Oven-Baked Garlic Fries and 52 Shabbats

These oven-baked garlic fries are extra crispy and crunchy on the outside and soft and tender on the inside. 

 

These potatoes get their extra crispiness from being twice-cooked, boiled and then baked in a very hot oven after being tossed in olive oil. 

Slow Cooker Baby Back Ribs

Cooking ribs in the slow cooker and then finishing them under the broiler helps recreate the fall-off-the-bone slow smoked awesomeness of barbecued ribs. 

These slow cooker baby back ribs are so easy to make, require little hands on time, and you don't need a barbecue to make them. 

Mexican Vegetable Soup with Chipotles

This Mexican vegetable soup with chipotles, or Sopa de Verduras con Chipotle, is a wonderful everyday soup that is easy, nutritious, and satisfying. 

 

The liquid is a flavorful combination of chicken broth, fresh tomatoes, garlic, onions, chipotles, and Mexican oregano filled with mixture of vegetables. 

Spicy Lobster Bao

This spicy lobster bao is an Asian-style twist on the lobster roll. Substitute bao buns for the rolls and spicy buttery lobster for the filling for a rich and delicious treat. 

I'm so excited about these little Asian-style sandwiches! These homemade bao buns are filled with an amazing concoction of fresh lobster poached in a mixture of butter, chiles, Sriracha, and fresh lemon juice. 

Flourless Chocolate and Red Wine Cake

Flourless Chocolate and Red Wine Cake, or Gâteau au Chocolate au Vine Rouge sans Farine, is intensely rich in flavor and yet light in texture... like a combination of a chocolate truffle and chocolate mousse. 

Take advantage of the leftover red wine in your refrigerator (yes, every once in a while we have some leftover) and make this amazing chocolate-y dessert.

Sourdough Cinnamon Buns with Banana in the Dough

These sourdough cinnamon buns, with banana in the dough, are a fun and delicious way to use up an over ripe banana and end up with a pan full of delicious breakfast treats. 

Make and shape the dough for these cinnamon buns, refrigerate them, and bake them the next morning for fresh cinnamon buns for breakfast on a weekend morning. 

Blum's Coffee Crunch Cake

Blum's Coffee Crunch Cake.. a lemon and vanilla chiffon cake with an espresso infused whipped cream frosting and coated with an airy and crunchy coffee honeycomb-like candy.

Blum's was a small chain of bakery/soda fountain shops in California (based in San Francisco) that closed in the 1970s. Its most beloved menu item was this coffee crunch cake.

Fennel and Golden Raisin Bread | #BreadBakers

This fennel seed and golden raisin bread, with its soft crumb and crunchy crust, is perfect sliced and slathered with butter, as toast, and for sandwiches. 

This bread is flavored with some crushed fennel seeds and lightly sprinkled with golden raisins, and the loaf gets it light golden color from durum flour.

Buffalo Chicken Baked Mac and Cheese

Take comfort food, marry it to bar food, and you get this Buffalo Chicken Baked Mac and Cheese. 

I'm a huge fan of anything spicy and gooey, especially comfort food. Plus, how can you not like macaroni and cheese?! 

Cold Start Sourdough Bread with Overnight Dough

This sourdough bread is nice and tangy, and emerges from the oven with a crunchy crackly crust that totally sings. You will want to stand there and listen to your bread crackle as it sits on the cooling rack. 

Lately, I've been hearing a lot about cold start sourdough, where you start your bake with cold dough, a cold pan or Dutch oven, and a cold oven. 

Baked Eggs in Hash Brown Potato Nests

Baked eggs in crispy hash brown potato nests - an easy and creative way to make eggs and hash browns for a crowd. 

These egg and hash brown cups are prepared in a muffin tin, making it easy to make enough for a crowd.