Shortbread cookies are something that every baker should know how to bake regardless of experience level. The ingredients are much simpler than other cookie recipes, as these cookies require only flour, butter, and sugar. There’s no tricky leavening or difficult…
Cake decorating is a delightful culinary art, and one of the most visually stunning techniques you can master is two-tone or multi-colored icing. Whether you want to add a pop of color or a touch of elegance to your cakes,…
We’ve all had this happen: You want to make a recipe that calls for softened butter, but you didn’t have the forethought to pull the fat out of the fridge a few hours before baking time to make sure it…
Store-bought hummus is popular and convenient. It comes in countless flavors, but you can always customize hummus by adding different toppings and ingredients to make it truly unique. There are so many varieties at the grocery store, such as classic…
A hot chocolate bomb, for those of you who are unfamiliar, is a ball of hardened chocolate containing hot chocolate mix and marshmallows. Once dropped into a cup of hot milk, it creates an ultra-decadent, extra chocolatey cup of comforting…
How do you turn a green, leafy vegetable into a crave-worthy side dish? Add a creamy ingredient. Typically, classic creamed spinach is made by adding — you guessed it — heavy cream to a mixture of the spinach and seasonings,…
Pizza … it’s what’s for dinner. This dense American favorite is often slathered with copious amounts of tomato sauce, melty mozzarella, and savory bits of pepperoni, mushrooms, and onions. You also get a lot of fatty and frankly overwhelming flavors…
There’s nothing better than a comforting bowl of hot soup, especially in colder weather. Somehow, the colder it gets, the hungrier one feels, and while broth-based soups can be great, sometimes we want a homier feeling that only thicker and…
Who doesn’t love sitting down to a fresh box of pizza? It’s so easy to order online that we’ve all experienced the joy of not having to cook on occasion. We’re all for sitting back and letting someone else make dinner.…
Naan never lasts long enough in my household to become leftovers. Just ask my 10-year-old, who can easily down a few pieces in one sitting. But as I was developing a miso garlic naan recipe for my upcoming cookbook, “Modern…