Still working on your holiday menu? Same here. All this week, we're bringing you our favorite mains, sides and desserts, made with ingredients in The Perfect Pantry. When I was a younger and more nervous cook, I'd have nightmares about Thanksgiving dinner. In my dreams, either I'd forget to tu...

When I was a little girl, Asian soup meant Chinese soup, and that meant wonton soup, one of the "exotic" treats we were allowed on Friday night dinners at the local suburban Chinese restaurant. These days, I've switched allegiances, to hot-and-sour soup and tom yom koong, the fiery Thai shrim...

For the past month or so, I've been making bean and pea soups in the slow cooker, where they break down gently over the long cook time and, with a stir or two, they become their own chunky-smooth bits of heaven. Instead of, or in addition to, the croutons, you could add some sliced smoked saus...