Makes 5 dozen Filhoses, or Filhó, are a traditional Portuguese sweet fried dough fritter containing pumpkin and whiskey and rolled in...

Have you ever asked yourself what would happen if a pumpkin pie face planted onto a coffee cake? Cool, me too. And I actually DID...

Pretzel Salad, made very frequently by my Aunt Chris throughout my childhood, should just immediately be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in...

There are a billion recipes for coffee cake in the world, but are any of them better than my mom's? No, because she's my mom! Make this...

I've been baking Grossy's Chocolate Chip Cookies longer than most recipes I've shared on this site. These cookies are truly one of my...

I spent my twenties living in San Francisco, and a good portion of that time was spent in the audience at drag bars, hanging out with...

The Italian Easter Rice Pie is another one of the many Easter recipes that are found on the table in Italian-American homes during the...

Throughout my entire life, my mom has used chocolate covered fruit as a last minute gift of love to pretty much everyone who has crossed...

In case you couldn't tell, festive holiday gatherings are my jam—literally and figuratively! In my family, we always serve cranberry jam...

If you thought you had seen the last of Grandma Millie in the Grossy kitchen, you thought so wrong! Allow me to introduce you to the...

Honey, you are gonna be nuts about this recipe! One of the most vivid childhood memories I have is trying to get my fingers to not be...

Makes 4 dozen You know this girl. She shows up to every party, invited or not. She's always wearing a different festive outfit and has an...

Makes 4 dozen Pignoli have eyes for you... This cookie is very special to my heart and my heritage. I'd go as far to say that the Pignoli...

Makes 4 dozen A holiday classic. You know her, you love her, and now you don't have to wait for someone else to make her! The future of...

Makes 2 loaves I'll make this quick (get it!) but I LOVE a quick bread. This zucchini bread is one of my favorites. It's ridiculously...

Makes 2 loaves My sister Diana is the queen of the quick bread. She brings them to every gathering, always slicing and serving them up...

Makes 3 dozen My dear friend and fellow best-mom-in-the-world, Erica, sent me cookies in the mail a few months ago when I was going...

Makes 4 loaves* My mom spent my childhood selling endless loaves of her famous Italian bread for charity at every school fair, PTA event,...

Pizzelle are a holiday classic, but that doesn't mean they're reserved for holidays only! All the Italian goddesses in my family make...

The ice box cake is an easy peasy no-bake summertime classic that just happens to be insanely delicious, too. The options for ice box...

A quick baking lesson for you all. A "buckle dessert" is a dish that consists of fruit and cake baked together, with a streusel topping....

This dessert is everything I love about a recipe: Easy, gorgeous, and based off one of my mom's recipes! Obviously, you should use Mom's...

Mom has a recipe for everything. Most of them are one-bowl, require only a wooden spoon, and take minutes to make. Thanks, Mom! Mom's...

Personally, my favorite fruit is my friend Taylor who just so happens to make his famous fruit crisp all summer-long on Fire Island. It’s...

This recipe is adapted from a now-shuttered culinary school in San Francisco called Tante Marie. My good friend Chris attended the school...

Hot Tip: All you have to do to get my full attention is say “family recipe.” It took me way too long to make this family recipe that my...

My grandmother Millie (Mom's mom) grew up in Brooklyn, where she met one of her closest lifelong friends, Lillian. Millie and Lillian...

Makes 5 dozen The origin of my chocolate chip cookie recipe starts in my early 20s in San Francisco baking with my friend and drag icon...

This is a “mom” recipe if there ever was one. One bowl, a wooden spoon, and a genius baby food ingredient hack make this carrot cake what...

This sweet bread is just such a stunner! She’s perfectly thicc, has curves for days, and proudly wears a coat of many colors! She is a...