Yeast Are Never Depressed

Depressed, David turns to bread making and finds that dough holds no grudges, turning out lovely even after the worst of manglings.

Char Kway Teow

Street food at its finest. This is the real deal, straight from Malaysia by way of this recipe and your local Asian grocery store.

25 mins

Embroidery Maker in Madeira

David tells the story of these charming Portuguese artisans who design and replicate beautiful patterns in a nearly lost art.

Baked Seafood Imperial

Baked seafood imperial, a riff on crab imperial, is shellfish tossed with cream and seasonings, breaded, and baked. Seafood imperial can be small or big.

1 hr

Roast Chicken with Lemon

Burnished skin. Juicy meat. An insanely come-hither aroma that pervades the house. All this can be yours for supper. And it's so simple to toss it together.

1 d 2 hrs 20 mins

Brownies for a Crowd

"So satisfying." "Cakey and chocolatey." "Everything a brownie should be." That's what folks are saying about this crowd-pleaser of a chocolate fix.

1 hr

Ham and Cheese Omelet

An insanely practical and easy way to put to use any leftover ham and odd bits of cheese from the holiday.

15 mins

Crystallized Flowers

Because mom loves flowers, sweets, and beautifiul things. Can you just imagine these delicate little lovelies strewn across her fave cake?!

1 hr

Sweet Potato Biscuits

These wee biscuits are spectacular just with a smidgen of butter, but slap some ham or turkey on them and woah.

45 mins

Turkey Meatball Soup

This outrageously healthy—yet still satiating—riff on Italian wedding soup swaps traditional beef and pork meatballs for ones made with turkey. Indulgence with decency.

1 hr

Homemade Irish Cream

DIY Baileys, baby. All you need is cream, coffee, whiskey, sugar, and a taste for the good things in life.

1 hr 25 mins

Greens and Grains Soup

It's as simple as X + Y = Z, with X = greens, Y = grains, and Z = a soothing, satiating bowl of soup. Finally, a practical application for algebra.

1 hr

Basic Chocolate Cake

One of the best darned chocolate cakes we've ever experienced. Seriously. (Would we tease about a topic as life-altering as this?!)

50 mins

Quick Puff Pastry

What if we told you it's actually quite quick, simple, and well worth the effort to make your very own rich, flaky puff pastry? Believe it.

1 hr 45 mins

Palmiers

These flaky French pastries are dainty, diminutive, and irresistible as can be (typed while licking the sugar from our fingers).

50 mins

Southern Fried Catfish

Even avowed seafood haters belly up to this crisp and delicate Southern fried catfish that's plain and simple and perfect.

20 mins

Honey Healer

In desperate need of a sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, fever, so you can rest medicine? You need this cold killer.

20 mins

Chocolate Whipped Cream

Though this recipe is technically chocolate whipped cream, it's really more like chocolate mousse that you want to savor by the spoonful.

1 d 35 mins

Espresso Cheesecake

"Luscious." "Creamy." "Incredibly delicious!" "Just the right amount of sweet." That's what folks are saying about this cheesecake.

1 hr 30 mins