Brad has a vision of a Christmas morning with kids opening presents and adults sipping coffee and enjoying a delicious panettone, the Italian holiday sweet bread. But as he's learned over 3 years of fallen loaves, panettone is not an easy product to bake. So Chris calls on Roy Shvartzapel, who's dedicated the better part of the last 20 years to learning about and producing the loaves, to help Brad improve his process and embrace the wild panettone journey.

The recipe Brad used for his panettone comes from the cookbook A Good Bake.

Chris, Kendra, and Jesse gather round to answer questions about all things holiday dining, "Crimbo Limbo," and whether this is the year that cookies will finally break Jesse.

Recipes featured:
Apple-Cranberry Tarte Tatin
Actually Perfect Pie Crust
Chocolate Mousse for a Party
Peppermint Bark Cookies
Pomegranate-Glazed Shortbread Wedges
Pistacharoos
Chocolate-Tahini Slice-and-Bake Cookies
Five-Spice Crackle Cookies
Golden Hour Cocktail
Lipstick Memory
Cranberry-Maple Mule
Brisket Bourguignon
Boozy Braising
Dark and Stormy Braised Pot Roast
Orange-Wine-Braised Chicken Thighs
Tiramisu Snowball Cookies
Baklava Sugar Cookies
Orange-Glazed Roast Pork
Roast Beef Tenderloin with Garlic and Rosemary
Spice-Crusted Ham with Brown Sugar Glaze
Roast Chestnuts

Do you want to level up your baking skills? Then join expert Test Kitchen editors Shilpa Uskokovic and Jesse Szewczyk in the BA Bake Club - a community of confident, curious bakers who find just as much joy in the process of baking as the final results.

Every month on the podcast, Shilpa and Jesse will be walking through the Bake Club recipe, answering listener questions, and admiring bake clubbers' results. And we're kicking things off with the first Bake Club recipe: Caramel Apple Monkey Bread, a steppy-but-worth-it bake with a tender crumb, sweet-tart apple cider caramel, and perfectly stewed apples. 

You can find instructions for joining the Instagram Close Friends group at bonappetit.com/bakeclub - and of course, you can always send your questions to [email protected].

Chris, Kendra and Shilpa open the Thanksgiving SOS hotline once more to take listener calls on Thanksgiving abroad, incorporating cheese into every part of the meal, baking in someone else's kitchen, and the wildest take on a Thanksgiving dinner we've ever heard.

Recipes Featured:

Loaded Scalloped Potatoes

Green Beans with Mushrooms and Crispy Shallots

The Gooiest Baked Mac and Cheese

Stuffing Biscuits

Garlic Bread Biscuits

Cranberry-Maple Mule

Simple is Best Dressing

The Creamiest Turkey Pie with Puff Pastry Crust

Hazelnut Green Beans with Proscuitto and Dates

Brussels Sprout Stir-Fry with Cheddar and Golden Raisins

Miso-Butter Roast Chicken with Acorn Squash Panzanella

Lemon Meringue Pie

Confit Turkey with Chiles and Garlic

Honeynut Squash with Radicchio and Miso

Festive Red Cabbage and Radicchio Salad

Pomegranate and Honey Glazed Duck

Seared Duck Breast

It's time for a Dinner SOS annual tradition: the Thanksgiving SOS hotline! Chris, Kendra and Shilpa hop on the line to take listener calls on vegan mains, the perfect pie crust, how to pare back a traditional feast, and more!

Recipes Featured:

Garlic Bread Biscuits

Miso-Glazed Carrots with Scallion Gremolata

Make-Ahead Gravy

Actually Perfect Pie Crust

Vegan Meatloaf

Sticky and Spicy Cauliflower

Squash and Caramelized Onion Tart

Pumpkin Basque Cheesecake

Cheesy Green Curry Palmiers

Fallen Chocolate Cake

Za'atar Fire Crackers

Expertly Spiced and Glazed Roast Turkey

Maple-Butter-Glazed Turkey

Festive Red Cabbage and Radicchio Salad

Maple and Bacon Fall Chopped Salad

Three-Minute Red Wine Vinaigrette

John had a lot at stake last Thanksgiving. After years of not-too-subtly hinting that he wanted the hosting job, John got permission from his mother-in-law to host the holiday in 2022—and he hit it out of the park. But anxious to keep his standing as the family's Thanksgiving host, John turned to Dinner SOS for some help perfecting his already perfect meal. And this year, Chris caught up with him to find out how everything went — and whether he's permanently secured the hosting position.

