10-Minute Salmon With a Seedy Little Secret

A few winters ago, Trevor and I spent a night at Catbird Cottage. While the little soaps in the bathroom and trinkets on the shelves—and their cat, and the perfectly squeaky buttered mushrooms at breakfast—were lovely additions to our stay, they paled …

A few winters ago, Trevor and I spent a night at Catbird Cottage. While the little soaps in the bathroom and trinkets on the shelves—and their cat, and the perfectly squeaky buttered mushrooms at breakfast—were lovely additions to our stay, they paled in comparison to our host, Melina's complete collection of Donna Hay Magazine back issues.

Melina joined in as I oohed and aahed my way through all the chiaroscuro-ed vegetables, messily unmessy cheese sprinkles, and fairylike vegetable ribbons. I was, then, aspiring to work in food media, Melina very much seated in it, and Hay, to us both, its supreme overlord.

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Browned Butter Fettuccine Alfredo Recipe

Browned Butter Fettuccine Alfredo RecipeI couldn’t be more excited about sharing our Browned Butter Fettuccine Alfredo Recipe with you all! It’s one of my favorite rich and creamy dishes on our entire site! Admittedly the first time I had f…

Browned Butter Fettuccine Alfredo Recipe
I couldn’t be more excited about sharing our Browned Butter Fettuccine Alfredo Recipe with you all! It’s one of my favorite rich and creamy dishes on our entire site! Admittedly the first time I had fettuccine alfredo was when I was in high school. I know, crazy…
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12 Magical Ways to Transform Bread Into Dessert

Now more than ever, home is where many of us are seeking refuge and solace in light of the novel coronavirus. This is a tough time, but we’re here for you—whether it’s a new pantry recipe or a useful tip for your kitchen, here ar…

Now more than ever, home is where many of us are seeking refuge and solace in light of the novel coronavirus. This is a tough time, but we’re here for you—whether it’s a new pantry recipe or a useful tip for your kitchen, here are some ideas to make things run a little more smoothly for you and your loved ones.

On many occasions, baking a multi-step layer cake or whipping a creamy semifreddo is an accomplished and therapeutic process. On other days, when your life has thrown one too many curveballs, the most you can muster is to pour a glass of milk to go with that stale box of chocolate wafers sitting on top of your fridge.

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A Delightful Dish James Beard Cooked for Himself When Dining Alone

Table for One is a column by Senior Editor Eric Kim, who loves cooking for himself—and only himself—and seeks to celebrate the beauty of solitude in its many forms.

“As a boy in Portland, James almost always ate by himself,” says John Birdsall, auth…

Table for One is a column by Senior Editor Eric Kim, who loves cooking for himself—and only himself—and seeks to celebrate the beauty of solitude in its many forms.


“As a boy in Portland, James almost always ate by himself,” says John Birdsall, author of the forthcoming The Man Who Ate Too Much, on American cook and food writer James Beard. Birdsall and I are both self-quarantined, in San Francisco and New York City respectively. I’ve just reached out to him because I’m writing about Beard’s asparagus, and I figured, as someone who’s just written the man’s biography, Birdsall might have something to say about it.

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17 Easy Recipes We’re Cooking in Quarantine

Now more than ever, home is where many of us are seeking refuge and solace in light of the novel coronavirus. This is a tough time, but we’re here for you—whether it’s a new pantry recipe or a useful tip for your kitchen, here are some ideas to make th…

Now more than ever, home is where many of us are seeking refuge and solace in light of the novel coronavirus. This is a tough time, but we’re here for you—whether it’s a new pantry recipe or a useful tip for your kitchen, here are some ideas to make things run a little more smoothly for you and your loved ones.


Wherever you are in the world, I hope you're safe and sound at home. As we all navigate the global COVID-19 crisis, it's important that we're still nourishing ourselves—not just our stomachs, but also our minds, our hearts, and our communities. My colleague Brinda's grandmother, in Singapore, texted her this a few weeks ago and it's been my mantra since: "Don't get depressed. Sing, play on the piano, read novels, learn knitting and sewing, meditate—all these help."

