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Stop what you’re doing right now. Make a list to pick up puff pastry, cilantro, mint, some finger chiles or serrano peppers, sharp cheddar cheese, a lemon, and some red onion the next time you go to the grocery store. Because you want to make these Bombay rolls. (Unless you’re a cilantro hater, in which …

Hot days call for easy meals that don’t require turning on the oven or laboring over a hot stove. We’ve been enduring a heat wave for the last couple of weeks around here, and I have barely had the desire to cook at all. But even if my appetite is a little suppressed by the …

This strawberry rhubarb buckle is just the thing to bake right now. “Now” meaning, whenever you’re reading this and happen to be in the possession of some rhubarb and strawberries. Buckles are part of the family of unfussy fruit desserts that includes things like crisps and crumbles and cobblers (and if you want a rhubarb …

I’m always on the lookout for fall and winter dishes that feel light and fresh but still seasonally appropriate. This mess of roasted butternut squash and Brussels sprouts in a red wine vinegar-based agrodolce (an Italian word meaning “sour and sweet”) lands on that intersection with wintry roasted vegetables hit with an extra punch of …

Pasta e ceci is a humble dish. In Italian it means “pasta and chickpeas,” and at its base, it’s just that. But it’s so much more than the sum of those simple parts. I was first introduced to pasta e ceci when I studied abroad in Rome, years ago when I was in college. It …

This easy shortbread tart crust is one of my most-used recipes. I turn to it all the time. And, to be honest, it took so much anxiety out of my tart baking. So many tart crusts involve pulling out the food processor, chilling the dough, rolling the dough, carefully draping it into the pan, chilling …