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The Key to the Best Weeknight Chicken Dinner Is Already in Your Pan
Golden, salty schmaltz seasons a vibrant tomato and onion salad in this savory dish from Melissa Clark.
By Melissa Clark
Golden, salty schmaltz seasons a vibrant tomato and onion salad in this savory dish from Melissa Clark.
By Melissa Clark
Blanketed with cheese, this filling recipe is perfect for summer and surprisingly light.
By Melissa Clark
From her work with Julia Child, Madhur Jaffrey and Edna Lewis, Judith Jones revolutionized American cookbook publishing.
By Melissa Clark
This olive oil-enriched recipe is the fastest version you can make from scratch — and it’s one of the best.
By Melissa Clark
Cooking the tiny crustaceans on a sheet pan can be tricky. This vibrant dish, full of golden-edged zucchini, from Melissa Clark changes that.
By Melissa Clark
Speedy, savory and pantry-friendly, this dish celebrates buttery egg noodles by topping them with sour cream, scallions and runny eggs.
By Melissa Clark
Variations have been around since bread was invented, but these new takes on French toast show it off simply and stunningly.
By Melissa Clark
This easy Melissa Clark recipe, inspired by the zesty, pungent flavors of larb, turns unassuming ground turkey into a star.
By Melissa Clark
Using canned artichokes and frozen peas keeps this fresh meal simple to make all year long.
By Melissa Clark
A fragrant mash-up of shakshuka, eggs in purgatory and egg curry, this easy one-pan recipe can be made with pantry ingredients you probably already have on hand.
By Melissa Clark
This forgiving and adaptable weeknight dinner stars tender chicken thighs, braising greens and whole garlic cloves.
By Melissa Clark
Adas polo, a Persian recipe perfumed with cinnamon and layered with caramelized onions and dates, only feels expensive.
By Melissa Clark
A hot bacon dressing, a crispy-edged fried egg and sliced brussels sprouts star in this meal-worthy take on a Southern classic.
By Melissa Clark
White bean-tomato, red lentil-barley, sweet potato-tofu: These lush recipes from Melissa Clark bring out the best in winter vegetables.
By Melissa Clark
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Spiced and roasted florets join briny capers and sweet-sour pickled onions in a punchy dish made for February.
By Melissa Clark
This bacon-Cheddar dip is a crowd-pleasing, molten game day win.
By Melissa Clark
Coconut milk effortlessly lends its subtly sweet flavor and richness to countless recipes.
By Melissa Clark
A puddle of blueberry maple jam is stuffed inside these tender, gently spiced treats.
By Melissa Clark
This grain bowl, finished in with a sweet chile sauce, is perfect for the vegetarian curious or anyone wanting lighter fare.
By Melissa Clark
Ready the night before and baked off in the morning, a puffy, golden-topped casserole is not just festive, it’s smart.
By Melissa Clark
With carrots, sweet potatoes and dates, this braise is a colorful main course for your Hanukkah table.
By Melissa Clark
These two hardworking ingredients are at their best in this weeknight meal, laden with chile, lemon and garlic.
By Melissa Clark
This fragrant recipe filled with chickpeas and farro is a cozy destination for the last of the holiday’s spread.
By Melissa Clark
Whether you’re driving it to dinner an hour away or you just want to plan ahead, here’s the best strategy for a Thanksgiving bird you can prepare in advance.
By Melissa Clark
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Mixed, baked and eaten warm, straight from the skillet, these fudgy treats are the after-school snack of your dreams.
By Melissa Clark
Marinating tomatoes is a quick and easy way to coax out their juices and make them the perfect complement to leafy greens, Melissa Clark writes.
By Melissa Clark
Crushed until craggy and tossed with shrimp, cucumbers soak up a sesame and avocado sauce in this easy, invigorating dish from Melissa Clark.
By Melissa Clark
Melissa Clark flips the classic on its head, letting flaky biscuits serve as a base for juicy, caramelized peaches.
By Melissa Clark
Caramelized corn, pickled jalapeños and basil chicken make the most summery of sheet-pan dinners.
By Melissa Clark
Prepared pesto gives a one-pan orzo and zucchini dish its herby, garlicky bite.
