• Sheepherder's Pilaf
• Red Wine Rice
• Dill Rice the Afghani Way -- Chelo Shibit
• Coconut Jollof Rice
• Ic Pilav - Sweet Turkish Rice with Currants and Pine Nuts
• Very "Saucy" Seafood Rice
• Paella

• Gingerbread Pancakes
• Great Grandma's Pancakes
• Kallapams
• Lemon Mascarpone Stuffed Ebelskivers with Blueberry Thyme Compote
• Yogurt Pancakes with Pomegranate
• Lemon Poppy Seed Pancakes with Lemon Curd and Greek Yoghurt
• Aunt Fran's Pancakes

• Tuscan Kale Salad with Currants & Pecans in a Resonant Dressing by EBeier
• Apple and Celeriac Remoulade by Kitchen Butterfly
• Green Salad with Shaved Parsnip, Carrot, Apple and Honey Roasted Walnuts by WinnieAB
• Heirloom Carrot Salad with Dates, Almonds, and Herbs by aliwaks
• Roasted Pumpkin, Serrano Ham, and Manchego Cheese Autumn Salad by menumaniac

• Sweet Potato, Orange, and Ginger Cream Soup with Crispy Sweet Potatoes and Chili Flakes by Maria Teresa Jorge
• Tangy Baked Sweet Potato by Mariya
• Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Chestnut Pesto by Janneke Verheij
• Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Maple Smoked Bacon and Beer by Food Blogga
• Sweet Potato Roll with Cream Cheese Filling by SupperStarter

• What We Call Dressing- Cornbread, Bacon, Onion, and Apple by MrsWheelbarrow
• Lamb Sausage, Feta and Mint Stuffing by Oui, Chef
• Chinese Sticky Rice Stuffing with Cantonese Sausages by chinagirl
• Tolchester Beach Oyster Stuffing by Bill
• Stuffing with Ciabatta, Pancetta and Apples by mariaraynal
• Cheesy Butternut Squash Stuffing by Loves Food Loves to Eat

• Cranberry Currant Relish by lastnightsdinner
• Cranberry Orange Compote by Chef Gwen
• Simple Cranberry Relish by loulies
• Turkey Spankin' Cranberry Compote by Bill
• Spiced and Spiked Cranberry Compote by Rhonda35
• e="font-weight: normal;">Cranberry Tangerine Chutney by aargersi

Here are some recipes that caught our attention this week:

• Champango (a tropical twist)
• "Dressed" Beer
• Mint in the Cider Side of Beer (refreshing in the afternoon)
• Gingered Beer
• Italianissimo Limoncello Panaché (a great use for limoncello)
• ChocoLinde
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Here are some recipes that we liked the sound of this week:

• Cheese and Ham Quesadilla
• Breakfast Ham and Cheese (a great strata)
• Gorgonzola and Prosciutto di Parma Panini
• My Best Ham and Cheese
• Pancetta and Cheese Grilled Polenta Wedges
• Farmer's Market Cheddar Melt (pictured above right)
• Ham, Cheddar and Chive Scones (liked the twist on the idea of ham and cheese)

Here are the recipes that intrigued us this week.

• My Best Roast Chicken 
•    Helen talks a big game, but she has yet to make this for us.
• Elegant Easy Chicken 
•    We like that the chicken breast is flattened like a Paillard.
• Chicken Dijon Stew
• Chicken Mustard Croquettes
• Chicken Pot Pie Provencale (pictured above)
•    You'd need to be up for an all-day project, but it looks gorgeous.
• Big Zombie Mustard Chicken Tagine with Couscous 
•    The mustard isn't the star of this show, but the dish is sweet and spicy in all the right ways.

Here are some recipes -- other than the finalists -- that stood out this week:

• Fresh Fig, Walnut and Rosemary Upside-Down Cake
• Roasted Figs in a Red Wine Cardamom-Infused Reduction with Vanilla Ice Cream
• Fall Fig and Chicken Sandwich
• Stuffed Chicken Breast with Figs and Pistachios Vinaigrette
• Roasted Stuffed Figs
• Cheese Plate Crostata
• Grilled Pizza with Figs, Prosciutto, Gorgonzola and Arugula Pesto
• Fig Bonbons
• Mission Fig Rolls
• Rosemary-Kissed Fig Tartlets

Here are some of the recipes that caught our eye among this week's contest entries.

Bubbie's Holiday Apple Cake by Bubbie

Deep South Apple Cake by Frugal Kiwi

Gingerbread Apple Bundt Cake by suz

Sunday Morning Apple Coffee Cake by SavorySweetLife

blueberry applesauce cake by Heather

Heavenly Apple Cake by Veronica

Rosh Hashana Apple Cake by koshercamembert

Bay-scented potato gratin by Marie Viljoen

Potato, Porcini and Squash Gratin by Maria Teresa Jorge

Each week, we'll highlight not only the finalists in the contests, but here we'll let you know which recipes were named "Editors' Picks" -- recipes that we found promising and interesting. And when you do a recipe search, you can always filter the results to show all recipes that have been named Editors' Picks. This is one of several ways we're keeping the site curated, so you have access to the best recipes possible.

In some cases, the Editors' Picks recipes are ones that were on our short list to test. In others, they're simply recipes that, although they may not have been good fit for the particular contest theme, are still noteworthy. If your recipe is named an Editors' Pick, you can still enter it in future contests.

We realized with Your Best Tart theme this week that we should have more clearly defined the theme. For anyone who entered recipes that were galettes and crostatas, we will be holding a contest for these soon.

So, without further ado, here are this week's Editors' Picks:

• Grilled Skirt Steak Salad by WinnieAb
• Spicy Thai Beef Salad with Mizuna by BigGirlPhoebz