Winter

Winter is when the oven is always on and nobody is in a hurry. The produce gets root-vegetable serious, the soups come back into regular rotation, and the kitchen becomes the warmest room in the house for a reason. This collection is over 100 recipes deep — everything I cook from the first cold snap through the last holiday gathering.

For dinner, One-Pan Roasted Chicken and Winter Vegetables, Beef Tenderloin with Winter Vegetables, and Brown Butter Scallop Pasta cover the full range from weeknight to showstopper. When the temperature really drops, Stovetop Butternut Squash Soup and Dumplings, Parsnip Potato Soup, and Slow Cooker Bone Broth are the ones that make the whole house feel like a hug.

Winter baking is its own category and this collection takes it seriously — from Homemade Cinnamon Twists and Gingerbread Cookies to the full lineup of hot chocolate bombs for the nights when dessert should be a warm drink with a dramatic entrance. The Eggnog Crème Brûlée is the one that closes out any winter dinner on a high note.