Air Fryer Grilled Cheese
Butter on the outside of the bread, cheese in the middle, into the air fryer at 370°F. Three to five minutes, flip, two to three minutes more. The air fryer gives you even browning on both sides without babysitting it on the stove, which makes this a better option when…
Caramelized Onion Cheddar Bread
A savory yeasted milk bread with caramelized onions, sharp cheddar, and fresh thyme rolled inside. The dough itself is enriched and tender; the filling is what makes it. It's a weekend bread — the onions need 45 minutes of patient cooking, the dough needs two rises, and baking takes 50…
Sourdough Pound Cake
A use for sourdough discard that actually improves the thing it's in. The starter adds a subtle complexity and very slight tang to the crumb — not enough that you'd identify it as sourdough, just enough that the cake tastes more interesting than a standard pound cake. The base is…
Slow Cooker Thai Peanut Chicken
Chicken thighs in a peanut butter, tamari, fish sauce, and ginger sauce with sliced red pepper, slow cooked for four hours. Ten minutes of prep — whisk the sauce, pour it over the chicken, set the cooker. Serve over rice with chopped peanuts, cilantro, and lime. The sauce is what…
Authentic Birria (Chuck Roast)
Birria is a long-simmered Mexican stew — chuck roast seared in batches, then cooked for three hours in a blended sauce of guajillo, ancho, and arbol chiles with tomato, onion, vinegar, and spices until the meat falls apart. The braising liquid becomes the consomé: rich, deeply flavored, the color of…
French Apple Tart (Tarte Normande)
A tarte normande is what you make when you want to look like you spent the afternoon in a French kitchen but actually want to be done in an hour. Pressed shortcrust pastry — mixed quickly, pressed by hand into the pan — apple slices arranged in concentric circles, and…
Crock Pot Ranch Chicken
Three ingredients. Stir the condensed cream of chicken soup together with the ranch seasoning packet, pour it over the chicken breasts in the slow cooker, and walk away for eight hours. The sauce thickens as the chicken releases liquid and by the time it's done the chicken is falling apart…
Creamed Corn with Parmesan
Frozen corn in heavy cream, butter, sugar, salt, and pepper brought to a simmer, thickened with a milk-and-flour slurry, and finished with Parmesan stirred in off the heat. Fifteen minutes, one skillet. The Parmesan is what sets this apart from a standard creamed corn — it adds a savory depth…
