Cookbooks

Rolled oats and flaked coconut come together to make a soft, chewy cookie with lots of flavor.

A baked take on the doughnut-shop classic, these jelly-filled muffins make everyone giddy.

This simple recipe for Fusilli With Peppers and Pancetta will quickly become a weeknight favorite.

Once it is cooked, the melon is mostly unrecognizable, and it’s fun seeing if people can guess what this pasta sauce’s secret ingredient is.

This is a very elegant sauce that is traditionally served with seafood-filled ravioli, but linguine with pink shrimp sauce is just as delicious.

Diced zucchini provide a surprisingly delicious variation of this classic Roman pasta sauce.

This Mexican seafood cocktail gets its name because it is tossed with a bracing mix of tart, pungent, and spicy ingredients.

The sweetness of leeks and the savoriness of pork sausage make a wonderful combination in this pasta dish.

The addition of cardamom gives this classic coffee cake a flavorful and unexpected zing

Bananas, pineapples, pecans—this Hummingbird cake has a little something for everyone.

This quick and easy pasta recipe from Giuliano Hazan was inspired by tortelloni filling.

Dungeness crab is ideal, if you can get it, otherwise use any good, sweet-tasting, meaty crab in this crab linguine recipe from Giuliano Hazan.

Bourbon, toasted coconut, pecans, chocolate chips—these loaded blondies from Cheryl Day have pretty much everything.

This satisfying snack mix comes together easily, especially when you’ve saved some of your leftover biscuits to make it.

For this buttery biscuit recipe, you fold and stack the dough to create the flaky layers. 

This zesty pasta sauce has everything—tomatoes, peppers, green olives, capers, and a little pancetta. Serve with fusilli lunghi, the long spirals of pasta.

This pappardelle with sausage, peppers, and tomatoes recipe was one of my favorites as a teen.

This drink is a daisy with beer in it, like adding Corona to your marg.

Edgier than a classic Pimm’s Cup, this cocktail works well across many seasons.

This hearty black bean soup gets lots of heat and flavor from a purée of chipotle peppers and garlic.