Dawn Perry
Digital Food Editor, Emeritus
Dawn Perry is the author of Ready, Set, Cook; How to Make Good Food With What's on Hand and a former digital food editor at Bon Appétit. Before joining Condé Nast, she developed recipes in the kitchens of Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food, and Real Simple. She got her culinary start at Le Cordon Bleu in San Francisco and has since worked in professional kitchens and private homes on both coasts. After BA, she returned to Real Simple as food director and made stints editing for Delish and Marley Spoon before co-founding her own direct-to-consumer line of baked goods, Superkind Cookies. She once made a burger for President Barack Obama.
Cooking
Buttery Potatoes, Fried Chicken, and Cream Puffs: Your Saturday Night Dinner Party Menu
Digital food editor Dawn Perry is planning a dream dinner for her 11-year-old niece's birthday—here's what's on the menu.
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7 Tips for Crispy, Totally-Not-Soggy-at-All, Hash Browns
Yes, you can (and should) make perfect hash browns. Here's how.
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Yes, Even BA Staffers Sometimes Mess Up Cooking Rice
It's okay: Basic cooking mistakes happen. Even rice.
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How to Make the Best Brisket (and Why It Makes Excellent Leftovers)
Red wine-braised brisket has all the makings of a family classic.
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There, I Fixed It: Last-Second Substitutions and Kitchen Hacks That'll Save the Day
What to do when you're out of a key ingredient? Improvise!
Recipes
Guinness Affogato
The recipe doesn’t say to add a shot of Baileys, but we have a feeling you wouldn’t regret doing so.
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Ginger-Chocolate Guinness Float
The recipe doesn’t say to add a shot of Baileys, but we have a feeling you wouldn’t regret doing so.
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Chocolate Guinness Float
The recipe doesn’t say to add a shot of Baileys, but we have a feeling you wouldn’t regret doing so.
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You Should Make This Meatloaf, Even if You Haven't Made Meatloaf in Years
We developed the ultimate meatloaf recipe and can't wait for you to try it.
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How to Convert a Recipe for Your Slow Cooker
We tweaked three of our popular recipes to be slow cooker-friendly.
Recipes
BA's Best Slow-Cooker Beef Chili
The only slow cooker chili recipe you need. This recipe can also be easily doubled.
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The Awesomeness of Simple Puréed Soups (with 3 Recipes!)
Sometimes, the perfect dinner is a simple puréed soup. Here's how to make it right.
Recipes
Roasted Tomato Soup
Roasting brings out the sweetness of canned tomatoes, but this method works with fresh tomatoes, too. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.
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Potato-Leek Soup With Toasted Nuts and Seeds
For a beautiful creamy-white (not khaki) color, don’t let the leeks and celery take on any color when sautéing.
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Spinach-Broccoli Soup With Garlic and Cilantro
Blanching the spinach before blending helps this broccoli soup recipe retain a vibrant green color. Parsley would work in place of the cilantro.
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Honey-Nut Filling
Any combo of nuts will taste delicious in this simple filling for your next batch of buttery hamantaschen.
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Hamantaschen
This recipe for the triangular filled sweets eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim yields tender, buttery cookies.