Best Easy No-Knead Sourdough Discard Focaccia with Rosemary
The neighborhood block party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten I was supposed to bring the bread. Everyone else would be showing up … Read more
Perfect Neapolitan Layer Cake Recipe with Three Easy Frostings
The woman at the farmers market stall watched me eyeing her strawberries with what must have been obvious desperation. It was a Saturday morning in … Read more
Savory Grilled Eggplant Involtini with Creamy Ricotta
My neighbor Rosa wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to return her baking dish—the one she’d loaned me three weeks prior, which I’d … Read more
Best Easy Dreamy Green Matcha Birthday Cake Recipe
I wasn’t expecting to find my new signature birthday cake recipe while sorting through a box of vintage linens at a flea market, but there … Read more
Crispy Parmesan Eggplant Stacks with Marinara Recipe
This was supposed to be eggplant parmesan. The kind my grandmother made, the one that takes all afternoon and leaves your kitchen looking like a … Read more
Easy Everything Bagel Cream Cheese Pinwheel Bites
There used to be a tiny deli tucked between a dry cleaner and a nail salon on the corner of Maple and 3rd that made … Read more
Smoky Hatch Chili Chicken Enchilada Skillet: Easy One-Pan Recipe
It was 11:47 PM on a drizzly Tuesday in late September, and I had a singular, almost irrational craving for something smoky and spicy. I … Read more
Easy Overnight Refrigerator Dill Pickle Spears (Best Crisp Recipe)
My aunt swore she hated pickles. For forty-three years, she said it at every family barbecue, every summer picnic, every time someone passed a jar … Read more
Smoky Roasted Hatch Green Chili Cheeseburgers: Best Easy Recipe
I was standing in line at a tiny farmers market in Santa Fe, fanning myself with a paper bag, when the woman in front of … Read more
Easy Slow Cooker Hatch Green Chili Pork Stew Best Comfort Food
My neighbor Marco asked me why I couldn’t just dump everything in the slow cooker and walk away. I started to explain why that wouldn’t … Read more