Pumpkin Sauce Spaghetti and Meatballs

Spaghetti and meatballs doesn’t need reinventing, but this is a version we keep coming back to. Pumpkin puree in a crushed tomato base makes a sauce richer and slightly sweeter than straight marinara, velvety enough to coat the pasta properly. It’s a natural fit for …

Potato and Cottage Cheese Pierogi

Pierogi are Polish dumplings: rounds of soft dough folded over a potato and cottage cheese filling, boiled, then usually fried in butter. They are also a project, and that is part of the appeal. You make the dough, let it rest, boil the potatoes, cook …

Salmonella sickens 16 in Sweden

A Salmonella outbreak in Sweden has been linked to a type of produce. Sixteen people fell sick in the Salmonella Napoli outbreak that was suspected to have been caused by arugula from Italy. The Public Health Agency of Sweden (Folkhälsomyndigheten) said patients are eight men and …

Yogurt-Marinated Chicken Gyros

This is what we make on the weeknights when nobody wants to think about dinner. Yogurt-marinated chicken thighs, charred on a grill or under a broiler, sliced and tucked into warm pita with cool tzatziki, ripe tomatoes, and thin-sliced red onion. Under an hour from …