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Home | Melissa D.

Melissa D.

An enamel bowl filled with mashed potatoes, topped with black pepper and lemon zest.

Ina Garten’s Mashed Potatoes with Lemon

40 mins

A pile of homemade caramel-coconut oreos and a glass of milk

Homemade Caramel-Coconut Oreos

2 hrs

A round plate filled with easy scrambled eggs and a pancake in the shape of a rocket with pastry stars scattered around it

Julia Child’s Easy Scrambled Eggs for Kids

10 mins

A pan of skillet tortellini with sausage and cherry tomatoes sprinkled with chopped basil

Skillet Tortellini with Sausage and Cherry Tomatoes

30 mins

Roasted pork shoulder with mustard glaze on a bed of wilted mustard greens with sweet potatoes and a serving fork.

Roasted Pork Shoulder with Mustard Glaze

16 hrs

Crispy chicken with lemon and capers in a large serving tray, with a bowl of capers and a bowl of peppercorns. The chicken is garnished with lemon slices and parsley.

Crispy Chicken with Lemon and Capers

45 mins

A white plate with a lettuce, cherry tomato, and onion salad, beside a chicken breast coated in crisp breading. A knife and fork lay on the edge of the plate.

Everything Bagel Chicken Cutlets

1 hr 5 mins

A frosty, hollowed out lemon wih leaf, filled with pale lemon sorbet on a glass plate.

Sparkling Lemon Sorbet

3 hrs 15 mins

A patterned plate topped with chicken thighs with spicy peach sauce on a table with a bottle and glass of wine, flowers, cutlery, and a napkin.

Chicken Thighs with Spicy Peach Sauce

45 mins

A white platter with four pork chops with applesauce in a jar on the side and fried sage leaves sprinkled over the pork chops.

Pork Chops with Applesauce

30 mins

A white bowl of mustard potato salad with celery with a silver spoon resting inside.

Mustard Potato Salad with Celery

45 mins

A bowl of Puerto Rican-style ropa vieja with rice and cilantro on a green mesh serving tray with a linen napkin beside it.

Puerto Rican-Style Ropa Vieja

3 hrs 30 mins

A white plate topped with chunky ranch-style home fries topped with a fried egg.

Chunky Ranch-Style Home Fries

1 hr 20 mins

A green plate topped with a few garlicky chicken wings, a bowl of salt, and a lemon wedge.

Garlicky Chicken Wings With Sumac

2 hrs 30 mins

Four pumpkin swirl cheesecake bars on a white surface.

Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake Bars

2 hrs

Nine glazed soft maple cookies with a Pyrex container of glaze behind them.

Glazed Soft Maple Cookies

1 hr 30 mins

Six salmon cakes on rectangular platters with bowls of avocado spread and chimichurri beside.

Salmon Cakes

1 hr 15 mins

A pastrami burger with Russian dressing and iceberg lettuce.

Pastrami Burgers with Russian Dressing

30 mins

Three of Shirley's mile-high popovers.

Mile-High Popovers

2 hrs

Skillet on a grill filled with eggplant caponata--chopped eggplant, onions, fennel, onions, almonds, basil

Eggplant Caponata

9 hrs 30 mins

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