Eating

About 3 cents to transform 6 ounces of plain yogurt to fragrant, flavorful Concord Grape Yogurt. A perfect balance of sweet and tart. No added sugar. Low glycemic load. The flashback familiarity of 1950s grape jelly. The Way you want to start your day.

A body- and soul-warming meal that cooks itself. Soothing and satisfying at the same time it's intensely flavorful. Sweet, sour, smoky, mellow. A day's worth of Vitamin C, two of Vitamin A and a week of Vitamin K. Eat your collards, kids.

80 recipes from traditional healthy cuisines around the world. Daal bhaat tarkari: lentils, rice, curried vegetables. The staple meal of Nepal and much of India. Fragrant curry and Better Cheaper protein.

Two of this year's big revelations in my kitchen were: sauces. Sauces that are deeply delicious and highly aromatic. Sauces that elevate simple ingredients to super satisfying main courses. One's cheap and easy. The other's free and easy. Here's to a tasty 2016 in your kitchen.

Really, really tasty, too. If you like cheese you have to try this. Don't throw away those cheese rinds! Simmer them in water for a couple of hours. Then use your stock to prepare anything that goes with grated parmigiano.Double your pleasure.

Delicious and beautiful. 50 cents per serving. If a gratin sounds like something you shouldn't try at home by yourself, the sound's deceiving. Click. Seeing and tasting is believing.

These powerfully flavorful and aromatic celery root knobs are still turning up at Farmers Markets everywhere. Seasonally abundant and cheap. Smooth and light in this addictive soup that's wonderful hot or chilled. Make a big batch.

The Fall fruit harvest quickly transformed to a sweet and spicy salad. An intensely flavorful Way to lighten up a rich meal. Or to build a light, refreshing one. Less than $1 per huge serving.