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This roasted mushroom pizza is seriously good. It’s so much better than the average mushroom pizza. So much deeper and better and more flavorful. I used to slice fresh mushrooms and throw them on a pizza without a thought. Those pizzas were fine, but they were squandering so much potential. And mushrooms are absolutely brimming …

This citrus avocado and shaved fennel salad is just the thing to get you out of a salad slump. It’s simple and colorful and replete with bright acidity. It’s the kick in the pants I need around the end of February, when winter feels interminable and I crave something that feels like sunshine on a …

This chocolate peanut butter tart is basically a giant peanut butter cup. One with a crisp chocolate shortbread crust, filled with a peanut butter mousse made with a bit of crème fraîche for a subtle tang to lift the peanut butter flavor, and topped with a bittersweet chocolate ganache. It’s rich, and there’s nothing subtle …

This meyer lemon ginger mousse is the stuff of lemon dessert fans’ dreams. It’s so simple to make. But (here’s the part where you curse at me), you have to make meyer lemon ginger curd first. The good news is that the curd only takes about 20 minutes to make, but it does need to …

These brownies, oh, these brownies. These almond shortbread brownies are something special. They might be the dessert I’ve made the most frequently in the last ten years. They are rich fudgy brownies baked on a buttery shortbread crust. Before the first time I made them, it never occurred to me that brownies would benefit from …

Sometimes you want a special breakfast. Something that feels like it came from a bakery. But you don’t want to put your shoes on and you want to be able to eat it before your mind wanders to lunch. That’s where these orange ginger scones come in. They’re dead simple to make. The dough comes …