This tart comes from a recipe I first learned of at a baking demo that the lovely (and aptly genius) Kristen Miglore did for her beautiful book Genius Desserts back in 2018. The original recipe, by way of Karen DeMasco of ABC Kitchen fame, is for a ...
thanksgiving
black sesame caramel walnut bars (and black sesame fudge)
Last year a few lovely friends sent me a care package from a new-to-me bakery in Brooklyn called Patisserie Tomoko. There were little yuzu-scented cookies, perfect macarons, and pudgy mochi filled with red bean and Earl Grey chocolate truffle, all of which were perfect, but my favorite of ...
jeremy’s cheese bread (pao de queijo)
A number of Thanksgivings ago, my brother introduced us all to a new cheese bread recipe he'd found. An easy version of Brazilian pao de queijo, it was light but chewy, crisp on the outside but surprisingly stretchy within, gently cheesy and just a touch sweet. For my Chinese family, it reminded us of more of an airy, savory kind of ...
rosemary, caramelized onion, & potato galette
This post is in partnership with KitchenAid. You can find past posts here and here. With the ...
red curry kabocha soup
This is the second in a series of posts in partnership with KitchenAid! You can find the first here. I'm knocking on wood madly as I say this, but we may--just may--be in the home stretch of our ...
honey sesame corn pudding
I am new to corn pudding, but what I lack in history I make up for in fervor. There's a special place in my heart for those dishes that look like sides but are really not so far from dessert, sneaking into the party early (extra marshmallows on the sweet potato ...
collard wontons
It’s two months of A Common Table giveaways! From now until December, I’ll be sharing a recipe from the cookbook here and holding a giveaway of one of my favorite kitchen treasures used in the book every week, and you’ll have a week to enter before the winner ...
shanghainese lion’s head meatballs, revisited
It’s two months of A Common Table giveaways! From now until December, I’ll be sharing a recipe from the cookbook here and holding a giveaway of one of my favorite kitchen treasures used in the book every week on
asian pear and jasmine crumbles
It’s two months of A Common Table giveaways! From now until December, I’ll be sharing a recipe from the cookbook here and holding a giveaway of one of my favorite kitchen treasures used in the book every week on
pappardelle with lamb ragu
I'm back! It's the Friday before A Common Table ventures out in the world, therefore (1) the last Friday to preorder, if you like, and (2) the first Friday of a ton of giveaways of some of my most favorite things in the book over the next two months! ...