Cook With Us
Good food starts with good ingredients — and the courage to step into the kitchen with an open heart. Cook With Us is where we share seasonal recipes, kitchen stories, and the techniques that help us create meaningful meals at home.
Whether you’re cooking for a crowd or making something simple on a weeknight, we hope these posts and videos inspire you to slow down, cook with intention, and fall in love with the seasons.
Resources for Learning Seasonal Cooking Techniques
These posts and videos help home cooks understand ingredients, build skills, and learn how to cook seasonally.
Seasonal Recipes & Kitchen Stories
Peach & Blackberry Galette with Buttermilk Spelt Crust
Galettes are one of my favorite ways to celebrate summer fruit. They have all the buttery, flaky goodness of pie but none of the stress. There's no pie plate, no crimping, and no worrying about perfection—the rustic folds are part of the charm.
Sweet peaches and juicy blackberries are tossed with ginger, nutmeg, lemon zest, and just a touch of rose water (if you have it) before being tucked into a buttery spelt crust. A thin layer of cream cheese underneath the fruit adds richness while helping keep the crust crisp.
As with all of our fruit pies and galettes, whisk the sugar, tapioca starch, salt, and spices together before adding the fruit. This evenly coats every piece and creates a beautifully thickened filling.
Butterscotch Budino
This butterscotch budino is a luxurious Italian-style pudding, deeply caramelized with brown sugar and finished with just enough Scotch to round out its warmth. Whisked egg yolks and a touch of cornstarch give it that signature budino texture—silky, glossy, and rich. The moment the sugar starts to smoke and turn spotty is when the magic happens: a smoky edge that gives this comforting dessert a grown-up twist.
Vanilla Bean Pound Cake
A simple, elegant classic with rich vanilla flavor. This vanilla bean pound cake is tender and deeply aromatic, thanks to real vanilla paste and rich cream. The method keeps the crumb light and fine—whipping the eggs and sugar to a ribbon stage before folding in flour and emulsified butter. It’s the kind of cake that’s perfect with a cup of tea, layered with fruit and cream, or simply dusted with powdered sugar.
Citrus Olive Oil Cake
This citrus olive oil cake is light and moist with lemon, orange zest, and a bright lemon glaze. A perfect Italian-inspired cake for brunch or winter baking.
Snickerdoodles
These classic snickerdoodle cookies are soft, buttery, and coated in cinnamon sugar—no vanilla, no fuss. Just pure cinnamon-forward cookie perfection.
Scandinavian Butter Cookies (Spritz Cookies)
These Scandinavian butter cookies are soft and buttery with almond paste and vanilla, perfect for piping into spritz shapes using a star tip or cookie press.
Sugar & Spice Pecans
These sweet and spicy roasted pecans are coated in egg white, sugar, cinnamon, and cayenne for the perfect crunchy snack. Great for gifts, party snacks, or dessert toppers.
Chai Spiced Snickerdoodle Bars
These chai-spiced snickerdoodle bars are soft, chewy, and infused with warming spices like cinnamon, cardamom, and ginger. A one-pan bar cookie perfect for fall and winter baking.
Chocolate Molasses Cookies
These holiday molasses crinkle cookies are soft, rich, and rolled in sugar for a classic crackled finish. Made with molasses, cocoa, and vanilla for deep winter flavor.
Brown Butter Maple Pumpkin Pie
This pumpkin maple pie is made with brown butter, real maple syrup, and vanilla paste for a rich, spiced holiday dessert. Baked in a blind-baked pie crust for a flaky, crisp bottom.
Chocolate Pecan Pie
This chocolate pecan pie is made with Guanaja 70% chocolate, toasted pecans, and dark corn syrup in a buttery blind-baked crust. A rich, indulgent twist on the Southern classic.
Sugared Cranberries
These sugared cranberries are soaked in syrup and rolled in sugar for a sparkling sweet-tart holiday garnish. Perfect for topping desserts, cocktails, or snacking.
Apple Cranberry Crisp with Oat Streusel
This apple cranberry crisp features a spiced fruit filling topped with a buttery oat topping made from raw sugar, rolled oats, and flour. A perfect fall dessert for holidays or cozy nights in.
Apple Galette with Rye & Cheddar Crust
Rustic apple galette with a flaky cheddar rye crust. Sweet-tart apples, molasses, and warm baharat spice make this galette the perfect fall dessert.
Chocolate Cherry Crème Brûlée
This chocolate cherry crème brûlée layers fruity dark chocolate custard over fresh cherries and finishes with a crisp turbinado sugar top. It’s rich, elegant, and the perfect make-ahead dessert for cherry season.
Rhubarb Ginger Sorbet
This homemade rhubarb sorbet blends tart rhubarb, honey, and ginger into a tangy, refreshing frozen dessert—no ice cream maker required!
Rhubarb Galette with Buckwheat Buttermilk Crust
A tart-sweet rhubarb galette wrapped in a flaky buckwheat and buttermilk crust. Bright rhubarb, a hint of ginger, and a touch of cream cheese make this rustic tart perfect for spring mornings or as a simple dessert with ice cream.
Spiced Buckwheat Carrot Cake
Moist, spiced carrot cake with buckwheat flour, cocoa, and warm spices and slathered with silky cream cheese icing. A wholesome twist on the classic.
Orange Anise Creme Brûlée
This silky, aromatic crème brûlée is infused with the warm, licorice-like notes of star anise and the bright citrus essence of orange peel.
Perfect Buttermilk Cinnamon Rolls
These soft, fluffy cinnamon rolls are the perfect treat. Tender buttery brioche rolled up with cinnamon, brown sugar and date syrup and kissed with a little orange before being topped with silky smooth cream cheese icing.
Cook With Us — Live & In the Kitchen
We host relaxed, seasonal cook-alongs on YouTube so you can cook right beside us — asking questions, learning techniques, and having some fun in the kitchen along the way.
We’ve taken a little break on creating new videos but feel free to explore past episodes below anytime the cooking mood strikes. We link our shopping lists in the show notes so you can shop for the video in advance.