cranberries

Cranberries are one of those ingredients that people reach for once a year and then completely forget about, which is a shame because they do a lot more than sit next to the turkey.

Tart, bright, and jewel-colored, they make a orange cranberry sauce that belongs on the table all fall, a poppy seed bread that works just as well for breakfast as it does dessert, and a handful of sugared cranberries that are almost too pretty to eat. Almost.