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After a week of intensive cooking, I’m ready for

After a week of intensive cooking, I’m ready for a break! I’ve lined up meals from my cookbook Bare Minimum Dinners every day:

Sunday - Chicken Tortilla Soup, p. 135, but with leftover turkey of course!
Monday - Pumpkin-Shiitake Ravioli, p. 89
Tuesday - Chickpea and Cauliflower Tikka Masala, p. 55
Wednesday - Spinach Calzones, p. 133
Thursday - Chile-Lime Salmon, p. 147

I’m actually going to be out Wednesday and Thursday nights, but I’ll be prepping the calzones and salmon ahead for the fam.

What’s on your menu this week?

If you need some Bare Minimum Dinners in your life, go to the link in my bio to get your own copy! It makes a great gift too, just sayin’.

#easydinners #quickandeasy #bareminimumdinners #familydinner #easydinnerideas

This donut was just one of the many highlights at

This donut was just one of the many highlights at the Cooks & Books event from @cherrybombe today! The donut is a collab between @fanfandoughnuts and @andreapons.co celebrating Andrea’s new cookbook Mamacita. Andrea told @fanygerson (and the audience) the story behind her book and I don’t think there was a dry eye in the house.

Other highlights included a session with @aleksandracrapanzano and @niloumotamed. Aleksandra demoed a recipe from her new book Gateau (which I have already baked out of a couple of times) and shared a slice of chestnut genoise.

And a great panel on entertaining featuring @marianavelasquezv @eyeswoon @whileentertaining and @marcyblum!

Thanks @cherrybombe and @kerrybombe for the inspiring day! What a treat to be with other cookbook lovers.

People! Thanksgiving is three weeks from TODAY. 🤯 Luckily, @real_simple food editor @lizzybriskin developed eight super-easy recipes for your feast! They all start with a supermarket shortcut or other clever streamlined technique. Plus, we have three big batch cocktail recipes from @alibramee and wine advice from @lydia_vinoconcierge! Get the recipes at the link in my bio and the entire amazing November issue on a newsstand near you! 🦃

Photos: @christophertestani
Food styling: @chelseaczimmer
Prop styling: @cspollen

#thanksgivingdinner #thanksgivingrecipes

🍁 We spent a beautiful weekend @mohonkmountainh

🍁 We spent a beautiful weekend @mohonkmountainhouse celebrating my parents’ 50th anniversary and my dad’s 80th birthday. 🎉 The weather was perfect, the foliage on point, and the food very, very good. And apparently I’m turning into a bird enthusiast?? An impressive red-headed woodpecker closes out the Reel.

#iloveny #mohonkmountainhouse #mohonk #birdsofinstagram #birdstagram

SHAQ’S BANANA PUDDING Shaq’s Family Style coo

SHAQ’S BANANA PUDDING

Shaq’s Family Style cookbook showed up unannounced in my mailbox yesterday, and because I’m not a fool I made the Banana Pudding, about which @shaq says, “If desserts were basketball players, banana pudding would be the all-star, championship winner, Olympic Gold Medal-winner, Hall of Famer, MVP.”

Well-played Shaq. Just like you, this Banana Pudding is a winner.

One of the very best parts of my job as food direc

One of the very best parts of my job as food director @real_simple is that I get a sneak preview of all the new cookbooks! (I 💜💜💜 cookbooks.) For our October issue I looked through dozens of new books and chose recipes from six that I’m super excited about:

• Lemonade Fried Chicken from Homage by @chefchris512
• Sesame-Crusted Tofu with Spicy Dipping Sauce from The Woks of Life by @thewoksoflife
• Punjabi Cauliflower from Masala by Anita Jaisinghani
• Savory Baked Feta from The Mediterranean Dish by @themediterraneandish
• Ham and Potato Pizza from Home Is Where the Eggs Are by @mollyyeh
• Plum Cake from Honey Cake & Latkes

All of these books are fantastic, full of delicious recipes and eye-opening, world-expanding stories. PLUS, in this feature we also hear from @champagneandcookies all about Instagram cookbook clubs, one of my favorite recent discoveries. Also mentioned: @piastromexicankitchen and @rainydaybites

What fall cookbook are you excited about? Let me know! 👇

Photo: @nothinginpassing
Food Styling: @chelseaczimmer
Prop Styling: @cspollen

#cookbookclub #cookbook #cookbooks #cookbooksofinstagram

☘️ Ireland highlight reel! I spent four nights

☘️ Ireland highlight reel! I spent four nights on the Emerald Isle last week with five other editors/content creators courtesy of @kerrygoldusa. We visited picturesque family-run dairy farms, petted week-old calves, learned about Irish food from a few of the nation’s most celebrated chefs, got an inside look at how the famous Cashel Blue cheese is made, and generally ate ourselves silly. A few key takeaways:

1. Ireland’s climate supports beautiful rolling grassland, which in turn supports the nation’s family-run dairy farms. Their cows primarily eat grass, grazing for most of the year in impossibly pretty environments. I tasted raw milk for the first time, and it was creamy and delicious.
2. Americans tend to think of Irish food as potatoes, cabbage, and stew. But, the better frame is farm-to-table/sea-to-table.
3. Local means REALLY local. When I asked a cheesemaker if all of the milk they use is local, he said, “Mostly, but some is from about 25 miles away.”
4. It’s not all Guinness and whiskey all the time. We tasted spectacular gin @berthasrevenge (the crabapple was my favorite), and my gin martini @ballymaloe_house was luscious.
5. Irish pub bands are the best.
6. Someday when I get rich I am going to move in @ballyvolanehouse.

So many thank yous are in order:

- To my traveling companions for making this trip so fun @ivyodom @justinchapple @justine_snacks @momentsofsugar @pierceabernathy
- To all the chefs, farmers, and producers for taking the time to share their expertise with us, including @cashelfarmhousecheese @paulflynnchef @ballymaloecookeryschool @darina_allen @rorysfood @jrryall
- To @ali_vinci and @saulers15 for making everything run so smoothly (and being super fun!) and, of course, to @kerrygoldusa for organizing this special trip!

#kerrygoldadventures #irelandtravel #irishfood #instaireland

Blackberry semifreddo @thetanneryrestaurant ➡️

Blackberry semifreddo @thetanneryrestaurant ➡️ Before we eat the semifreddo, this is what we all do ➡️ Chef Paul Flynn brûléeing the meringue ➡️ Partially eaten, thoroughly enjoyed

It was day 2 of our lovely and delicious @kerrygoldusa trip in Ireland! More photos in Stories!

#irelandtravel #irelandfood

🎂 Happy book birthday to Bare Minimum Dinners!

🎂 Happy book birthday to Bare Minimum Dinners! It has been so much fun sharing these easy and delicious dinners! Thank you to everyone who published or shared a recipe, bought the book, checked it out from the library, and helped spread the word!

It’s a busy time for my family, so we’re eating a bare minimum dinner every night this week and enjoying every bite. To de-stress your weeknights, grab your own copy. Link in bio! 💕

#cookbooks #easydinners #quickandeasymeals

I am allll about the dinner salad these days, and

I am allll about the dinner salad these days, and if you are too, I've got you with these six beauties I developed for the September issue of @real_simple. Get the recipes at the link in my Stories!

• BLT Salad
• Peanutty Dumpling Salad
• Sweet Chili Salmon Salad
• Chicken Tortilla Crunch Salad
• Antipasto Salad
• End-of-Summer Salad

Photos: @protazio
Food styling: @emilynaborshall
Prop styling: @cspollen

#saladrecipe #salads #healthyrecipes #easydinners