Mini Vanilla Cupcakes with Blackberry Frosting: Simple, elegant, and flavorful, this two-bite dessert quickly charms its way into your stomach.

Substituting hummus for pizza sauce makes for an amazing little appetizer!

Lebkuchen - Traditional German Christmas Cookies

Caramel Apple Cake - a delicious upside down caramel apple cake drizzled with caramel sauce.

Homemade spicy hummus with easy pita chips. A perfect snack or lunch!

Cherry Hand Pies- Quick and easy with home-made cherry pie filling and puff pastry!

Deep Dish Double Chocolate Golden Grahams Smores Bars use a favorite cereal to make baked Smores at home. Very sweet & rich!

A coffee lover's dream - Mocha Cake Ball Truffles. Rich coffee buttercream & vanilla cake dunked in dark chocolate. Addictive.

Perfect juicy and spicy Tempeh Sandwiches with grilled veggies and watermelon. How to cook the tempeh, spices, toppings and sauces! Vegan

Anne Lorenz designed this Apple Tree, an alternative fruit bowl. Love the idea of picking your fruit from this structure in the morning.

Easy bread recipe with only 4 ingredients and no kneading!

Buttermilk Coffee Cake, in an attempt to use up the buttermilk before Irene hit

Chamchijeon - Korean Tuna Pancakes

Mere minutes of prep the night before means you will be savoring Blueberry Banana Muffins for breakfast in no time.

Cappuccino Chocolate Chip Bars - espresso, chocolate and cinnamon all in one shortbread-like bar. Seriously good!

Grilled panzanella salad ~ A great use for the bounty of tomatoes and fresh basil!

Spanish Gazpacho! Cool and refreshing, it's just the thing for that bumper crop of tomatoes!

Cherkees Beef Jerky Potato Chips - The best of both snack food worlds!

A dinner that travels back in time - Rivera is bringing back John Sedlar's 80's menu from Saint Estéphe... Vintage South Western inspired French prepared food that paved the way for much of today's cuisine.

Candied lemon zest makes a lovely garnish for summer desserts. It also makes a damn fine addition to summer cocktails.

Egg Foo Young - Asian Style Seafood and Vegetable Omelette with Gravy

Slow-Cooked Ginger Beer Pulled Pork on buttery Brioche Buns, served with a spicy slaw

An easy and quick tomato soup served warm with cheesy baguette with a delicious twist - Curry leaves!

Rich dark Chocolate Zucchini Muffins packed with grated zucchini, cocoa and chocolate.

How I passed the time during the hurricane: homemade beef cheek cappelletti.

Runner Bean Coleslaw ~ A great way to prepare fresh beans from your garden!

Näkkileipä - Knäckebröd - The Nordic Crisp Bread

Bourke Street Bakery's Chocolate Sour Cherry Biscuit is a super rich chocolate cookie that is crisp on the outside and fudge-like in the center.

Bruschetta Round-up~ Chow shares some really great bruschetta ideas that are perfect for parties!

Romano basil flower crackers ~ For when you have more basi than you know what to do with!

"On the Lighter Side" - A Mango Banana smoothie. It is thick, refreshing, flavorful and a great source of protein at 14g per serving.

Chocolate "ice cream" bars ~ A great treat without all the dairy!

Preserved Lemons - How to make them (complete with video) and how to use.

Lemon Cupcakes with strips of zest and meringue.

A creamy almond pudding results from a few standard kitchen provisions plus a smidge of rosewater.

Peach Tart ~ Beyond the Plate adds a pistachio streusel and mascarpone cheese to push this beautiful tart over the top.

Home made almond milk! A super easy method that tastes delicious!

Oven Roasted Corn Salad ~ A corn salad with a twist! The corn has been oven roasted and cooled before it became the star of this super flavorful salad!

Chocolate Raspberry Truffle ice cream. No better use for farmer's market raspberries and eggs!

Mini Crab Cakes with a Garlic Aioli

Get part of your daily dose of veg with this delicious aubergine brownie!

Malaysian Curry Puff, or Epok Epok... like a Malaysian samosa!

Delicious and simple Peanut Butter Fudge.

A delicious salad with fruit, nuts, goat cheese and a balsamic drizzle.