Growing up, shepherd’s pie was the ultimate cold-weather comfort food in my house. We all loved to dig into those warm, hearty layers of meat, veggies and mashed potatoes that felt like a cozy hug.

Shepherd's pie traditionally uses ground lamb, while cottage pie uses ground beef. Cottage pie may sometimes have sliced potatoes instead of mashed ones, but this isn't a strict rule. Both pies can be ...

When the weather gets chilly, there’s nothing like a warm bowl of soup to comfort the soul. Shepherd’s Pie Soup is a twist on the traditional dish you know and love—creamy mashed potatoes, savory ...

It’s pretty agreeable: few things are as satisfying on a cold and wet winter’s day as a steaming meat pie. There’s something about vegetables, meat and gravy wrapped up in flaky pie crust that makes ...

For a time, when I was a lad growing up in New York, I went to an obnoxiously upscale grade school called St. Bernard’s (pronounced with Connecticut lockjaw of course, as in BERnerd’s, not BerNARD’S).

Imagine my surprise. Flipping through a new cookbook, I discovered that my favorite meat-and-potatoes meal from childhood wasn't Shepherd's Pie at all, but Cottage Pie. It was as if someone had taken ...

I'm not complaining, but my kitchen is not large. See, I have so little counter space that I sacrifice half of my stovetop as counterspace, making it hard to get multiple pots and pans boiling and ...