Karen's plan to stay on budget while she's in grad school depends on cooking for herself, especially for lunch — but her dorm kitchen's fire alarm is VERY easy to set off. So Chris & Jesse help her with strategies for no-cook lunches... including leveraging her rice cooker.

Recipes Mentioned:
One-Pot Salmon and Shiitake Rice
Rice Cooker Risotto
Chickpea Salad Sandwiches

It may be Valentine's Day, but this year, Chris, Jesse, and Kendra are turning their attention to the gentle art of cooking for yourself and only yourself. They'll tackle listener questions about stocking your fridge for one and gathering up the motivation to feed yourself day after day - and share how they eat when their partners or kids are out of town.

Recipes Mentioned:
Chocolate Chipless Cookies
Winter Squash and Kale Pasta with Pecan Breadcrumbs
Minestrone Soup with Acorn Squash
Roasted Squash Vampiro Tacos with Cucumber Salsa
Larb with Cabbage Cups
Napa Cabbage and Cucumber Slaw
Cheesy Roasted Cabbage Wedges
Grilled Peruvian Chicken with Green Sauce
Meal Prep Dinner Party Recipes
All-the-Seeds Hamantaschen
Grilled Swordfish with Tomatoes

Shilpa and Jesse are hosting a pizza party — an Incredibly Good Cheese Pizza party, that is. Join the Bake Club co-hosts as they nerd out about breadmaking, reveal Jesse's secret pizzaiolo past, and gab with BA Deputy Food Editor Hana Asbrink, this recipe's #1 fan.

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

Like many of us, Jenn is experiencing leftover fatigue. So Kendra and Chris introduce her to the lifechanging art of nextovers.

Recipes Featured:
Beer-Braised Carnitas
Buttery Tomato and Cinnamon-Spiced Rice
Chicken Tinga Tostadas with Bacony Black Beans

The weather is cold and the produce selection in the grocery store is smaller, but that's no reason to despair! Chris, Jesse, and Shilpa have the recipe for winter cooking optimism—and the answers to listener questions about homemade broth, frozen veggies, and more.

Recipes Featured:
Incredibly Good Cheese Pizza
Rice Cooker Risotto
Chicken Thighs with Spiced Couscous and Carrots
Ruffled Mushroom Pot Pie
Sheet-Pan Salmon with Rice Cakes and Kimchi
Shortcut Baked Rigatoni with Spicy Italian Sausage
Spiced Chickpea and Spinach Pockets
Pork and Tomatillo Udon
Spanish Shrimp and Rice with Saffron Mayo
Spicy Salmon Hand Rolls
Creamy Chicken and Broccoli Soup
Paneer and Green Bean Stir-Fry
Halloumi No-Meat Balls
Cabbage and Burrata Salad with Spicy Tahini
Herby Cauliflower Fritters
Cheesy Green Pea Fritters
One-Pot Broccoli Mac and Cheese

Mara is expecting her first child, and she wants to plan ahead, stocking her freezer with nourishing, delicious meals that she and her partner can enjoy in the first few weeks of life with their little one. So Chris taps Hana Asbrink, one of the brains behind Bon Appetit's column The Fourth Trimester, to help Mara fill the freezer before the baby arrives.

Recipes Featured:
Spinach Lasagna with Ricotta
Baked Mushroom Rice Porridge
Cozy & Quick White Chicken Chili

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, Shilpa and Jesse will be walking through the Bake Club recipe, answering listener questions, and admiring bake clubbers' results. And this month, we're tackling Jesse's Chocolate Olive Oil Cake, which has a tender crumb and the most swoosh-able chocolate ganache frosting around.

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].

Kathryn is a mom of four hoping to start a delicious new Christmas morning tradition. So Chris and Shilpa Uskokovic team up to help Kathryn with the makeahead breakfast of her family's dreams.

Recipes:

Plus: Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole

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