Deep Fried Pasta is crispity crunchity heaven!

Texas Olive Oil & Meyer Lemon Ice Cream Infused with Rosemary- all ingredients fresh from the farmers market!

Ajiaco is a very traditional Columbian Chicken, Corn and Potato Soup served with crema, capers, and cilantro

Pan-Seared Scallop & Quinoa Primavera

Honey Dijon Mustard Roasted Red Potatoes... So. Good.

Delicious Tangy Brussels Sprout Slaw with Mustard Dressing, Blue Cheese, Maple Pecans & Bacon - I could eat this picture.

A super refreshing Texas Peach & Grapefruit White Wine Sangria!

A "Mock" Potato (Turnip) Salad with Smoked Glazed Pork Belly- actually potato-less!

Bacon - Kimchi Fried Rice with Flowering Chives

Have a Happy 4th of July with this Red, White and Blue Shooter!

Black Sesame Lemon Poppy-Seed Cake with a Lemon Vanilla Glaze

Pea Pod-Mint Pesto with sweetened Honey Chèvre

Roasted Poblano - Cilantro Chicken Salad Sandwich with a Cherry Tomato & Peach Relish

Staying true to the deep Mexican roots we have here in Texas with Horchata Ice Cream, topped with Cajeta Sauce, toasted Almonds, and Cinnamon Cream

Sweet Corn Pesto, Shrimp, Pappardelle Pasta, and Bacon with hand torn basil

Exploring the flavors of umami with a green tea noodle (cha soba), wild mushroom, marinated tofu, and almond stir-fry.

The most decadent, rich, intense chocolate sorbet ever made!

Skillet Nopales (Cactus) Bread Pudding with Mexican Chorizo, Tomato, Ancho Chili and Chihuahua Cheese

Delicious Quinoa - Lamb Meatballs with a Cilantro Pecan Pesto with an Asparagus Risotto

Daniel Boulud's latest project is Epicerie Boulud, just next to Bar Boulud; it's both eat-in cafe and take-out market, with morning pastries, lunchtime sandwiches, and all-day meats and cheeses (the charcuterie cured in-house; the cheeses curated by Saxelby Cheesemongers). More

Using rice flour makes the Nutter Butters incredibly crisp and light and I actually prefer it to all purpose flour in these cookies. Of course, you needn't make a special trip to the store, all purpose flour works well too; the cookies will have just a slightly heavier texture. More

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Nutter Butters are habit forming. In spite of a double dose of peanuts from the crisp cookies and creamy filling, their gentle peanut flavor remains elusive. They stimulate your peanutty pleasure center without ever fully satisfying, leaving behind an eternal hunger for just one more. Each bite reveals subtle hints of vanilla, nuances of toast and a haunting trace of salt. The withdrawal symptoms are brutal. More

Cayenne, chipotle, black pepper—they're ingredients you're more likely to use in dinner than dessert. But we love our spicy sweets. A little heat can be just the thing to contrast a cool granita, or play up the dark, earthy flavors of chocolate. Here are 15 spicy sweets we love, from spiced candied nuts to aji-chipotle chocolate cookies. More

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Sashimi and crudo may be the John and Paul of the raw seafood band, but ceviche is the George. A little less popular, a little less flashy, but altogether more complex, sharper, with a bit of acid. It differs from George in one key way though: It's really easy to get into. It comes in on the upper half of the Top 100 Easiest Dishes to Make Of All Time, and I'd bet good money that it's #1 for Most Impressive Return For Your Time Investment. It's a dish that looks and tastes elegant, yet is quite literally thrown together in a matter of moments. More

When you organize a dill pickle tasting, you inevitably inherit jars and jars of pickle juice. We saw this as an opportunity. What all can you do with the salty, dilly, vinegary juice? Turns out, A LOT. Approximately a gazillion things. Here are some ideas! More

These Bite-Your-Tongue Tacos from Joshua and Jessica Applestone's The Butcher's Guide to Well-Raised Meats were my first foray into the world of tongue cookery, and I have to say upfront that there was a teeny-tiny amount of apprehension. But knowing full well the joy that comes with a plate of lengua tacos, I sucked it up. More

Octopus can intimidate the home cook. Once you understand that it takes two simple techniques to take octopus from threatening foe to cherished dinnertime friend, you'll be hooked on its mild oceanic flavor and slightly springy texture. More

Parked in the backyard of an Austin dive bar, East Side Kings is imaginative Asian-inspired drinking food done right, run by talented chefs from the city's best sushi restaurant. SE editors Erin Zimmer and Robyn Lee tried it last year on their SE book research trip, and left a little obsessed with the late-night fried beets, fried brussel sprouts, and this Thai Chicken Karaage. It's genius drinking food: the sort of crunchy, fried, salty, spicy stuff that was born to be paired with cold beers. More

Tacos come in all shapes, sizes, colors, makes, and models, and you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn't like at least some form of meat-shoved-in-thin-flatbread. Here's a quick guide to the most common types of tacos around. I'm sure we've missed a few, so feel free to chime in with anything you think should be included! More

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It's hard to think of a way to improve upon the sweet, nectarlike flavor of fresh figs—except, perhaps, to churn them into ice cream. These dark, soft fruits, the riper the better, are cooked down with lemon zest and juice (and a bit of sugar) before they're blended with cream and chilled. More

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We love the tart, fresh flavors of good frozen yogurt, so we had to share David Lebovitz's recipe for lemon frozen yogurt. Lemon juice and zest lend flavor, but it's the magic ingredient—citric acid crystals—that really push this into pucker-tart territory. More

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When I eat these meringues, I feel like a Big Friendly Giant pulling down sugar spun marshmallow clouds from the sky. I clasp a coconut cumulus in my meaty giant's hands, then pop it into my mouth while laughing, "Ah ha ha, you silly clouds! Ah ha ha, you taste so good!" Just me? More

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These Middle Eastern influenced whoopies begin with a cardamom-scented buttermilk brown sugar cake base studded with bright green pistachios. The filling is a pale pink buttercream accented with rosewater and vanilla, tinted with a few drops of red food coloring. When sandwiched together these spiced whoopies and perfumed filling these little cake-cookies are really gorgeous, pink and green and full of exotic flavors. More

For the next few weeks, the burger of the moment at McDonald's in France is topped with a slice of honest-to-goodness AOC Comté cheese, along with a "sauce au Comté fondu." Promising sounding improvements for the standard McDonald's patty. And an improvement it is. More

One of my favorite chocolate cookies isn't really a cookie at all. It's a cracker: the chocolate graham cracker. Yup, those crisp, not-too sweet treats from childhood, are my favorite chocolate "cookie." (And, this time of the year, they make an excellent s'more.) More

The burger recipe in Heston Blumenthal's new cookbook involves 32 ingredients, has you making your own buns and customized cheese slices, and takes 30 hours, 4 minutes to complete. Is it worth it? Kenji Alt investigates. More

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I've never seen what I consider to be a really satisfactory explanation of the science behind the No-Knead Bread recipe, so I'm gonna try and fill that hole here. And what cool science it is. In 2006, Mark Bittman introduced the world to a recipe from Jim Lahey of Sullivan Street Bakery, which had a whole bunch of home cooks opening up their Dutch ovens and exclaiming oh my goodness—I can't believe I just did that! It certainly had me thinking that. Even more interesting to me than that it works is how it works, because by understanding the how, we can then modify the recipe to fit many different baking situations, even improving its flavor. More