Jim Lahey

This pizza dough recipe is by no-knead king Jim Lahey. It's only 3 ingredients—you've got this.

Looking for a go-to recipe for chocolate chip cookies? Try this one on for size.

The beauty of this salad is that it is vibrant proof that some terrific ingredients simply deserve each other, even if the partnership doesn't come to mind immediately. A cookbook-writing friend came to the restaurant one day, ordered this asparagus and avocado combo, tasted it, and kept muttering, "Genius, genius!" Not me. Nature did it.