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15-Minute Dinners, Starring Trader Joe’s Incomparable Garlic Naan

It all began with an evening of mild panic. I’d been invited to a friend’s dinner, and she’d asked me at the eleventh hour if I could bring a “fairly substantial homemade appetizer.” Even on the most harried of days I’m not a last-minute person: My sen…

It all began with an evening of mild panic. I’d been invited to a friend’s dinner, and she’d asked me at the eleventh hour if I could bring a “fairly substantial homemade appetizer.” Even on the most harried of days I’m not a last-minute person: My sense of balance is dependent on the careful planning and precise execution of life events. To add to it, grocery shopping was the very last thing I wanted to run out to do on a winter’s night.

I rummaged frantically through my fridge and cabinets, and all I found were bits and pieces. I opened my freezer in despair—could I disguise something in there as homemade?—and there, waving happily at me from the back of it, were two packets of Trader Joe’s garlic naan.

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22 Cookie Recipes Easy Enough to Memorize

These are the cookies for when you’re too tired to make cookies, or when you’ve got more important things to worry about (the roast! the cups! the flowers!) and need something quick and fuss-free.

The majority of these are five ingredients or fewer (y…

These are the cookies for when you’re too tired to make cookies, or when you’ve got more important things to worry about (the roast! the cups! the flowers!) and need something quick and fuss-free.

The majority of these are five ingredients or fewer (yes, fine, Carla’s calls for eight, but two of them are salt), many don’t require a stand mixer, and some—gasp—don’t even require an oven. From oats bound with tahini to crackers dipped in chocolate, here are 22 of our easiest-ever cookie recipes.

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A Hero 20-Minute Dish for When You’re Dining Alone

Table for One is a column by Senior Editor Eric Kim, who loves cooking for himself—and only himself—and seeks to celebrate the beauty of solitude in its many forms. Today: a weeknight option for when you’re done with Thanksgiving leftovers and need som…

Table for One is a column by Senior Editor Eric Kim, who loves cooking for himself—and only himself—and seeks to celebrate the beauty of solitude in its many forms. Today: a weeknight option for when you're done with Thanksgiving leftovers and need something new to eat.


Everyone needs a hero. I have a few: Nigella Lawson, Timothée Chalamet’s The King haircut, and blue cheese.

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30 Yotam Ottolenghi Recipes Big On Flavor, Low on Effort

We’ll happily shout it from the rooftops: We’re the hugest fans of chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author Yotam Ottolenghi. His recipes are bright, fresh, seasonal, and full of flavor—with complex and multilayered combinations of herbs, spices, and um…

We'll happily shout it from the rooftops: We're the hugest fans of chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author Yotam Ottolenghi. His recipes are bright, fresh, seasonal, and full of flavor—with complex and multilayered combinations of herbs, spices, and umami-filled game-changers (black garlic and pomegranate molasses, you're our new best friends). But we also love Ottolenghi's food for its comforting, homemade appeal, which leans on quality ingredients and achievable techniques to make the recipes sing.

Here are 30 of his best recipes, all of which make cooking a boldly flavored meal a breeze.

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11 Best Air Fryer Recipes That We’re Obsessed With

I’m a gadget geek, so it’s no surprise that I was fascinated by the air fryer when it first came on the scene. Especially since I’m also a busy cook; if a gadget doesn’t make my life easier, then I’ve got no time for it. (Too few hours in the day to me…

I’m a gadget geek, so it’s no surprise that I was fascinated by the air fryer when it first came on the scene. Especially since I’m also a busy cook; if a gadget doesn’t make my life easier, then I’ve got no time for it. (Too few hours in the day to mess with one that messes with me!)

I am all about ruthless efficiency, in other words.

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