Grape (Table) recipes

Homemade Concord grape jelly — the kind with that unmistakable deep purple-red color and intense, musky sweetness — is a world apart from anything you'll find in a jar at the grocery store. The aroma while it cooks is extraordinary. Made simply with Concord grapes, sugar, and lemon juice, it captures a very specific kind of American summer.

Roasting grapes transforms them into jammy, intensely sweet-tart little bursts that are extraordinary paired with creamy brie on toasted bread. A drizzle of honey, a scatter of fresh thyme, and toasted walnuts round it out into an appetizer that tastes far more sophisticated than the effort required. These disappear fast at any gathering.