If Ever There Was a Reason to Chop Onions, It's This

Hallelujah, the weekend is in sight, and you need a no-brainer dinner tonight. Quick Main Thursdays has you covered.

Photograph by Romulo Yanes

French Onion Soup is the kind of rich, savory dish that seems to take hours. Not so, at least with this recipe; if you use good-quality beef stock, the rest is a cinch. Finished with a bit of toasty French bread and melted--and melting--Gruyere, nothing could be better to cure those cold-weather blues.