Molly Baz
Senior Associate Food Editor, Emeritus
A former food editor at Bon Appétit, Molly Baz is a cook, recipe developer, video host, cookbook author, and Caesar salad enthusiast with a lifelong love of cooking, eating, and teaching other people how to cook. She was placed on this earth with one mission: to convince you all that cooking is nothing but FUN, salt is the single most important ingredient in your kitchen, and delicious food is really not that hard to make. For more Molly, check out her cookbook Cook This Book or her YouTube series Hit the Kitch. mollybaz.com
Cooking
Smashed Green Beans Are the Best Green Beans
Welcome to the summer of crunchy, marinated, no-cook green beans.
Culture
Molly Baz Lives for Comfy Clothes and Spreadable Sausage
And more things our senior associate food editor is currently obsessed with.
Recipes
Upside-Down Caramelized Leek Tart
Yes, this is an impressive-looking, deliciously savory tart, and no, it’s not at all difficult to make.
Recipes
Pork Meatball Rice Bowls
In this weeknight recipe, magical, salty, umami-packed fish sauce is doing double-duty as a seasoning in the meatball mixture and as a part of the finishing sauce.
Recipes
Crispy Green Rice Pilaf
It’s worth planning ahead for this vibrant, springy pilaf recipe that’s made all the better by day-old rice.
Recipes
Tortellini with Brown Butter and Sage
Store-bought tortellini are the kind of weeknight hack we can get behind—especially when they're tossed with plenty of garlicky brown butter and toasty walnuts.
Recipes
Spicy Cashew Dressing
Inspired by the nut-based Caesar dressings at NYC’s Lalito and Scarr’s Pizza, our version starts with roasted cashews.
Recipes
Sour Cream Dressing
A dressing this creamy demands cold, watery leaves (such as romaine or iceberg) that can stand up to its weight and offer refreshment.
Recipes
Piri-Piri Meatballs
Fresh piri-piri chiles can be difficult to find, so for our take on a vibrant piri-piri sauce, we subbed in a fresh Fresno chile.
Restaurants
If Breakfast Is The Most Important Meal of the Day, I’m Going to Larrys in Montreal
Feed me the mix-and-match small plates!
Cooking
This Mushroom Carbonara Recipe Converted My Mushroom-Hating Husband
The secret is plenty of nutty, deeply-caramelized mushrooms. And the secret to those is patience.
Cooking
These Are My Favorite Lentils for Soup, Since You Asked
I want a lentil that's going to stand up for itself, not turn to mush.
Recipes
Kielbasa and Lentil Soup with Lots of Basil
Exactly the kind of hearty-but-not-too-hearty soup you want on a rainy spring day.
Recipes
Mushroom Carbonara
Mushrooms take the place of the traditional cured pork in this super-satisfying vegetarian carbonara recipe.
Recipes
Everyday Greens Salad
A salad that brings the drama. It's at its highest—and most delicious—with a variety of leaves, some mild and large (butter, Bibb, Little Gem), some spicy and small (like arugula).