One Little Trick, Way Better Canned Beans

Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that will change the way you cook.

When we’re casting about the kitchen for a quick lunch or dinner (that is…

Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that will change the way you cook.


When we’re casting about the kitchen for a quick lunch or dinner (that isn’t cereal) (again), canned beans are there for us. But we’re not letting them show off as much as we should.

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A Genius Shortcut to Weeknight Ragù

Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that will change the way you cook.

Ragùs are slow, meditative things, with a circus of vegetables and meats …

Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that will change the way you cook.


Ragùs are slow, meditative things, with a circus of vegetables and meats cut to bits and stewed for hours. Or, counterpoint: They’re not?

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Banana Bread—in Half the Time

Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that will change the way you cook.

If you are like me, an icy banana lands on your toe most times you open t…

Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that will change the way you cook.


If you are like me, an icy banana lands on your toe most times you open the freezer door.

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This Roast Chicken Has the Crispiest Skin Ever

Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that will change the way you cook.

From the pantheon of great roast chicken recipes, I’ve cooked a whole lot…

Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that will change the way you cook.


From the pantheon of great roast chicken recipes, I’ve cooked a whole lot—but never one like this: extremely tender, rotisserie-style meat with the crispiest possible skin. Before now, this had been an either-or choice.

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The Simplest Stir-and-Bake Vanilla Cake

Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that will change the way you cook.

Though this cake was designed by a pastry chef, you can stir it together …

Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that will change the way you cook.


Though this cake was designed by a pastry chef, you can stir it together with a couple bowls and a spatula, and, less than an hour later, be forking up soft vanilla crumb-clouds warm from the oven. (Whipped cream melting into the top is optional, but recommended.)

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A Crispy, Cheesy Pan Pizza Anyone Can Make

Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that will change the way you cook.

When King Arthur Flour’s team of bakers sets out to create their Recipe o…

Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that will change the way you cook.


When King Arthur Flour’s team of bakers sets out to create their Recipe of the Year, they spend months developing and cross-testing to make exactly what they want—with the hopes of ending up with a recipe that will be loved by everyone who tries it, from pro bakers to first-time flour buyers.

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This Genius Marinade Brings Vegetables to Life

Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that will change the way you cook.

Bryant Terry wants to help us all eat—and love—more vegetables, no matter…

Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that will change the way you cook.


Bryant Terry wants to help us all eat—and love—more vegetables, no matter what diet we might be following (or not following at all). In my world, it’s been working.

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Caramelly-Crisp Coconut Macaroons Are a One-Bowl Pantry Hero

Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that will change the way you cook.

Even if you’ve had some version of these macaroons before (and you have) …

Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that will change the way you cook.


Even if you’ve had some version of these macaroons before (and you have) and been quite happy, there’s a secret side to them you’re going to want to get to know.

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A Super-Simple Vietnamese Pantry Dinner—for Chicken, Tofu, Whatever You’ve Got

Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that will change the way you cook.

If you’re lost at the fridge, staring at raw material that you’re hoping …

Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that will change the way you cook.


If you’re lost at the fridge, staring at raw material that you’re hoping to conjure into a comforting dinner—the chicken thighs you grabbed without a plan, the frozen fish fillets from the back of the freezer, the tofu that’s about to expire—this recipe is here to take charge.

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A 5-Ingredient Wonder Sauce From Oaxaca

Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that will change the way you cook.

For any of the reasons you might want to eat less meat, this recipe is he…

Every week in Genius Recipes—often with your help!—Food52 Creative Director and lifelong Genius-hunter Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that will change the way you cook.


For any of the reasons you might want to eat less meat, this recipe is here for you.

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