Steak and Ale Pies

Steak and ale. A classic duo. Though this may be a slightly different format than you're accustomed, it's just as indulgent as a steak and a pint alongside. Maybe more so.

5 hrs

Braised Pork in Red Chile Sauce

Our testers were smitten with this perfectly smoky and not-in-your-face spicy pork in red chile sauce from chef Rosa Martinez. It's a cinch to make. And a pleasure to make disappear.

2 hrs 45 mins

Bacon Fat Peanut Butter Cookies

Using bacon drippings in place of butter makes these can't-stop-at-just-one cookies both frugal and indulgent at the same time. And let's not overlook their salty, smoky, sweetly lovely taste.

45 mins

Italian Breadsticks ~ Grissini Torinesi

Most Americans know grissini as those pale breadsticks in the long waxen envelopes at old-time Italian restaurants. How sad for us. Perhaps we can do something about that.

2 hrs

Skillet Cinnamon Rolls

Cinnamon rolls just got even better thanks to crisp, golden edges that come from being baked in a classic cast iron skillet. Make a single ginormous roll or more modest individual rolls.

7 hrs 35 mins

French Lentil Soup

Hearty, healthy, comforting as heck, and it comes together in a single pot and makes ample leftovers to see you through the rest of the week.

1 hr 30 mins

Roasted Lemon Chicken Thighs

In this simple one-pot supper, chicken thighs are bathed in a sauce that's informed, though not overwhelmed, by lemon. Warning: You're gonna wanna spoon that sauce onto everything.

45 mins

Potatoes With Mexican Chorizo

Easy, authentic, and awesome any time of day, whether accompanied by steaming hot coffee in the morning or cold cerveza any (other) time of day. One of our recipes folks rave about most.

50 mins

Onion and Blue Cheese Tart

This tart, filled with roasted onions and blue cheese, is one of the finest recipes on site. None of us can ever get enough.

2 hrs 15 mins

Catalan Custard ~ Crèma Catalana

This Spanish custard, called crema, is rich, creamy, and simple to make. The custard is made with milk, so it's lighter. Serve the crema warm.

2 hrs

Pot Stickers ~ Guotie

What's that you ask? When's an appropriate time to serve pot stickers? We honestly can't think of a time that's not appropriate.

1 hr 15 mins

Oatmeal Cake

Oatmeal cake, to us, is synonymous with breakfast, seeing as there's wholesome oatmeal beneath all that coconut and old-fashioned boiled frosting.

1 hr 50 mins

One Minute Mayonnaise

If velvety, perfectly emulsified, homemade mayo has always seemed like an impossible dream, then read on. Before you know it, you’ll be realizing you never again need to buy store-bought mayo.

5 mins

Kale Chips

Potato chip fiends, stop your scoffing. We double-dog dare you to make a batch and stop at just one.

30 mins

Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic

Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic is a classic for one reason—it's damn good. Using chicken thighs ensures the meat remains juicy. Using our trick for quickly peeling garlic makes it hassle free.

1 hr 45 mins

Coconut Blondies

Sweet! Gooey! Easy! Yum! Those are just a few of the lovely things we're hearing about these coconutty blonde beauties. Taste for yourself.

35 mins