Recipes Featured:

• Expertly Spiced and Glazed Roast Turkey
• Simple is Best Stuffing
• Buttery Milk Buns
• Actually Perfect Pie Crust
• Porchetta-Style Roast Turkey Breast
• Maple-Soy-Glazed Salmon

Today, we’re sharing an episode from our friends at Foods That Matter.

Mark Jacobs, Chairman of Watkins, divulges the delicate (and sometimes dangerous) process of sourcing the finest vanilla beans in Madagascar and explains why vanilla can be so darn expensive, only sometimes. But vanilla's not all they offer! Mark shares surprising health benefits of spices, and spills the tea on how Watkins keeps their huge variety of spices bursting with flavor - including a tip to properly storing your spices at home. Mark even reveals the one spice that mysteriously eludes Watkins (and why), and shares exactly what to look for when you're on the hunt for the perfect spices. Whether you're a spice connoisseur, a curious cook, or a foodie, this episode is packed with flavor-boosting tips and fascinating facts about food and the brand leading the way for delicious flavors. 

Jen is a confident cook in a household of self-described food people. But she's never been able to successfully make tender, shreddy pork at home, so she called us looking for some rules she can follow to achieve her dream pork in her own kitchen. Chris calls on Inés Anguiano, Certified Pork Stan (tm), to help Jen embrace pork's versatility... and the fact that the only rule with pork cookery is "there are no rules."

Recipes featured:  

Soy-Basted Pork Chops with Herbs and Jalapenos

Crispy Pork Cutlets with Kimchi Slaw

Citrus-Braised Pork with Crispy Shallots

And the bonus "middle lane" pork recipes:

Mustardy Cider-Braised Pork Chops

Sweet-and-Saucy Pork Chops

Pork Shoulder Steaks with Grilled Mustard Greens

We get a lot of questions in our inbox from listeners with dietary restrictions. And sometimes, we can absolutely handle them using the expertise right in our test kitchen – no dairy? No meat? No nightshades? No problem. But not all restrictions are that simple. So we tapped registered dietician Desiree Nielsen to answer questions about cooking low-FODMAP, diabetes-friendly, and more. If you're experiencing changes in your health, make sure you contact your doctor and/or a Registered Dietician to make a plan that's right for you.

Recipes featured:

Super-Seedy Gluten Free Bread

Blueberry Chia Seed Jam

Gluten Free Carrot Cake

Vegan Cacio e Pepe

Black Vinegar Chicken with Radishes

Kate's Feel Good Food Plan

30 Minute Green Pasta with Kale

Velvety Vegan Chocolate Mousse

Vegan Sausage Stuffed Acorn 

Squash

Cashew Alfredo

Rachel's the kind of cook who free-forms it – no two dinners turn out the same, and she likes it that way. But she’s setting up a dinner for her parents and her partner’s parents to meet each other for the first time, and she wants everything to be perfect. The only issue? Every one of her guests has a different dietary restriction, and none of them seem to work together. So Chris taps Kendra Vaculin to help keep Rachel's eyes on the ultimate prize: making this gathering an excellent time for all involved.

Recipes featured:

Squash and Broccoli Rabe Lasagna

Three-Minute Red Wine Vinaigrette

Raspberry Cake with Whipped Cream Filling

Cheesy Mushroom Galette

Leah loves the Union Square Farmer's Market, but there's one tent she's too intimidated to stop at: the "mushroom guys" (aka Mushroom Queens).  So to help demystify the alien-looking fungi that Leah's seen at their stall — and prove to her that she can achieve a crispy, umami-rich 'shroom in her own kitchen — Chris takes Leah to Mushroom Queens in Ozone Park, and they get a tour of an urban mushroom farm.

Recipes featured:  

Pasta with Creamy Mushroom Ragu

Seared Mushrooms with Garlic and Thyme