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The simple, luscious, luxurious dish for those cold winter dinners when nothing's in season and you just want something fresh. Something that's not a root vegetable. An easy, impressive vegetable dish you can prep in advance for a multi-dish Thanksgiving feast.

Just-pulled potatoes at your Farmers Market are so fresh they're creamy. Time to make creamy potato things - without cream. Like this mellow-delicious soup. Earthy potatoes. Deeply fragrant leeks. Just a hint of thyme. Warm and luscious.

A really tasty, really aromatic 15-minute chicken dish. Five minutes of preparation. Six to eight minutes on the grill or in a grill pan. A minute or two to let things settle before slicing and eating. Better and Cheaper than KFC.

If you're not quite ready to bake a pie, here's a gateway dessert for you. A Fall Fruit Crisp. Make it big enough to have leftovers for breakfast. I made this one with apples and pears. Add cranberries for Thanksgiving.

Deeply, profoundly delicious. You'd never choose a turkey over something this tender and tasty. It's easy. Foolproof. You can make it in advance. $5 - $15 per person for a memorable meal. Cost depends on the shank: veal, lamb or pork.

The butter makes a luxurious and rich mouthful. Water makes it light. The emulsified butter-water is a miracle. The free water and three minutes of extra effort transform a simple-and-just-fine dish into a great one. With the good kind of dietary fat.

I didn't realize how flavorful and creamy a potato could be until I had my first truly farm-fresh, just-dug potato. Until I made it this Way, I never had a Perfect Potato Salad. And I didn't know why this is the delicious, Low Glycemic Load potato preparation that it is.