Dinner

Rustic yellow pea soup goes upscale with a foie gras garnish.

The sharpness of feta and the brightness of lemon juice take this hearty winter soup in a bold direction.

Think of this tart as a brawny quiche, perfect for brunch or dinner.

Unctuous and spicy roasted eggplant, a favorite of chef Yotam Ottolenghi, makes a flavorful dish unto itself. Add an herb-flecked bulgur salad topped with yogurt, and the result is a stunning vegetarian main course.

This chicken soup is made with chicken legs and a flavorful broth.

This recipe has everything you want in a meal: beans, rice, chicken. Done. Learn how to make this recipe and more in our online cooking class with Sur la Table.

To save yourself some chopping, look for bags of mixed, pre-cut braising greens, available at some supermarkets. (Buy spinach separately for the gremolata.) Serve with warm bread for a filling main course.

Butter lettuce, grown hydroponically, is a great way to add green to your cold-weather menus. This quick and easy salad is so tasty that you can throw some leftover roast chicken on top and call it a meal. We use store-bought walnuts here; for The Dandelion's recipe for spiced walnuts, go to bonappetit.com/go/walnuts.

All Thai curries start with a handful of aromatic ingredients (chiles, galangal, lemongrass, turmeric, etc.) pounded into a paste with a granite mortar and pestle. The paste is then stirred into soups or stews (often with coconut milk), or used as the basis of sautéed dishes. Use a mini-processor to make the curry paste if you'd like, although this incendiary stew will take on a deeper flavor if you can use a granite mortar and pestle.

Ginger has anti-inflammatory properties and can also calm an upset stomach. We love the heat it adds to this chicken soup recipe.

"American and British cooks don't know how far you can take an egg dish," chef Yotam Ottolenghi says. Here, he deftly elevates it to a different realm by flavoring spinach with melted leeks and scallions, baking eggs on top, and finishing with a dollop of yogurt and a drizzle of butter spiced with a smoky Turkish chili powder known as kirmizi biber (though crushed red pepper flakes will also work). Serve the dish in one large skillet or two small ones. "It's always nice to surprise people," he s.…

This pad Thai recipe is not the dish from the neighborhood take-out joint. "It ain't made with chicken," says Ricker, whose traditional take—pleasantly funky with fish sauce and preserved radish and a touch sour from tamarind—is meant to be eaten in the evening as a stand-alone dish.

Pair fennel with jewel-like pomegranate seeds and power-packed quinoa for texture, and you have the hallmarks of a chef Yotam Ottolenghi salad.

Letting the hot steak rest over a platter of frisée serves to gently wilt the greens.

Our fresh take on the classic Moroccan salad pairs shaved fennel and red onion with assorted beets and oranges for color contrast.