The Genius Recipe Tapes Food52

This week, Kristen has a chat with Ali Slagle, recipe developer, New York Times contributor, food and prop stylist, former Food52 editor about her newest book, I Dream of Dinner (So You Don't Have To). Ali talks about what it was like living (and cooking) out of a camper van for the better part of a year. And she shares a few genius tips and surprising ingredients for this week's Genius Recipe, a unique take on chicken caesar salad.

There're enough stressors around the holidays to let your dessert be one of them, so we sat down with Erin Jeanne McDowell to get some tips on ways to bring flawless pies to the table.

This week we're sharing an episode of another Food52 podcast, Play Me a Recipe featuring Anna Sulan Masing, host of Whetstone Radio's Taste of Place podcast as she cooks her way through Mandy Yin's incredible Sarawak Chicken recipe

Have you ever wondered how many kneads it takes for dough to feel like a baby's bottom? Or how to eat cinnamon toast crunch the *right* way? In this episode, Kristen sits down with Frankie Gaw to talk all about the food he grew up eating and the recipes found in his new book, First Generation

Author Brian Levy bravely tackled writing a baking book with no added sweeteners whatsoever—no sugar, no honey, only fruit and other whole ingredients. Hear all about his hits, misses, and genius discoveries along the way.

With an abundance of fresh corn over the summer, there's no better time to revisit this genius technique to turn it into a sweet, flavorful butter