Potato

Curry powder, cumin, and cinnamon give this dish a hint of the exotic.

This clever combination of tastes and textures features hominy, cilantro, jicama, jalapeños, lime juice and cumin.

A make-ahead smoked salmon butter and some fresh cod dress up clam chowder beautifully for company. Team the stew with a favorite coleslaw and warm buttermilk biscuits for a cozy winter meal.

In this easy dish, the sage is at its best, partnered with shallots.

The stew does need to bake for a couple of hours, but it's very easy to put together.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Pressing potatoes through a food mill or ricer gives them a fabulous texture. But they're just as delicious simply mashed.

This recipe was created to accompany Herb-coated Lamb with Port-Red Wine Sauce .

Scrambled eggs are a nice idea to round out the main course for this side dish.

The lull between the main course and dessert is the best time to top the sweet potato pie with meringue and brown it. Cooks tempted to do this several hours ahead should be aware that the meringue will most likely weep.

Reflecting the cuisines of Israel and the surrounding Mediterranean Middle Eastern countries, this meatless stew is seasoned with mint and lemon. Serve it with sesame seed rolls and a tomato and cucumber salad; have pistachio ice cream for dessert.

The following tsimmes with beets, turnips, carrots, and meat came from Vilna to Brooklyn earlier in this century. When I make this for my family I do not tell the children that it includes beets and turnips. For some unknown reason they never ask me how the dish became so red. They love it.