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Kate H. Knapp, Recipe Tester
A list of all the recipes Kate H. Knapp has tested.
Roasted Jerusalem Artichokes
Jerusalem artichokes, stump so many of us. But hang on–lots of our testers weren’t hip to them either until they tried (and loved) this recipe. What are you waiting for?
Bucatini all’Amatriciana
All’Amatriciana—go on, roll that “r” like they do in Italy—means a spicy pasta sauce of tomatoes and pancetta or bacon. Prego.
Panna Cotta with Peaches
This panna cotta has the most luscious of textures. How to best explain it? Hmmm. It’s sorta like swooping velvet over your tongue.
Homemade Yellow Mustard
Why make your own mustard? Because you can. And if that’s not reason enough, there’s no comparison between this and the store-bought stuff. Enough said.
Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies
Crisp at the edges. Chewy within. Peanutty through and through. A classic perfected. Pass the milk, please.
Homemade Ginger Ale
Full of natural ingredients that pack a wallop of intense, true-to-life ginger flavor, this brilliant hack for making real ginger ale will make you a convert.
Grilled Flank Steak with Chile Rub
If you can master this über basic recipe, you can grill a steak waaaaay better than any of your friends. Promise.
Jamie Oliver’s Sunday Roast
An exceptionally tender roast and crisp-as-can-be roasted potatoes that will make any meal memorable beyond words.
The Skillet Cheeseburger
There’s no scarcity of seductiveness in this Seattle-style redux of a classic cheeseburger. The secret’s in the super melty cambozola cheese and the slathering of bacon jam. (Bacon jam!)