By Melissa Clark
Whipped cream and store-bought dulce de leche are all you need for this frozen summer treat.
By Melissa Clark
Use whatever kind of cherries — fresh or frozen, sour or sweet — in this adaptable cherry pie from Melissa Clark.
By Melissa Clark
Store-bought ice cream is at the heart of these three easy desserts from Melissa Clark: a nostalgic banana split, a fruity take on a soda shop staple and the next best thing to a Chipwich.
By Melissa Clark
Melissa Clark updates the classic, using fresh tomatoes and ginger for a lighter, brighter weeknight meal.
By Melissa Clark
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A press-in-the-pan shortbread crust and an easy lemon curd filling make this stunning pastry a snap to bake.
By Melissa Clark
Those luscious berries have a downside: All that liquid can weigh down baked goods, but Melissa Clark has solutions.
By Melissa Clark
Put those gorgeous stalks to work in a creamy pasta, a filling grain bowl and a bright, beautiful soup from Melissa Clark.
By Melissa Clark
Layered with asparagus, spinach, peas and lemony ricotta, this springy recipe from Melissa Clark is the cheesy dish for right now.
By Melissa Clark
Melissa Clark shares how to make coronation chicken salad, along with the history that shaped this regal recipe.
By Melissa Clark
The salty-sweet, zingy marinade that grounds this beloved Korean dish coats vegetables and pork, in this interpretation from Melissa Clark.
By Melissa Clark
A lacy crust of grated Parmesan makes sheet-pan tofu even crispier, Melissa Clark writes.
By Melissa Clark
Featuring butter, tarragon and Cognac, this reader-submitted recipe is simple, sophisticated and utterly stunning, Melissa Clark writes.
By Melissa Clark
Melissa Clark tweaks the classic, adding feta, hot honey and herbs.
By Melissa Clark
Nix the garlic (gasp!) for coriander seeds and a dollop of dill-speckled mayo for a subtle, speedy dish that’s all about the shrimp.
By Melissa Clark
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Colcannon inspires this buttery casserole of mashed potatoes, kale, Cheddar and baked eggs from Melissa Clark.
By Melissa Clark
A gingery peanut sauce finishes Melissa Clark’s latest, which is just as much about the skin as it is the juicy dark meat.
By Melissa Clark
Melissa Clark pairs that hearty vegetable with pork, herbs and bright lemon to bring out its very best.
By Melissa Clark
This Valentine’s Day, why not rekindle an old flame? Melissa Clark has three recipes to set hearts (and dinner) alight.
By Melissa Clark
A bean-based chili and a little bit of spice bring this retro casserole into the modern age.
Hold the garlic and olive oil: This mellow new take on weeknight pasta features a mellow mix of brown butter, almonds and lemon.
By Melissa Clark
Rich with cheese and filled with butternut squash and mushrooms, this breakfast casserole is worth waking up for.
By Melissa Clark
Pigs and figs in a blanket, cheesy za’atar pinwheels and crunchy coconut twists: These quick, easy bites from Melissa Clark will take any festivities to the next level.
By Melissa Clark
Rich with sour cream, cottage cheese and optional raisins, this recipe is as wonderfully classic as they come.
By Melissa Clark
Hot chocolate mix, festive popcorn tins, saltine bark and batched manhattans: these recipes make the best holiday presents.
By Melissa Clark
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Just try not to nibble all the caramelized and spiced bits straight off the pan before dinnertime — we dare you.
By Melissa Clark
Melissa Clark has three of them: pumpkin butterscotch custard, mini oatmeal-cranberry whoopie pies and a simple cardamom cake studded with red-wine pears.
By Melissa Clark
In this recipe from the chef Anita Jaisinghani, chunks of the cheese are roasted while a warmly spiced curry simmers away on the stove.
By Melissa Clark
The two are paired with a buttery pan sauce for an easy, low-lift, high-reward weeknight meal.
By Melissa Clark
Garlic, olive oil and rosemary make the best broth for this fast one-pot meal.
By Melissa Clark
Pie bars offer most of the same delights as their latticed counterparts, but are a lot more convenient, Melissa Clark writes.
By Melissa Clark
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