Yukon Gold Potato

These perfect mashed potatoes are light and fluffy yet rich and creamy, with just a hint of garlic and thyme.

Akin to potato gratin, in this French dish, the potatoes are par-cooked in cream, then layered with nutty Gruyère cheese.

Roasting potatoes that are just-nearly sliced through creates a contrast in textures that is undeniably delicious.

In this Lyonnaise potatoes recipe, Yukon Golds are sliced, browned in butter, tossed with caramelized onions, and showered with chopped parsley.

This Orange-and-Chile Roast Chicken brings together all the many lessons I’ve learned from roasting chickens over the years.

The crucial tool to pull off evenly-sized globes of both sweet and starchy potatoes? A melon baller.

Heilongjiang in Northeast China does not have a huge repertoire of famous recipes, but this eggplant preparation should put it on the map.

 A plant-based alternative to this traditionally pork-heavy dish restores the potato to its rightful place as the star of the stew.

While the pork braises away in the slow cooker, use the oven to make creamy scalloped potatoes and the microwave to make lightening-fast steamed broccoli.

This Indonesian plate of blanched vegetables, boiled eggs, and tofu is served with a spicy, tangy, and slightly sweet peanut sauce for drizzling and dipping. Add salty-savory shrimp chips for scooping.

The flavors in this dish are a combination of two tapas favorites: patatas bravas and huevos rotos. You get the best of both worlds with the runny yolks, crisped potatoes, chile-based sauce, and creamy mayo.

This scalloped potatoes recipe is a classic from Gourmet, simply made with softened onions, an easy roux, and thinly sliced potatoes.

Some would call showering potato salad with potato chips “gilding the lily.” We would call it “extremely sensible and incredibly tasty.”

These potatoes are simmered in seasoned water until tender, then grilled for a touch of char and smoky flavor. Bathe them in a mix of garlicky melted butter and miso, and this side dish becomes a star.

Potato salad gets a fresh burst of flavor from a dose of Jamaican jerk seasoning. The spicy rub is the foundation of the creamy dressing, where some of the heat is quelled by rich mayonnaise.

Olives and superfast pickled onions provide tangy balance for creamy-crispy potatoes and roast cod.

Everything in this dinner (including the eggs!) cooks together in one steamer insert.

On the continuum from slightly textured to exquisitely satiny spuds, use a potato masher (rustic, but fine!), ricer (nicer!), or food mill fitted with the finest disk (woooow!).