Whole Grain Sourdough Pita

The familiar pita bread but made with whole grain flour and sourdough starter. Still puffs. Still amazes. In looks as well as taste.

1 d

Homemade Graham Crackers

This graham cracker recipe has it all over store-bought crackers. No contest. And a glass of milk on the side doesn't do any harm.

55 mins

Homemade Sparkling Juice

It ainโ€™t no Champagne. And it ain't supposed to be. Subtly nuanced and sparkling and with a slightly fancy feel for teetotalers of all ages.

3 hrs 40 mins

Portuguese Green Olive Dip

For this dip, green olives are stirred into an eggless 'mayonnaise' made with milk, oil, anchovies, garlic, and white pepper. A tasty Portuguese olive dip.

5 mins

Lemon Pull-Apart Coffee Cake

"Absolutely the best thing Iโ€™ve put in my mouth in a long time!" That's what we're hearing about this buttery, citrusy, playfully easy-to-eat coffee cake. We're not arguing with that sentiment.

3 hrs 45 mins

Curried Cauliflower and Potato Pasties

Youโ€™ll feel as if youโ€™ve created something worthy of The Great British Baking Show when you toss together these nuanced curry-filled pastries.

2 hrs 30 mins

Mushroom Pizza with Ricotta

A pizza that takes white pizza up a level with several kinds of cheeses and mushrooms and a dough thatโ€™s a cinch to toss together.

1 hr

Cheddar-Parmesan Crackers

Who knew that making your own crackers could be so easy?! This dough is a cinch to work with although the results disappear rather frighteningly quickly when there's wine involved.

2 hrs 40 mins

Chocolate Bark, Cardamom, Dried Fruits, and Nuts

There's chocolate bark and then there's chocolate bark. This bark is the latter sort, a sort that intrigues and surprises, that both starts and stops conversations, a bark that knows no boundaries.

30 mins

Candied Sweet Potatoes

Real-deal candied sweet potatoes that are, yes, indecently sweet in that traditional Southern way. Yet theyโ€™re also spiced just so to satisfy in more way than one.

1 hr 30 mins

How To Decorate With Melted Chocolate

Whether you want a distraction for the kids or a decorative element for dessert, you'll find your solution in these how-tos for drizzling and decorating with chocolate.

30 mins

Chocolate Ginger Crinkle Cookies

The classic cookie benefits enormously from a hit of ginger here with these surprise sleeper hits of your Christmas season.

1 hr 15 mins

Zaโ€™atar Cacio e Pepe

It's Ottolenghi. Enough said. (Well, okay, we have to say more. Like how everyone whoโ€™s tried this swears itโ€™ll forevermore be their simple supper standby.)

35 mins

Espresso Cake

This simple yet spectacular riff on coffee cakeโ€”there's actually coffee in the cakeโ€”is rich and robust and rousing in that way only espresso can be.

1 hr 15 mins

Pecan Pie Bread Pudding

When you've got leftover bread, sure, you could make bread crumbs. Or you could make this Southern melding of pie and pudding that's obscenely indulgent. Tough decision, eh?

5 hrs

Spicy Mushroom Lasagna

Ottolenghi does it yet again with another inspired melding of ingredients and techniques that upends our notion of what any recipe should and could be.

2 hrs 40 mins

Roasted Cauliflower with Cilantro Sauce

So intriguingly spiced and perfectly roasted that even avowed non-cauliflower eaters will change their minds. That's what folks are saying about this stealthy healthy side.

45 mins

Nutmeg Cake

This spice cake is soaked with rum syrup, making a lovely, albeit slightly boozy, gift when wrapped in parchment and tied with a bow.

1 hr

Veggie Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Make veggies less yawn-inducing by stealthily sneaking them into this good-for-you grilled cheese sammie. Eating your veggies never tasted so sinful.

15 mins