Zoe Denenberg
Contributor
Zoe is a freelance food writer, professional pastry chef, and former member of the editorial team at Bon Appétit and Epicurious. Other career highlights include running a resort kitchen in Alaska, churning ice cream at an artisanal creamery in Alabama, baking banana bread at an organic farm-bakery in Maui, and working the line at a Michelin-starred restaurant in NYC. As someone who learned how to cook using this very website, Zoe hopes to inspire home cooks to feel confident in the kitchen. Her work has been featured in Southern Living and The Strategist. Follow Zoe on Substack.
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53 Easy Desserts You Can Whip Up at a Moment’s Notice
Satisfy your sweet tooth with these stress-free bakes and quick-fix sweets.
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Italian Butter Cookies
The freshest Italian butter cookies are the ones you bake at home. This butter cookie recipe gives you delicate almond-scented cookies in your favorite design.
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31 Lamb Recipes That Aren’t Just for Special Occasions
Lamb wants to weeknight too. Try these smoky kebabs, tender meatballs, and juicy burgers.
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What Makes Meyer Lemons So Special?
With a tang tempered by a whisper of orange-like sweetness, the smooth-skinned citrus might be nature’s best invention yet.
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37 Birthday Cake Recipes to Celebrate in Style
From party-ready confetti cake to black sesame mochi cake, this collection has a birthday cake as special as you.
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47 Cabbage Recipes for Low-Cost Dinners That Impress
That half-head lingering in your crisper drawer since last week? Now’s its time to shine.
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43 Dinner Ideas for Just the Two of Us
For date nights, weeknights, and any night you just don’t want to deal with leftovers.
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What Are Preserved Lemons and How Can I Put Them to Good Use?
Make the most of these salty, tangy, one-and-done flavor boosters.
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What Are Finger Limes?
Also known as nature’s caviar, this tropical fruit is filled with juicy pearls of citrus.
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Hamantaschen
These triangular cookies—traditionally stuffed with poppy seed filling, but often with jam or jelly—are a signature of Purim.
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Buffalo Chickpea Dip
Chickpeas provide pops of textural contrast while swimming in an ultra-creamy, just-spicy-enough sauce that comes together quickly in a blender or food processor.
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53 Super Bowl Appetizers to Tackle This Year
From classic Super Bowl snacks (chicken wings, duh) to kimchi quesadillas and sesame-coconut shrimp.
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37 Fancy-ish Dinner Party Ideas
Like make-ahead brisket, cheater’s paella, and a staff-favorite salmon.
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19 Baked Pasta Recipes for Golden, Gooey Comfort
Including our best baked ziti, sheet-pan lasagna, and feta pasta (you know the one).
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Peppermint Bark Brownies
Deep, rich dark chocolate, milky white chocolate, and sharp peppermint come together in a gift-worthy brownie.
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15 Risotto Recipes to Make Your Heart Stir
Like creamy shrimp risotto, hearty barley risotto, and low-maintenance oven risotto.
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What’s the Best Potato for Mashing? Well, That Depends
Start with superb spuds and the rest is, pardon our pun, gravy.