Onion

This caponata can be served warm or at room temperature. This recipe makes for a great appetizer—spread on toasted baguette slices.

For a little less heat, omit the chiles or mustard seeds in this sautéed spinach recipe.

Baby turnips and the season's first onions are some of the BA Test Kitchen's favorite spring ingredients.

New potatoes are freshly dug and have tender skins; wash them gently so that they don't tear. If they're hard to find, any small potato or fingerling variety will work.

Like any bread, prepping this onion naan recipe takes a little time. The good news: each cooks up in under 5 minutes.

This version of an egg sandwich, from Austin's Noble Sandwich Co., uses quick-pickled onions (proof that pickles make everything taste better), Sriracha mayonnaise to bring the heat (a dash of hot sauce would also do the drink), and arugula for brightness and bite.

Onions become meltingly soft and improbably delicious after dry roasting.

For this braised chicken recipe, balsamic vinegar adds the sweetness needed to balance the sharp flavor of red wine vinegar.

Don't bother peeling the onions; their skins add a nice, rich brown color to this vegetable stock. If you'd like, remove the skins for use in dishes when a lighter color is preferred, such as in risotto or cream sauces.

Chicken wings are great for stock. They're flavor-making powerhouses of bones, meat, and skin and are easy to find. Some supermarkets sell backbones and carcasses; feel free to use them toward (or instead of) the four-pound total.

Russets are ideal for this latke recipe. Their high starch content means you won't need flour to bind the pancakes.

Peas and onions are a classic holiday duo. Relying on frozen ones, along with a quick béchamel, is a smart move on a busy day of cooking.

You can use this rich stock, made from the turkey carcass, for risotto or soup over the long weekend, or freeze it for the new year.

A rich stew brought to life with butternut squash and warming spices like cardamom and clove.

This rosemary focaccia bread recipe calls for chilling the dough overnight, so plan ahead.