4 please try Recipes

butter, onion, diced, garlic cloves, minced (four if you are a garlic lover), thyme leaves, ground sage, ground black pepper , to taste, potatoes, peeled and diced (try to use a waxy potato like yukon gold (russets will disintegrate in the baking process), sauerkraut , from the deli aisle (not canned please), beef kielbasa, cut into 1/2 inch pieces (two if you re an insane sausage lover )

all-purpose flour, salt, shortening, chilled, ice water, cut sweet potatoes, drained and mashed, butter, softened, white sugar, brown sugar, evaporated milk, eggs, flour, ground nutmeg, ground cinnamon, vanilla extract

chicken stock, handful dried porcini mushrooms, olive oil, onion, peeled and finely chopped, celery, trimmed and finely chopped, risotto rice, vermouth or white wine, sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, handfuls wild mushrooms (try chanterelles, shiitake, black trumpet or oyster - definitely no button mushrooms, please!), cleaned and sliced, few sprigs fresh chervil , tarragon or parsley, leaves picked and chopped, lemon, juiced, butter, handfuls freshly grated parmesan, plus extra for serving, extra-virgin olive oil