Lori Widmeyer

Pull out your slow cooker and sate yourself with this tender, sweetly spiced, subtly smoky shredded pork. And with nary any effort.

This sassy roast chicken gets its moist meat and ultra-crisp skin from the two-step process of searing it in a skillet then sliding the whole thing in the oven. Simplicity.

One taste and you'll forget all about that butter and brown sugar trick your mom taught you long ago. Promise.

Made with egg, bacon, Cheddar, and a brioche bun, this breakfast burger certainly sounds like breakfast to us, even in the middle of the afternoon.

No rub. No sauce. Just perfectly smoked bbq brisket exquisiteness. Here's how to make it at home.

More tart than sweet is what you'll find this perfectly puckery little limeade to be. And that's exactly the way it was always intended to be.

Okay, so this fish taco isn't exaaaaaactly like what we've experienced in Baja. But it's close. Close enough. Maybe even better.

Make your own homemade peanut butter with ease thanks to a nifty approach. Food processor required.

A simple yet stunning technique for steamed whole cauliflower that's making even veggie haters proclaim it awesome.

The pumpkin spice everything craze has made its way through most major foodstuffs--including this dreamy, warmly spiced ice cream that we're frankly quite smitten with.

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

Smoked beef brisket. Thousand Island dressing. Swiss cheese. Sauerkraut. And rye bread. Oh baby, what a swell recipe.

Clobbered by a guilty conscience each time you let vegetables languish in the fridge? Yeah, us, too. Until this recipe.

Rite of passage as well as rite of tailgating, Frito Pie is legendary. In case you'd forgotten about it, here's how. Serve it as-is or glam it up with anything you like.

Magically delicate and nuanced cookies that satisfy the little kid cookie craving in an adult sorta way.

Who knew these buttery, airy, delicate little cakes were so simple to make...and so irresistibly delicious?! (Well, Proust, for one...)

This lovely homemade muesli number, with nary any cardboard-like, dusty-tasting grains or too many raisins, will upend your notion of morning cereal.

Beef. Lamb. Matzoh. We could go on and on and on listing things we loooooove to smother with this spirited sauce.

We got nothing against the Larabars we've been noshing for years. Save for the crazy price tag. Here's a less expensive, more customizable alternative.

These quick, easy, gritty-in-a-good-way little corn cakes come from a doyenne of Southern cooking. Put simply, they don't disappoint.