Recipes

Dinner

Steak Pinwheels

In a small bowl, combine the spinach, cheese and sour cream; spread over steak to withi...

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Gluten Free

Curried Lentils with Kale and Coconut Milk (Masoor Dal)

This curried lentil recipe, a vegan one-pot wonder, is spiced with turmeric, mustard se...

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Dinner

Bacon-Colby Lasagna

My grandmother added bacon to her cheesy lasagna—something she borrowed from carbonar...

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Desserts

Homemade Angel Food Cake

On Monday, Graham turned one, and the four of us celebrated the only way I know how, wi...

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Dinner

Cornish Hens with Potatoes

This special slow-cooked dinner is delicious. I serve it with green beans and French br...

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Gluten Free

Smooth & Creamy 5-Ingredient Homemade Hummus

Made with only 5 ingredients — lemon juice, tahini, salt, chickpeas, and ice water ...

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Dinner

Nana’s Italian Roulade

My great-aunt from Sicily taught my mother how to stuff and bake a steak in a jelly-rol...

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Desserts

How to Make Babka

To create lukewarm water: use ¼ cup boiling water and ¾ cup cold water, which will gi...

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Dinner

Cabbage Roll Casserole

Layer a third of the cabbage in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Top with half the meat ...

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Desserts

Food Processor Rosemary Shortbread

A food processor makes this rosemary shortbread recipe effortless. It literally takes f...

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Gluten Free

Vegan Chocolate Mousse

If you have never experienced the miracle that is aquafaba — whipped chickpea cooking...

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Desserts

Classic Milk (or Dark) Chocolate Toffee

This recipe, submitted by my friend Laura Daley, won The Philadelphia Bulletin’s 2007...

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Gluten Free

Easy, One-Pot Coconut Thai Chicken Curry

This one-pot coconut Thai chicken curry is incredibly flavorful and easy to prepare tha...

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Desserts

Basic Apple Pie

When my friend Anne announced she was getting married in my neck of the woods and asked...

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Desserts

Vanilla Bean Sablés

Looking for an elegant, festive cookie to gift this holiday season? Look no further: Do...

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Desserts

Brown Sugar Shortbread

Preferably one made with only three (or four) ingredients, whose assembly requires noth...

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Desserts

Hippie Crispy Treats + A Fair Trade Giveaway

Aptly described in Food52 Baking as “what happens when your favorite childhood desser...

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Desserts

TKO Ice Cream Sandwiches

The book won me over before I even opened it — a tin of three-day old pecan sandies d...

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Gluten Free

Warm Tofu with Spicy Garlic Sauce

The original recipe calls for both toasting and crushing the sesame seeds. For simplici...

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Desserts

A Few Ideas for Memorial Day

For best results, make this batter and store it in the fridge at least 24 hours prior t...

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Desserts

Lemon-Ricotta Cheesecake

The virtues of cheesecake are as follows: it is incredibly easy to throw together; it c...

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Gluten Free

Homemade Red Wine Cranberry Sauce

This homemade red wine cranberry sauce with orange zest and cinnamon has become a stapl...

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Desserts

Peach-Blueberry Cobbler

I had signed up to make a “super summery dessert” for a Fourth of July party. I con...

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Gluten Free

Gluten-Free Peasant Bread Recipe

This gluten-free peasant bread has such a nice texture — soft and spongy, light and m...

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