Cook With Us
Good food starts with good ingredients — and the courage to step into the kitchen with an open heart. Cook With Us is where we share seasonal recipes, kitchen stories, and the techniques that help us create meaningful meals at home.
Whether you’re cooking for a crowd or making something simple on a weeknight, we hope these posts and videos inspire you to slow down, cook with intention, and fall in love with the seasons.
Resources for Learning Seasonal Cooking Techniques
These posts and videos help home cooks understand ingredients, build skills, and learn how to cook seasonally.
Seasonal Recipes & Kitchen Stories
Cinnamon Port Cranberry Sauce
This cinnamon port cranberry sauce is made with ruby Port, dried and fresh cranberries, cinnamon sticks, and just enough sugar to balance the tartness. A perfect holiday side with rich, spiced flavor.
Thanksgiving Wine Guide
Organic Thanksgiving wine guide featuring European classics, sparkling picks, and unique finds to pair perfectly with turkey, ham, or roast beef.
Mixed Greens Salad with Toasted Walnuts, Goat Cheese & Cranberry Vinaigrette
This goat cheese and toasted walnut salad features a homemade cranberry vinaigrette made with fresh cranberries, Dijon, honey, and orange juice. A perfect holiday or winter salad bursting with color and flavor.
Country Ham Vegetable Soup
This hearty vegetable soup with country ham is made with chicken stock, root vegetables, and fresh herbs. It's an easy, one-pot Southern comfort dish full of smoky, savory flavor.
Apple Cranberry Crisp with Oat Streusel
This apple cranberry crisp features a spiced fruit filling topped with a buttery oat topping made from raw sugar, rolled oats, and flour. A perfect fall dessert for holidays or cozy nights in.
Patrick’s Southern Collard Greens
These Southern-style collard greens are simmered with smoky bacon, sweet brown sugar, and tangy apple cider vinegar for a bold, balanced flavor. Perfect as a hearty side for any comfort food meal.
Carrot Soup with Ginger & Cardamom
This creamy carrot ginger soup is made with fresh carrots, ginger, and a touch of honey, blended to velvety perfection with cream and aromatic spices. It's a cozy, one-pot meal that’s easy to make and perfect for fall and winter.
Honey Butter Sage Brioche Rolls
Soft, buttery brioche rolls filled with honey butter and fried sage. Sweet, savory, and aromatic — the perfect side for fall dinners and holidays.
Bacon Gougeres
Savory French gougères made with Gruyère, blue cheese, and crispy bacon. Light, airy, and deeply flavorful — the perfect appetizer for entertaining or pairing with wine.
Grilled Sweet Potatoes with Baharat Honey Yogurt and Dukkah
Grilled sweet potatoes with creamy baharat honey yogurt and crunchy homemade dukkah. A flavorful vegetarian side or light main with smoky, sweet, and spiced flavors.
Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
Chewy pumpkin oat cookies packed with cranberries, pecans, and warm spice. A cozy fall cookie recipe with a gluten-free option included.
Esquites (Mexican Corn Salad)
This esquites recipe brings bold Mexican street corn flavor to your table. Sautéed corn, peppers, mayo, lime, and queso fresco make a perfect summer side.
Maple Roasted Delicata Squash & Sweet Potatoes with Burrata
Roasted delicata and sweet potato with maple-sherry glaze and burrata. A cozy, elegant vegetarian dish that’s easy to make and full of fall flavor.
Maple Pecan Chiffon Cake with Brown Butter Icing
Maple pecan cake meets rich brown butter glaze in this cozy, crowd-pleasing dessert. Light, nutty, and full of flavor—perfect for fall or anytime.
Rye Pumpkin Bread with Maple Glaze
This moist pumpkin rye loaf is full of fall flavor and topped with a maple-cider glaze. Easy to make, deeply spiced, and perfect for cozy mornings.
Apple Galette with Rye & Cheddar Crust
Rustic apple galette with a flaky cheddar rye crust. Sweet-tart apples, molasses, and warm baharat spice make this galette the perfect fall dessert.
Early Fall Red Wines to Sip as the Seasons Shift
Discover 5 perfect red wines for early fall—from Blaufränkisch to Mencía—that are flavorful, food-friendly, and ideal for the seasonal shift. Cozy up without going too heavy.
Peach & Plum Tea Cake
This stone fruit tea cake is a tender, buttery shortbread-style cake layered with juicy peaches and plums, bright lemon zest, and a touch of floral rose water. Perfect for late summer, this easy dessert bakes up golden with a caramelized turbinado sugar topping.
Beef Ragu with Pappardelle
This braised chuck roast recipe features tender beef slow-cooked in crushed tomatoes, red wine, and vegetables, finished with cream for a rich, hearty sauce. Perfect over pasta or polenta.
Cook With Us — Live & In the Kitchen
We host relaxed, seasonal cook-alongs on YouTube so you can cook right beside us — asking questions, learning techniques, and having some fun in the kitchen along the way.
We’ve taken a little break on creating new videos but feel free to explore past episodes below anytime the cooking mood strikes. We link our shopping lists in the show notes so you can shop for the video in advance.