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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

Recipes

Parsnip Confit With Pickled Currants

Parsnips bathed in warm olive oil and bejeweled with currents means you'll never look at root vegetables the same way again.
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Pumpkin Bread With Salted Maple Butter

Pumpkin Spice Bread gets all grown up thanks to the addition of fresh ginger in this super-moist no-fuss bread with a crunchy pumpkin seed topping.
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Apple-Cheddar Pie

A slice of apple pie with a slab of sharp cheddar on it is one of life’s great gastronomical treasures.
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This Chicken Curry Recipe Is Delicious, Warming, and About as Easy as It Gets

All you need is some rice to soak up all that spiced, coconut-y goodness. This chicken curry recipe is a winner.
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Burst Cherry Tomato Pasta

A simple sauce of juicy, bursty cherry tomatoes (aka nature’s Gushers) that comes together in around 15 minutes.
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This Burst Cherry Tomato Sauce Is Only 15 Minutes Away

And allows you to eat as many cherry tomatoes as humanly possible.
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This Is the Savory Cashew Butter of My Dreams

Meet the saucy condiment we're swooshing under roast vegetables, tossing with noodles, and more.
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How to Make Cottage Cheese from Scratch, Full-Fat and Delicious

With the bounciest curds.
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Cottage Cheese

Homemade cottage cheese just tastes better than store-bought. Use the best dairy you can find for the creamiest flavor.
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Crispy Fish Sandwich

This recipe has all the makings for your new favorite classic fish sandwich.
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The Secret to the Drifters Wife's Crispy-Skinned Roast Chicken Involves Salt and... Scuba Diving

But if you make the chicken at home, you can skip the scuba diving part.
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A Grilled Chicken Sandwich Doesn’t Have to Be Boring and Floppy

This grilled chicken sandwich recipe goes above and beyond with a bright and crunchy fennel slaw and a creamy-tangy homemade mayo.
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Grilled Chicken Sandwich With Fennel Slaw and Caesar Mayo

Deeply charred mustardy chicken thighs are paired with a crunchy and refreshing fennel-basil slaw for the ultimate summer-night chicken sandwich.
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Mussels With Chorizo and Tomatoes on Toast

Topping fried bread with brothy mussels, beans, and tomatoes turns it into a hearty knife-and-fork dinner.
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Drifters Wife in Portland, ME Is the No. 9 Best New Restaurant in America 2018

There’s no better place on the planet to drink natural wine than right here. How did Brooklyn transplants Orenda and Peter Hale go from running a little bottle shop to transforming their town, glass by glass and dish by dish?
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Pan-Seared Scallops With Chorizo and Corn

Treat scallops to the flavorful oil left behind when you cook chorizo—it’s basically liquid gold.
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Radish Rainbow Salad

A colorful, stunning (and dead simple) salad made with a farmers’ market bounty of different radishes.
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Salted Watermelon Juice

It’s two ingredients and the most refreshing thing you’ll drink this summer.
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Plum-Cardamom Crumble with Pistachios

On the rare occasion you need an “excuse” to use up fruit before it goes bad, well, that’s what crumbles are for.
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Charred, Spicy, and Tangy Tandoori Chicken Wings

A new recipe that will show you the wonders of chicken marinated in yogurt.