Sure, some of the most viewed recipes we published this year are summery, but don't let that stop you from making them now and imagining the warm months!
Recipes
Flying Flapjacks from 'Donkey Hodie'
Daniel HautzingerThis easy and fun recipe is a perfect introduction to measuring, mixing, and pouring to help your child gain confidence in their kitchen skills.
A Ukrainian Cider Recipe for the Holidays from a Respected Chicago Chef
Daniel HautzingerUzvar is a cider of dried fruits and nuts typically served around the holidays in Ukraine. Chef Johnny Clark, who recently opened a Ukrainian restaurant and named it after his grandma, Anelya, shared a recipe for the warming drink.
A Simple Gnocchi Recipe to Celebrate 25 Years of Lidia Bastianich on Public Television
Daniel HautzingerIn a new special celebrating Lidia Bastianich's 25 years teaching Italian recipes on public television, she makes gnocchi with her grandchildren, just as she did years ago on her shows. Try her simple recipe.
Teach Your Kid Math with Cupcakes
Daniel HautzingerAs you bake and decorate a delicious honey cake in this activity from PBS KIDS, look for all the ways you use math.
Chocolate Ginger-Molasses Cookies Great for Kids and Adults
Daniel HautzingerIt can be difficult to find recipes that please both children and adults, but these cookies from Martha Stewart manage to do so by adding chocolate chunks to ooey-gooey molasses cookies.
A Puerto Rican Holiday Bread Pudding You Can Make with Your Kids
Daniel HautzingerIn Puerto Rico, budín de pan or bread pudding is typically served during Nochebuena or Christmas Eve. This recipe from PBS KIDS' Jessica Martinez is adapted from her grandmother, who took out the traditional raisins in favor of making the budín like a pineapple upside-down cake.
A Kid-Friendly Fruitcake Recipe
Daniel HautzingerFruitcake may be a polarizing holiday dish, but if you make it fresh at home with your children, it can become a memorable new tradition – and it's easily customizable in terms of what fruit and nuts you include in it.
An Easy Thanksgiving Side of Brussels Sprouts and Apples from 'Milk Street'
Daniel HautzingerA Delicious 15-Minute Recipe from a New Chinese Cookbook Published by 'America's Test Kitchen'
Daniel HautzingerTry a Healthier Longanisa Recipe from Chicago's A Taste of the Philippines
Daniel HautzingerMake the Soup That Started Everything for Chicago's Beloved, Stalwart Lula Cafe
Daniel HautzingerJason Hammel's first taste of his wife's cooking was this cabbage soup. He and she started a soup business before opening the ahead-of-its-time Lula Cafe, now in its 24th year and still one of Chicago's favorite restaurants. A new cookbook highlights its recipes and stories.
New Cookbook Argues Midwestern Food is More than Casseroles and Cheese. But Here's a Recipe for Fried Cheese Curds Anyway
Daniel HautzingerPaul Fehribach, the chef and owner of Big Jones in Andersonville, explores the stories behind Midwestern foods familiar and lesser-known in a new book, arguing that it deserves to be taken seriously. “What I would like to do is present it as a beautiful regional cuisine that has a history," he says.