Antipasto – an abundant and colorful spread of cured meats, cheeses and vegetables in a garlicky vinaigrette – is a traditional Italian appetizer that also makes a fun and casual main dish.

Black Bean Soup is thick and chunky, warmly spicy, and rib-sticking. Topped with cool and creamy sour cream and avocado it’s an entire meal in one bowl.

These are quiet days at home, trying to appreciate what’s good about life right now – like a soul-warming seasonal feast of spiced pecans, prosciutto-wrapped pork loin and pumpkin-spiced icebox cake.

Garlic and rosemary infuse this tender pork loin with flavor as it roasts, but it’s the crispy, salty prosciutto scattered over the top that makes the dish.

You can make lip-smacking, falling-off-the-bone baby back ribs at home – no barbecue pit or smoker required. These tender, smoky, ribs are oven-baked, then grilled to sticky, crispy-charred perfection.