Comfort and joy

December is for dishes that warm, soothe and delight. Plus: a peek into my kitchen via a fun Q+A collab.

Happy December, festive cook!

I have for you a bunch of recipes to warm and brighten your holiday season.

But first, the Cooks Without Borders holiday pop-up gift shop is open! There you’ll find gifts for every type of cook — including some of my favorite cookware, kitchen tools, gift-able ingredients and more. The gift shop is a work-in-progress; I’ve only just started stocking it for the season, so do check back in coming days to see what’s been added.

Or maybe you’d like to shop for cookbook gifts? Here’s the CWB Cookbook Shop, arranged by category. Have fun browsing around!

Winter warmers

Now that the temperature has finally dropped in our neck of the woods, stewy, braise-y and soupy are sounding so good.

Peppery Caramel Pork and Daikon

For instance, the dish shown above — Peppery Caramel Pork and Daikon (Thịt Heo Kho Củ Cải). It’s from Andrea Nguyen ‘s Ever-Green Vietnamese. The star of the show is braised daikon, which becomes meltingly tender and sweet — so good. In the recipe, Andrea shares a te…