Season 3 Recipe Clips

Originally made to order in restaurants, this creamy potato dish turns heavy and gluey when cooked for a crowd at home. We set out to rethink this American classic.

We were after tender biscuits with hearty cornmeal taste—a simple goal that proved surprisingly tough to pull off.

A smoky ham glazed with sweet apple cider and studded with cloves certainly sounds great, but many recipes lack apple flavor. Could we develop a simple technique that would infuse the ham with flavor more successfully?

To get lemon flavor that’s more than skin deep, we squeezed, buttered, and brined. Then we got a better idea.

With all the sauce and cheese in most chicken Parmesans, it’s nearly impossible to preserve the crisp topping. We wanted to find a way to hold on to all the classic flavors but keep the breading crisp.