Caramelized shallot jam from the new Food In Jars cookbook + a giveaway!

Ramp & white bean fritters with a killer sriracha-marmalade sauce.

Homemade saltines, jazzed up with citrus salt.

Skip the store-bought packets and make instant oatmeal at home. It's easier than you think.

Light, tender, fluffy, Spring orange chiffon cake. Something to tide you over until Spring is really here.

On listening to your inner kitchen muse. Plus: soup!

Roasted Brussels sprouts with preserved lemon and Aleppo pepper.

There's no excuse to throw away citrus peels: not when you can have fabulous citrus salts in the pantry all year long!

My love affair with Tara & Johnny. And a fabulous, easy grapefruit & walnut tart. Win-win.

A creamy bechamel-based macaroni & cheese infused with Meyer lemon and rosemary. Simply stunning.

Sweet & spicy, kumquats and habanero peppers make California sunshine in a jar.

What do you serve when Gordon Ramsay shows up for dinner in your dreams? Caramelized fennel + bacon pizza. Apparently.

A simple meal of huevos rancheros made from leftovers pulled from the fridge.

A vegetable-packed lasagna made with fresh Swiss chard noodles and a celeriac bechamel.

Homemade blue corn tortillas wrapped around crunchy vegetables and leftover slow-roasted beef.

Slow-roasted spicy top round with a red wine-orange juice reduction.

My love affair with leftovers kicks off with creamy, velvety celeriac soup.

Toasted couscous salad with fennel stalks, red cabbage and salt & pepper preserved kumquats.

Fennel stalk candied in simple syrup and fennel fronds preserved in salt.

10-minute rosemary roasted cashews. Eat nuts. Live forever.

A smooth and creamy soup with white beans, leeks, and the salty, funky flavor of preserved lemon.

Fresh, unsmoked ham is similar to pork loin but much more economical. Slow-roasted and glazed with red currant jelly it's lovely.

Traditional Finnish jam tarts with a flaky, buttery pastry and homemade jam.

Adobo pork chops: simple yet impressive.