Swoon-Worthy Valentine's Day Recipes
Whether you're cooking for someone you love, celebrating Galentine's, or treating yourself to an indulgent solo dinner, these Valentine's Day recipes are designed to impress sans the stress of a prix fixe menu, dinner reservation, or having to sell one of your kidneys to pay for it! From heart-shaped pizza and dumplings to silky, authentic Italian pastas and show-stopping desserts, I've gathered my most swoon-worthy recipes that prove the most romantic table in town is the one in your own kitchen.
Winter Recipes to Warm You UP
January is all about balance. A little comfort food, a little post-holiday reset, and plenty of easy dinner recipes that warm you from the inside out. These are the cozy winter dishes we're making this month!
Veganuary Recipes
Kick off January with easy vegan and vegetarian recipes perfect for Veganuary or anytime you're craving plant-based comfort food. From cozy weeknight dinners to satisfying meatless meals, these recipes make eating more plants delicious and craveable.
Pizza Recipes (Your Pizza Night Destination)
Here in Italy, delicious pizza is everywhere, but when you make it at home, it's inexpensive, super tasty, and you can pile on your favorite pizza toppings to please everyone! Find all my top tips and step-by-step guides for making the BEST thick or thin-crust pizza using 00-flour, all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, and bread flour. With real-deal Neapolitan pizza, pizza fritta, pizza sauce, and more!
Cozy Soups to Warm You Up
Cozy, soul-warming soups for every craving! You'll find comfort classics like chicken and dumplings, hearty Italian bean soup, authentic tortellini in brodo, Sichuan wonton soup, rich tonkotsu ramen, nourishing anti-inflammatory chicken bone broth, and so much more.
Easy Chicken Recipes
Our favorite chicken recipes for weeknight meals and special occasions! You'll find delicious chicken dinners to fit any budget including southern fried chicken, chicken Milanese, chicken soup, Chinese chicken dumplings, grilled chicken shawarma, buffalo chicken wings, grilled chicken Ceasar salad, chicken meatballs, and more!
Chinese Recipes (Save Money, Skip Takeout)
Discover our favorite traditional Chinese recipes from my 4+ years living in Chengdu, featuring Sichuan, Cantonese, and Southeast Asian dishes I learned from my Chengdunese family, friends, and local chefs. Enjoy this Chinese chicken dumpling recipe, shrimp mei fun, soup dumplings, Dan Dan Mian, BBQ Pork Buns, this authentic chili oil recipe, and so much more.
Authentic Pasta Recipes
Master the art of Italy's most delicious "fast food"! Here you'll find regional and traditional homemade pasta recipes for the whole family. Everything from spaghetti all'Amatriciana and linguini with clams to the best slow-simmered authentic Bolognese ragû straight from Bologna, Italy. Plus, all you need to make homemade pasta noodles, create silky smooth sauces, and pair flavors like a pro from our kitchen in Italy to yours!
Mexican + Tex-Mex Recipes
Easy homemade Mexican and Tex-Mex recipes that bring the flavors of street tacos, cheesy enchiladas, Mexican Rice, and sizzling fajitas to your kitchen. From quick weeknight dinners to festive weekend soirees, my step-by-step guides help you create delicious (inexpensive) restaurant-quality meals for Taco Tuesdays or Friday Night fiestas!
Hi I'm Kelly!
I'm the cook, photographer, editor, and solo cleanup crew behind Biting at the Bits. I believe making healthy (tastier) food is possible even if you're busy or on a budget.
Whether you're just learning to cook or looking for a more natural approach to cooking, you'll find recipes and tutorials here for how to cook healthier, less processed, better-tasting meals at home.
Including all the best tips I've learned working in the food industry, private cheffing for busy NYC families, opening a cooking school in Chengdu, China, and from my family and life here in Italy.
Pies + Cobblers + Crostate
Making a completely from-scratch pie like pecan pie, key lime pie, or apple pie will make you feel like a baking superstar. Here you'll find all our favorite pie recipes and tips for success. If you're a beginner pie-maker, a good place to start is with my complete pie crust tutorial for how to make the best buttery, flaky pie crust.
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Italian Recipes
There's so much more to traditional Italian food than just tasty pizza and pasta recipes! Here you'll find it all, from our favorite Northern Italian recipes from our home in the Veneto to Central & Southern Italian dishes from our family in Abruzzo and beyond. If you're looking for a classic Italian lasagna recipe, handmade tortellini, or a real Bolognese sauce, we've got that too!
Southern Recipes
Craving comfort on a plate or a little genuine Southern hospitality? Here are the recipes I was born and raised on. From my Mama and her Mama (both amazing cooks, bakers, and bread makers), to my 99-year-old Granny with her German roots, and my Dad's unbeatable short rib vegetable soup (coming soon), discover the best chicken and dumplings, buttermilk biscuits, fried grits, tender cornbread, fried chicken, cherry cobbler, fried pies, and more!
Japanese Recipes (Ramen Month All Year Long)
From chashu pork to 8-hour tonkotsu ramen broth, homemade pork buns, crispy braised pork belly, udon, tamago sandos, chicken katsu, and homemade ramen noodles, here you'll find the most popular and easy Japanese recipes that we've been hooked on since living in Little Japan in the heart of NYC's East Village. Bring the bento box home tonight (minus the hefty price tag)!
Easy Fish + Seafood Recipes
Top fish and seafood recipes you can savor all year long! We've got plenty of inspiration like tasty seafood risotto, crispy fish and chips, ginger-soy salmon, 4-minute pan-seared shrimp, scallops gratin, shrimp fettuccine Alfredo, crystal shrimp dumplings, steamed mussels, crab cakes, shrimp scampi, and so much more!
Cookie Recipes
From our most popular recipes for classics like chewy chocolate chip cookies and sugar cookies, to reader favorites like whole wheat chocolate chip cookies with less refined carbs, compost cookies, and Aunt Betty's Pecan Tassies, you'll find lots of easy cookie recipes here for every skill level and occasion (did someone say Christmas Cookies!).
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