Claire Saffitz
Contributing Editor
A former senior food editor at Bon Appétit, Claire Saffitz was the host of the popular series Gourmet Makes before leaving the company in 2020. She is the bestselling author of Dessert Person and What's for Dessert and currently hosts a companion series to her books on YouTube, also called Dessert Person. After graduating from Harvard University, she received a master’s degree in culinary history from McGill in Montreal and then studied pastry in Paris at École Grégoire Ferrandi. She lives in New York City with her husband and two cats. dessertperson.com
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Easy Vegetarian Calzones
Starting with store-bought pizza dough makes the dream of weeknight calzones actually attainable.
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The Best Substitute for Homemade Chicken Stock Is Free
Don't have a freezer full of quality chicken stock? You've got the next-best soup base on tap.
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Low-Commitment Wedding Soup
This recipe takes all the right shortcuts and none of the wrong ones.
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Chopped Dinner Salad With Crispy Chickpeas
Exactly what you want when dinner NEEDS to be salad, and salad NEEDS to be dinner.
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Sugar Snap Pea Salad
No need to cook them! Just serve fresh sugar snap peas raw with this creamy, tangy buttermilk dressing.
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Ramp Fritters
These crispy little fritters taste like a three-way cross between onion tempura, blooming onion, and onion rings.
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Raspberry Jam with Bitters
A shot of cocktail bitters does wonders to bring out the raspberry flavor. Sounds crazy but you’ve got to try it.
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Blistered Asparagus With Peanut-Coconut Sprinkle
The crushed peanuts and shredded coconut on top give a subtle but addictive crunch.
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The Butter-Related Instruction We're Never Joking About, Even Though We Love Jokes
It actually makes a HUGE difference.
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This Easy Sheet Cake Recipe Doesn't Seem Like It Should Work, but It's Incredible
Ever heard of "reverse creaming"? Yeah, we hadn't either.
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Rhubarb Custard Cake
This custardy cake requires no mixer and comes together in minutes. Seriously, it’s easy!
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Chipotle-Rubbed Chicken Sheet-Pan Dinner
Sweet-spicy chipotle chicken, zippy roasted tomatillo salsa, and spice-rubbed squash all on one sheet pan.
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Chicken Under a Skillet with Lemon Pan Sauce
The flatter the chicken, the more contact with the cast-iron pan and the more crackly skin to enjoy at the end.
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Cauliflower Rice
A simple recipe for cauliflower rice that you can doctor up however you want—but you should try our coconut-turmeric relish on top.
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Roasted Cauliflower
The key to developing crispy browned surfaces on roasted cauliflower is baking it in a super hot oven on the lowest rack, so the baking sheet is close to the heat radiating off the bottom of the oven.
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Kimchi-Fried Grains
This easy stir-fry, combined with the trusty #putaneggonit, is irresistible.