Recipes to Make Right Now
Our favorite recipes to transition from warmer days to cooler nights, plus the best BTS family meals you can make ahead!
Easy Banana Bread Recipes
Our favorite tender, fluffy banana bread recipes to please the entire family. These quick breads are a breeze to make, even for beginner bakers.
Mexican Recipes for Any Night of the Week
Easy homemade Mexican and Tex-Mex recipes that bring the flavors of street tacos, cheesy restaurant 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!
Favorite Soup Recipes
When the weather finally starts to cool down, it's time for making homemade brodos and seasonal soups in our Italian kitchen. Make enough for leftovers so cooking isn't the only thing you're doing all week!
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!
Pasta Recipes For the Whole Family
Luca's Italian, what can I say...we eat a lot of pasta, and these are the best regional versions I've learned throughout my years living in Italy.
Pizza Recipes
Real-deal Italian pizza you can make at home for a fraction of the cost. Pick your dough by flour type - 00 flour, all-purpose, whole wheat, or bread flour - and explore pizza fritta, no-yeast pizza, homemade pizza sauce, and more!
Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes
Chocolate chip cookies for every kind of cookie lover: thin and crispy with an airbrushed-looking chocolate finish, big chocolate chunk, pan-banging, whole wheat, and the classic chewy version we make on repeat. Pick your texture and start baking.
Our Favorite Chinese Recipes
Authentic Chinese home cooking from my four+ years in Chengdu, learned directly from my Sichuanese family, friends, and local chefs. Try these reader favorite Chinese chicken dumplings, shrimp mei fun, soup dumplings, BBQ pork buns, Chef Liu's chili oil, and more.
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!
Vegetarian Recipes Even Meat Lovers Will Enjoy
Plant-based meals that hold their own at the dinner table. Try our smoky shroom burger, classic Italian tomato sauce, black-eyed pea hummus, almond pulp hummus, and more vegetarian and vegan favorites we make on repeat.

Handmade Italian Pasta Recipes
Fresh pasta starts with the best dough. These are the handmade pasta dough recipes I've tested and refined over years of living and cooking in Northern Italy, each one built for a specific shape, sauce, or filling.
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 Beyond Pasta
Authentic recipes from our home in the Veneto and our family kitchen in Abruzzo, from Northern Italian duck ragù to Southern Italian cannoli. Try this classic Italian lasagna, handmade tortellini, real Bolognese sauce, thin-crust pizza, creamy shrimp alfredo, and more.
Southern Recipes
The recipes I was born and raised on, passed down from my Mama, my Granny, and my Dad. Try our Mom's famous cinnamon rolls, chicken and dumplings, Southern cornbread, Mom's cherry cobbler, Southern 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)!
Recipe Roundups to Plan Your Next Celebration
Browse our recipe roundups for curated collections to help you plan a holiday spread, pull off a weekend dinner party, or use up what's in the produce drawer. Each roundup pulls together tested favorites from the blog so you can plan a full meal, a menu, or a week of dinners in one stop.








































































