretty much everything? Crispy, creamy, perfectly roasted potatoes. The secret: Steam before you roast.

Make extra seasoned butter to eat with pasta, on crusty bread, or, as the name implies, with shellfish.

Because they are lower in starch than Yukon Golds or russets, baby red potatoes hold their shape when tossed.

This gorgeous summer salad contains all the elements of a balanced meal—meat, starch, and veggies.

These savory pies are stuffed with sweet potatoes, parsnips, celery root, and—of course—chicken, for a satisfying, comforting meal.

These cumin-spiced chicken thighs and roasted potatoes are balanced by a zippy, jalapeño-spiked alternative to coleslaw.

For this soup recipe, whack the garlic cloves with the side of a chef’s knife; the papery skins will loosen from the cloves and you can slip them right off.

These potato blinis are inspired by a Thomas Keller recipe. They're the ideal base for caviar.

Baking the potatoes for this recipe is a completely hands-off cooking process that also reduces some of the water content in the spuds, resulting in the easiest and most flavorful mash of all time.

If you’ve ever asked if mashed potatoes can be cooked ahead, the answer is this recipe. The texture is like that of a twice-baked potato.

Traditionally, baklava is a Middle Eastern dessert, but we fell head over heels for this savory rendition. Roasting coaxes out the earthy magic in hearty root vegetables and fennel, which are then tossed with fresh dill and baked in walnut-layered phyllo until it's golden brown.

Adding ground pistachios creates a substantial dough that complements the leeks for these galettes.

Here, fillets of delicate white fish gently poach in thyme-infused milk. The addition of lightly mashed potatoes and leeks makes it the perfect one-pot meal.

There's a time for a 20-ingredient, four-hour curry, and it's not 5pm on Thursday. This shortcut version yields a hearty crowd-pleaser.

When things in the crisper drawer aren’t looking so crisp anymore, make this soup.

Roast salmon in a low oven for about 30 minutes while you whip together a quick tarragon potato salad and yogurt sauce to serve alongside.

This elegant little dinner of lamb, miso butter–basted potatoes, and honey-glazed carrots is the perfect size for two.