Sage

Break free from your usual basil-and-pine-nut routine with a wintry pesto that was practically meant for a simple plate of spaghetti.

Here's how to buy, store, and cook with sage, in season in October.

To achieve pillow-light gnocchi, choose potatoes that are roughly the same size and be careful not to overcook them.

You can add dried herbs directly to anything, but infusing them into salts and sugars further extends their shelf life. Use the infusions throughout the year for cooking, grilling, and baking. The possibilities are endless.

Have more fresh herbs than you know what to do with? From big green salads to compound butter to simple syrup, here are 11 great ideas.

We're a big fan of keeping some frozen mahi mahi on hand in case you don’t have time to run to the fish market. Feel free to substitute swordfish, ono, bluefish, or salmon.

We were inspired to use traditional stuffing flavors in a sweet and savory shortbread with sage and anise. Put these out next to the pumpkin pie.

Does Tosca’s roast chicken recipe take work? Yes, but the results—from the drippings-soaked sourdough toasts to the glossy pan sauce—are transcendent.

A great way to make use of a glut of summer herbs, this mix suits any grilled meat.

Serve this over a bed of soft polenta for catching the juices, with a simply dressed salad on the side.

It’s worth picking through the potatoes to find ones that are all about the same size for this Hasselback recipe. Click here for a step-by-step guide on how to prep them

“I love grapefruit cocktails year-round, but the rye and sage make this one especially wintry.” —Alison Roman, senior associate food editor

Using bundled herbs to baste meat as it cooks is an Adam Perry Lang signature, as in this skirt steak recipe. The steaks pick up flavor from the aromatic oils in the sturdy herbs, not to mention the garlic-infused butter they're brushed with.

What's better than a white Christmas? A white Christmas with crispy-sweet ham.

A malfatto (Italian for "badly made") is a tender dumpling with rustic character. (Think gnocchi, but bigger.)

The combination of sage, thyme, rosemary, and citrus provides a delicious, warming house-filling aroma.