The spirit of Japan comes through in this dish: It is lovely to behold and has a delicate, light quality, yet the extraordinary flavors will seize your attention with the culinary equivalent of surround...

Warm up to this collection of autumnal sweets, chock full of aromatic spices, flavorful fruits, and crunchy nuts.

Since the papaya is “preserved” in sugar, this is unusually sweet for a first course, and it could be an intermezzo or part of a tasting menu.

Executive food editor Kemp M. Minifie incorporates pumpkin or sunflower seeds, plus parsley, into this dish. It’s not quite Italian anymore, but it works.

These humble cuts of beef won’t cost you a bundle, but they offer big flavor and great texture.

We love the many textures and flavors of this spicy coconut curry with butternut squash, spinach, and cashews.

Ginger and Shaoxing rice wine give a deep, round intensity to chicken. The salty savor of country ham and chestnuts make each forkful a hit.

Sun-dried tomatoes perk up a skillet of corn bread with their tangy sweetness.