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This pizza is covered with potatoes, onion, olive oil, salt, and pepper but tastes like so much more than the sum of its parts. It goes spectacularly with a salad and a crisp glass of wine. Not yet sold? We think it looks and tastes like potato chips.  smittenkitchen.com/2016/04/potato…

Do you know what it has always been too long since we've last had? Pineapple upside-down cake. This is the best one I know how to make: Fresh pineapple slices nest in a quick butterscotch caramel with a trace of rum and not a single fluorescent cherry.  smittenkitchen.com/2007/05/pineap…

This Buffalo Chicken Cobb is one of the best dinner salads I have ever made and I now crave it incessantly. It's got everything: a heap of colorful vegetables, grilled chicken, and lots of unsolicited opinions, all served help-yourself style. smittenkitchen.com/2023/07/buffal…

Castle Breakfast is our weekend morning ritual which attempts to channel the calm, sunniness, and doting of a fancy hotel breakfast but in a way that’s extremely doable in real life. Plus: Brown soda bread scones, easy enough to make half-asleep. smittenkitchen.com/2022/03/castle…

Happy Spring! 🌸 Everyone knows that pink lemonade > regular lemonade, and this applies to lemon bars too. Here, the bars are pink-ed with raspberries and the flavor is as bright and sunny as we hope it soon will be outside.  smittenkitchen.com/2012/08/pink-l…

A craving for cauliflower in a spicy tomato sauce led me to gobi matar masala, where the peas (trust this pea-ambivalent cook) add the perfect complementary dots of sweetness. Vegan and cozy but unheavy, it feels perfect for the last day of winter.  smittenkitchen.com/2019/02/caulif…

If it's going to be this cold two days before "spring," I'm going to require this kind of warmth: chickpeas, sausage, and kale, simmered in a spicy tomato sauce then finished with melted and blistered mozzarella and pecorino. smittenkitchen.com/2025/02/ziti-c…

The stout here gives what is already an exceptional chocolate cake a richer, fuller, nuttier flavor while keeping it from leaning too heavily on the sweet side. This is unequivocally one of the best cakes I know how to make. smittenkitchen.com/2006/11/ganach…

Neglected cabbage in the back of your fridge awaiting culinary inspiration? Meet: My favorite way to roast a cabbage. It’s going to seem too charred, too vinegary, but I promise the pan will not make it to the table intact. smittenkitchen.com/2025/04/charre…

This week's SK Digest is brimming with good things: a collection of recipes that feel like spring, an interview with the authors of the Diaspora Spice Co. cookbook, a visit to The Chef's Garden, and a new recipe for a colorful salad we never get tired of. smittenkitchen.substack.com/p/early-spring…

The greenest thing I know how to make is also the most delicious. It's the cover star my third cookbook, a celebration of roasted garlic butter and fresh greens, tangled with spaghetti and it's the kind of recipe we made once then again and again. smittenkitchen.com/2022/11/green-…

Pi(e) Day Perfect: The banana cream pie that made me fall in love with banana cream pie: pressed-in vanilla cookie crust, an easy one-pot custard, and heap of slightly tangy whipped cream piped chaotically all over, using @emcdowell pie book for guidance. smittenkitchen.com/2022/03/banana…

New! A forever favorite salad, more vibrant than ever: more lime, heat, crunch, herbs, and avocado too. It's a little bit party snack, but an easy lunch too. We scoop it up with tortilla chips and marvel as the giant bowl disappears. smittenkitchen.com/2026/03/black-…

Tender, deeply flavorful meatballs cooked in a coconut broth are a forever favorite because it's so flexible -- add rice or skip it, add heat or limit it, load it with every single herb and garnish you see here and or keep it simple. Just don't miss this! smittenkitchen.com/2019/05/braise…

This week's SK Digest is for those of us yawning into the week, missing our hour of sleep, with easy dinner ideas for evenings that feel shorter and two non negotiable treats. Plus, an interview with Anna Hezel about her excellent cookbook, Party Tricks. smittenkitchen.substack.com/p/springing-fo…

A quite simple but very kicky (garlic! lemon! pepper flakes! pecorino!) approach to a farro salad that's as good cold (potlucks and lunches) as it is warm (with an egg, burrata, or crispy crumbs on top) that I cannot wait to have for dinner tonight.  smittenkitchen.com/2017/05/brocco…

Caramelized onions, peppery arugula, and a creamy-sharp dressing make this steak sandwich our favorite, and such low-key luxury for a winter weekend. smittenkitchen.com/2009/02/steak-…

A classic recipe for an impossible to mess up challah french toast plus two dreamy toppings -- a quick berry sauce and whipped vanilla bean cottage cheese -- that make it better than we can get at any fancy restaurant brunch. smittenkitchen.com/2025/05/challa…

Charred cauliflower, blistered poblanos, lime juice, an unholy amount of cheese make my favorite weeknight quesadillas. An easy sunset-hued slaw is the perfect complement. smittenkitchen.com/2015/02/charre…

This week's SK Digest addresses the seasonal tug-of-war that is March weather with a collection of recipes that suggest spring, even when the warmth has yet to arrive. Plus, a new recipe and an interview with Tanya Bush, whose cookbook is out tomorrow. smittenkitchen.substack.com/p/10-great-thi…