Food & Wine's September 2026 Recipe Collection

Food & Wine magazine published 26 new recipes on September 1, 2026. The collection, curated by Updates Editor Molly McArdle, bridges late-summer produce and warming fall dishes. Foodandwine.com first reported the story.

Chefs contributed recipes grounded in personal experience and culinary tradition. The lineup aims to offer plenty to cook whether one is ready for autumn or holding onto summer.

Featured Chefs and Their Dishes

2023 F&W Big change Meherwan Irani provides several recipes. He blooms mustard seeds and spices for his family's masala potatoes. Irani also turns Maggi noodles into roadside-style Hakka noodles and offers a recipe for chicken tikka rolls tucked into warm naan.

Chef Pim Techamuanvivit pounds her own Thai red curry paste from chiles, lemongrass, galangal, makrut lime zest, and shrimp paste. She uses it in a fiery dry curry called kua kling, a red curry with squash and Thai eggplant, and a rich panang beef short rib braise.

Other notable chefs include 2022 F&W Best New Chef Calvin Eng and 2024 F&W Best New Chef Silver Iocovozzi. Eng builds a curry-spiced chicken potpie around sweet potatoes and coconut milk. Iocovozzi draws on Filipino tinola for a ginger-rich chicken soup, making a simplify version with cabbage, celery, and spinach.

Global Flavors and Techniques

The recipes shows a wide range of global techniques and flavors. From India, there are handheld chicken tikka rolls and okra fries seasoned with tangy chaat masala. Thailand is represented by dry curries and rich, coconut-based braises.

Italian classics are simplified for home cooks. The collection includes a straightforward Zuppa Toscana and an easy classic lasagna that uses full packages of ingredients to minimize leftovers. A savory shallot tarte Tatin offers a French technique applied to a new ingredient.

Mexican and Filipino traditions appear as well. Hedley & Bennett founder Ellen Bennett provides a recipe for chicken tinga tostadas, using a whole chicken to make stock and build the smoky sauce.

Weeknight Solutions and Seasonal Desserts

Quick recipes are designed for busy evenings. The list features a 30-minute masala potato dish, a quick flounder piccata, and rigatoni with sausage and kale. These dishes make the most of limited time without sacrificing flavor.

Apples signal the coming season in desserts. One recipe is an apple crisp where white miso adds subtle salinity and umami to a salted caramel and the topping. Another is an apple-bourbon loaf cake from 2025 F&W Best New Chef Kelly Jacques, featuring a bourbon-spiked apple filling and pecan streusel.

The full set of 26 recipes is available on the Food & Wine website. The publication encourages readers to save their favorites to a personal collection on MyRecipes.