

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street
I always give Cook's Illustrated credit for teaching me how to cook and it will always be my go-to for classic American dishes like fried chicken, chocolate cupcakes, pancakes, burgers, roast turkey and countless other things I cannot live without. But Milk Street is...

Basic Challah and Za’atar Monkey Bread with Garlic and Onion Labneh
Just like pictures of myself, I'm only going to post the most flattering one of my challah. You know, thinner, younger and generally more attractive than it actually is: But I admit that it was a little wonky looking. Turns out braiding thick, heavy, sticky dough is...

Hummus and Pita
It's not difficult to understand the crazy popularity of hummus. Easy to make (with ingredients found almost anywhere), vaguely healthy, cheap, and versatile. But like many popular things, it has strayed very far from authenticity. People have added all kinds of...

Funfetti Cake
Unlike Molly, and maybe many of you, this was not an “iconic cake of my childhood” mainly because I was a child in the 1960s and cake innovation technology just wasn’t there yet. But even without the strong pull of nostalgia, how can you not be drawn to this cake? It’s got “fun” right in the title for crying out loud!

Squash and Ricotta Pizza with Sage and Arugula
Since I am limited in how many recipes I can reproduce on my site (go figure, it's like Molly wants to make money off her hard work and ingenuity or something) I'm going to just give you some guidelines on how to make this stupendous pizza. The dough is from Jim...