The best apple? Food 52 has the skinny.

Moroccan Carrots from Food 52’s indispensable blog.

Food 52: How to peel an apple.

Tasty-looking minestrone from Food 52.

From Whole Foods, via Food 52, here’s how to roast garlic.

Last gasp of summer. Dig in to this orecchiette recipe over at the Lemon Fire Brigade.

Canadian Living gives us Roasted Smashed Potatoes.

Steak au Poivre from The Dog’s Breakfast.

Smitten Kitchen gives us spaghetti with broccoli cream pesto. Sure, why the hell not?

Who says we can’t do Sunday on Tuesday? Check out Food 52’s recipe for Sunday Steak with French Butter.

[Photo Credit:  thirschfeld]

House to haus does fennel.

[Photo Credit: Sandy Spring CSA]

Serious about breakfast.

From Serious Eats, dig these six recipes for rugelach.

Get healthy and head on over to Food 52 for Edward Giobbi’s spaghetti ala foriana.

David Lebovitz makes a meatball sandwich.

Saveur pairs ’em up for lunch.

Roasted pumpkin with rosemary and garlic, part of a  simple September feast indeed.

Here’s an end-of-summer treat from Nicole Franzen.

Smitten Kitchen gives us baked orzo with eggplant and mozzarella.

[Todd Coleman via Savuer]

Mimi gives us a tomato tart with tarragon mustard.