Chris Morocco
Food Director
Chris Morocco is the food director of Bon Appétit and Epicurious, overseeing the Test Kitchen team and the recipes they develop. With a career that spans nearly 20 years in publishing, Chris has worked for brands such as Vogue, Real Simple, Food & Wine, and most notably BA, where he has held many positions since 2010. A graduate of the French Culinary Institute, Chris seeks to translate the skills and wisdom of professional chefs for home cooks and anyone who is just looking for a great recipe. You will often find him dreaming of his next cup of coffee or recreating dishes in his YouTube series Reverse Engineering. He lives in Philadelphia with his family.
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Grilled Pork Ribs with Gochujang Barbecue Sauce
This stir-together situation has everything you want in a quality barbecue sauce recipe—heat, sweetness, and palate-gripping acid—but with extra tang.
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Fried Fish Sandwiches with Cucumbers and Tartar Sauce
Frying at home is a drag, unless you happen to be outdoors, holding a beer, and not worrying about spills or smelling up the house.
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Grilled Pork Chops with Pineapple-Turmeric Glaze
The sugars in this glaze caramelize the pork chops, resulting in deep, complex flavor.
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This Braised Chicken Soup with Greens Recipe Is PERFECT for Spring
The silky, spiced broth comes together while the rice cooks and the onions quick-pickle.
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Braised Chicken and Spinach Soup With Pita Chips
Molokhia, a braised chicken and greens dish popular in Lebanon and Egypt, inspired this riff on chicken soup.
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Broccoli Salad With Peanut Dressing
The raw broccoli salad at Emmy Squared in Brooklyn showed us that broccoli can be delicious even when squeaky raw.
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Miso Polenta With Spring Vegetables and Tofu
We used to think making polenta meant deciding between adding butter and milk or taking a flavor hit and just using water. But miso adds the umami and richness we crave without dairy.
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Make This Miso Polenta with Your First Spring Farmers' Market Haul
Take out your tofu and put away your winter coat.
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Steak Salad with Rice Noodles Is the Weeknight Dinner We Could Eat Forever
This version of Hillstone's classic cuts back on sugar but checks every flavor box.
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Weeknight Steak and Rice Noodle Salad
This salad recipe hits all the flavors we crave in a weeknight dinner: a hit of spice from the chiles, heartiness from the beef, crispy crunch from fresh veg, and even a bit of sweetness from the honey. We highly endorse cooking off extra rice noodles to keep on hand for low-maintenance stir-fries and soups for later in the week.
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Whole Grain Pancakes with Blackberries
When you want a skillet-sized pancake, burnished from whole wheat flour and studded with cooked grains, flavorful and with a hardy texture.
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Smashed Cucumber Salad with Hot Vinegar
Cucumbers are practically all water, so you gotta dress them like you mean it. This hot, sweet, and tart dressing will have them covered.
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Smashed Cucumber Salad with Italian Dressing
Smashing the cucumbers lets the crunchy veg soak up all the dressing—in this case, an easy Italian dressing of red wine vinegar, honey, and red onion.
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Crispy-Skinned Fish with Herb Sauce
You don’t need a culinary school degree to cook fish with skin as crunchy as a potato chip.
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Smashed Cucumber Salad With Za'atar and Feta
Magic happens when toasted garlic oil meets fragrant za’atar. But if you don’t have za’atar on hand, dried mint is equally delicious infused into hot oil.
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Strawberry-Rhubarb Galette With Buckwheat Crust
Galettes were invented to make amateur bakers feel like pros.
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Roasted Squash and Salmon Bowl With Miso Mojo
Spiking fresh orange and lime juices with a shot of rice vinegar gives the sweet citrus flavor an edge to stand up to rich fish and earthy roasted vegetables.
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This Sheet Pan Salmon Recipe Is Everything We Crave in a Weeknight Dinner
Sheet pan dinners are the quickest way to layers of texture and flavor—on a weeknight, no less.
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Garlic Broth
This back-pocket broth is hardly even a recipe, but it's the most soothing soup we can imagine for sick days, cold nights, and any other time you need a little extra comfort.