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Creamy Mac & Cheese
Béchamel + Cheese = Mornay. No blue boxes allowed.
45 min totalActive 25 minmediumPro
Comfort Food
Roberta's Pizza Dough
00 Flour, cold fridge, 3 days waiting. Best crust of your life.
48 hrs totalActive 20 minmediumPro
Pizza
The Caesar Salad
Egg yolk, oil, anchovy, lemon. It is a hand-whisked emulsion.
15 min totalActive 5 minmediumPro
Hall of Fame
Maryland Crab Cakes
The gold standard of coastal seafood: jumbo lump crab meat with just enough binder to hold it together.
45 min totalActive 15 minmediumPro
Comfort Anchor
Ligurian Focaccia
Olive oil sponge cake. Salt brine is the secret ingredient.
18 hrs totalActive 45 minmediumPro
Hall of Fame
Sweet Potato Biscuit Breakfast Sandwich
Tender sweet potato biscuit, salty sausage, and sweet heat finish.
55 min totalmediumPro
Viral Proof
Spicy Pickle Peach Cobbler
Cobbler with a tiny heat snap and briny brightness.
55 min totalmediumPro
Viral Proof
Spiced Sweet Tea Brined Chicken Sandwich
Tea-brined chicken with crisp crust and pickles that slap.
1h 30m totalmediumPro
Viral Proof
Smoked Paprika Red Beans + 'Crisp Rice'
Red beans, and the rice gets its own crust.
1h 15m totalmediumPro
Comfort Anchor
Red Beans + Crispy Rice Sheet
Beans like comfort, rice like crackle.
1h 15m totalmediumPro
Comfort Anchor
Mashed Potatoes
Creamy potatoes that taste finished--rich, smooth, and not sticky.
40 min totalActive 25 mineasyPro
Holiday
Mapo Tofu
Silky tofu, beefy heat, and a sauce that clings to rice.
30 min totalActive 25 minmediumPro
Weeknight Hero
Dirty Rice Crispy Skillet Cake
Dirty rice you can cut like a pie and eat with hot sauce.
45 min totalmediumPro
Viral Proof
Cornmeal Crusted Eggplant with Cane-Tomato Dip
Crispy eggplant with a sweet-savory dip that tastes like Sunday.
35 min totalmediumPro
Crunch Mode
Coconut-Sorghum Sweet Potato Pie Bars
Sweet potato pie you can slice, stack, and travel with.
1h 15m totalmediumPro
Evergreen Staple
Cabbage Alfredo
Creamy comfort with a secret weapon: cabbage makes the sauce silky.
35 min totalActive 30 minmediumPro
Weeknight Hero
Vegetable Tempura
Ice-cold batter meets hot oil. Lace-like crunch.
30 min totalhardPro
Crunchy
Steak Tartare
Raw beef, capers, yolk. Chopped by hand, not machine.
20 min totalhardPro
No Cook
Steak au Poivre
Crusted beef, cognac flames, creamy pepper sauce.
20 min totalmediumPro
Date Night
Sourdough Bread
Tamagotchi for adults: keeping a wild yeast colony alive.
Time TBDhardPro
Technique Builder
Soufflé Omelette
An omelette that thinks it's a cake.
15 min totalhardPro
Simple
Seared Scallops
Golden crust, translucent center, sweet ocean candy.
5 min totalmediumPro
Simple
Porchetta
Pork belly wrapped around pork loin, skin shattered like glass.
6 hrs totalhardPro
Holiday
Pizza Napoletana
Blistered crust, wet center, 90 seconds of heat.
24 hrs totalmediumPro
Blistered
Panna Cotta
Sweet cream held together by the bare minimum of gelatin.
4 hrs totalhardPro
Simple
Pad Thai
Funky, sweet, sour, spicy. NO KETCHUP.
20 min totalmediumPro
Quick
Macarons
Humidity-sensitive almond cookies with an ego problem.
2 hrs totalhardPro
Impressive
Hollandaise Sauce
The unstable mother sauce that smells fear.
15 min totalhardPro
Fresh Pasta Dough
Flour and yolks. Knead until your arms fall off.
1 hr totalhardPro
Homemade
Classic French Omelette
Smooth, pale yellow cigar with a creamy heart.
3 min totalhardPro
Quick
Carbonara
Egg yolks, pork fat, cheese, pepper. NO CREAM.
20 min totalmediumPro
Quick
Beurre Blanc
Hot vinegar, cold butter, creamy magic.
15 min totalhardPro
Creamy
Consommé
The "Liquid Gold" culinary final exam.
2 hrs totalhardPro
Technique
Cacio e Pepe
Roman alchemy: turning cheese and water into cream.
20 min totalmediumPro
Quick
Beef Wellington
The ultimate flex: Filet Mignon in a mushroom tuxedo.
3 hrs totalhardPro
Special Occasion