About Andrew Carmellini

Andrew Carmellini is the chef and co-owner of Locanda Verde and The Dutch restaurants in New York City and the author of American Flavor and Urban Italian, named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly. He’s won two James Beard awards and was named a Food & Wine Best New Chef in 2000. @andrewcarmellini

A cut root beer cake on a pewter platter with a slice on a decorative plate in front.

Root Beer Cake

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This fetching cake contains sugar and spice and everything nice, yes, but it also has its share of sass. As in, sassafras.

Cast-iron skillet with a Dutch baby--a popover pancake--topped with powder sugar on a set breakfast table

Dutch Baby

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Everyone who’s made this easy and show-stopping pancake is lauding it as the airiest, most perfect puffed pancake they’ve encountered. Sorta makes you want to experience it, yeah?

A sliced Korean steak on a rimmed baking sheet with a knife resting on the sheet and bowls of kimchi and daikon nearby.

Korean Steak

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This isn’t quite bulgolgi, the classic Korean barbecue. But this little number is salty, sweet, and quite reminiscent of its longer-marinated inspiration.