The Most Popular Recipes in September

Quesadillas, caponata, cookies, and more No Images? Click here   The Most Popular Recipes of September Happy fall, serious eaters! We're hard at work figuring out our Halloween costumes over at SE HQ, but in our downtime, we've still been churning out plenty of content for you to consume. For starters, we revealed a long-forgotten Food Lab video series we shot in 2015, beginning with an episode on cheeseburgers. We ate a whole bunch of Greek yogurt and ranked our absolute favorites. Our quest to catalog the best places to eat and drink across the country continued. Most importantly, we confessed our greatest cooking fails (and trust us, we spared no detail).  We'd be remiss to not mention Allison Robicelli's genius study of the St. Louis–style bagel, which included two must-try recipes. Stella revealed her latest vegan masterpiece: olive oil chocolate chip cookies. Sho rounded up all the ways you can use a wok. Sasha combined XO sauce and elotes, a.k.a. two of our favorite things in the universe. Finally, Daniel went all "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" on paella and made it better suited to your stovetop. Below are our most popular recipes of the month. If you missed the boat on them, now's your chance to make them in October! Try Them Out for Yourself! The Best Chicken Stock White chicken stock, in which neither the chicken nor the aromatics are roasted first, may be the most versatile of all stocks. It's also incredibly easy to make. Kickass Quesadillas Designing a good quesadilla is sort of like designing a good sandwich. Think of this method as the cosmic-oneness theory of quesadillas.  Stovetop Paella Mixta for Two With Chicken and Shrimp Paella may traditionally be made in massive pans outdoors, but it can be brought inside using a smaller pan on the stovetop. Homemade Pancake Syrup Whether your heart belongs to maple or Mrs. Butterworth, made-from-scratch breakfast syrup will hit the spot in a pinch. It's ultra-luxuriously thick and rich, sweet but not cloyingly so, tempered with plenty of salt and vanilla—no corn syrup in sight!   Sicilian Eggplant and Pine Nut Caponata Caponata, the Sicilian dish of eggplant and other vegetables sautéed in a sweet-and-sour sauce, is shockingly flavorful. Preserved Lemons Preserved lemons are useful in all sorts of recipes, and they're a breeze to make.  The Best Crispy Roast Potatoes Ever These are the most flavorful crispy roast potatoes you'll ever make. And they just happen to be gluten-free and vegan (if you use oil) to boot. Pasta With Burst Cherry Tomatoes and XO Sauce Further proof that all you need to elevate a quick weeknight dinner is the right condiment.   Balinese Pork Satay (Sate Babi) With Sweet Soy Glaze and Peanut Sauce Deeply charred on the exterior, with a crisp crust giving way to a juicy center that melts on the tongue in the way that only well-rendered pork fat can. Lactation Cookies The ingredients may take some special effort to find, but the result is a wonderfully thick and hearty lactation cookie that nursing mothers and cookie fans alike will love.     Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

Win a Food Lover's Dream Getaway to Tuscany

Airfare included! Sun-soaked afternoons on the vineyard. A cup runneth over with chianti. Pasta, pasta, pasta, as far as the eye can see. Tuscany is the embodiment of la dolce vida, and we want to send you and a friend to experience it like a local. We've partnered with The Italian On Tour and six other great brands to bring you an six-night stay in a boutique hotel, with local tours, wine tastings, and cooking classes included. Click below for your chance to win. Enter Now Bring Tuscany to your own kitchen! Lemon-Marinated Tuscan-Jewish Fried Chicken Ribollita (Hearty Tuscan Bean, Bread, and Vegetable Stew) Classic Panzanella Salad (Tuscan-Style Tomato-and-Bread Salad) Tuscan Pappa al Pomodoro (Tomato and Bread Soup) By entering the sweepstakes, entrants agree to the sweepstakes’ Official Rules. Entrants also agree to receive email communication from the sweepstakes partners. Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

The Serious Eats Guide to Apple Season

We're going to the orchard No Images? Click here   It's Apple Season, so Get Pickin'! It's easy to see the changing of the seasons just by looking at the fruit vendors at your local market. This is the time of year when peaches, cherries, and strawberries fade away and are replaced by pears, persimmons, and—of course—apples.  The sweet fruit is delicious raw, but there's so much more that you can do with it. It's not fall without apple pie, and we have tons of variations for you to choose from. But apples are just as good in other desserts, plus savory dishes like baked Brie en croûte and toasted-bulgur salad. We've rounded up all the sweet and savory recipes you need to keep eating apples all season. Read more →  Break out your canning gear How to Take Applesauce to the Next Level With a blend of sweet and tart apples, toasted sugar, and a splash of apple cider vinegar, applesauce can be classic and complex at the same time. It's simple, wholesome, and delicious—sweet enough to feel like dessert, but neither sugary nor cloying. The best apples for apple pie For an apple pie filling with tender but intact chunks of fruit, balanced perfectly between tart and sweet, you'll want to pick the right kind of apple. Read more →  Apples + cinnamon forever Easy, Old-Fashioned Apple Pie German Apple Pancake Apple-Pecan Bourbon-Caramel Pie Apple Compote How to prevent cut apples from browning Apples, along with some other fruits, like pears and bananas, have a tendency to brown quickly once the inner flesh is damaged and exposed to air. So, why do they brown, and what's the best way to stop it? Read more →    Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. Preferences  |  Unsubscribe