If sweet-and-sour Italian agrodolce wanted to dress up like a classic vinaigrette, it’d look a little something like this. Let chopped raisins (any kind you have on hand will do!) and shallot lightly pickle in vinegar; while that’s sitting, make yourself useful by washing lettuce. Whisk the vinegar mixture with Dijon mustard, honey, and olive … Read more
There’s something about these hearty flourless oatmeal cookies that hits just right. They have a homespun appeal that says, “I’m wholesome enough to eat for breakfast—but decadent enough to satisfy as dessert.” Jammed with mix-ins including dried sour cherries, rich chunks of dark chocolate, crunchy toasted pecans, and a rounding hit of warm cinnamon, it’s … Read more
Linzer cookies are handheld riffs on linzer torte, a jam-filled cake from Linz, Austria, that dates to the 1700s. Black currant preserves were traditional in 18th-century Austrian abbeys, but modern bakers customize their linzer cookie recipes in all sorts of ways. Swap blanched and toasted hazelnuts for some or all of the almonds in the … Read more
Step 1 Preheat oven to 350° with a rack in the middle. Grease an 8×2″ round cake pan with unsalted butter, then dust with all-purpose flour, tapping out excess. (Alternatively, butter cake pan, then line the bottom with a parchment paper round and butter the paper.) Step 2 Whisk 1½ cups (187 g) all-purpose flour, … Read more
Whether you call them summer rolls or fresh spring rolls, this popular Vietnamese snack is easy to make at home (though it can take a fair amount of time to assemble). Prep a few ingredients in advance, grab a friend to help form an assembly line, and you’ll have no trouble cranking them out for … Read more
Developing a vegan chocolate chip cookie that hits all the marks was no easy feat. We were on a mission to create a crispy-edged and chewy cookie that would be irrefutably delicious. The result is a recipe you’ll turn to over and over—even if you’re not vegan. Here’s how we did it: We swapped traditional … Read more
Scores of cocktail drinkers got their first taste of orgeat in a mai tai. Orgeat is an almond-flavored syrup predating the dawn of mixed drinks—the cognac-based, orgeat-sweetened Japanese cocktail notably appears in Jerry Thomas’s historic 1862 bartender’s guide—but it’s been largely through tiki drinks like the mai tai, scorpion, and fog cutter that orgeat has … Read more