Poultry

Chef Sara Jenkins, with her son at her side, serves roasted chicken in her New York City home.

These are the dishes that bring us together around the table: the oven-roasted chicken, with crackling herb-rubbed skin and juicy breast meat; the simmering pot of chicken stew rich with paprika and lashed with sour cream; Thai red curry, studded with duck. Across cultures, chicken and poultry are at the heart of the kitchen and are the centerpieces of some of our most soulful meals.