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Alison Roman

Alison Roman is a New York-based cook, writer, and author of the New York Times bestsellers, Sweet Enough, Nothing Fancy, and Dining In.

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Spiced Marinated Lamb Chops with Garlicky Yogurt

These quick-cooking lamb chops make dinner feel instantly fancy.
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Crispy Chicken Thighs With Bacon and Escarole

Make this one-pan chicken dinner a go-to this winter.
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Herbed Chickpeas

Crispy, salty, creamy, and full of protein (really!), these chickpeas should be a staple in your kitchen.
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Fennel Gratin With Walnut-Thyme Breadcrumbs

A doubly crunchy topping marks a breakthrough moment for creamy roasted fennel.
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Blood Orange Buttermilk Upside-Down Cake

Be sure to invert the cake after it's baked while it's still warm; if you wait too long, the oranges will stick to the pan.
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Herbed Chickpeas

Crispy, salty, creamy, and full of protein (really!), these chickpeas should be a staple in your kitchen.
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Fresh Dill Cucumbers with Lemon

Fresh Dill Cucumbers with Lemon
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Eggs with Pickled Shallot and Parsley

You can cook the eggs a day ahead (keep them chilled), but don’t slice until the first guest rings the doorbell.
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Silver Dollar Latkes

Sure, this recipe can make standard-size latkes, but the minis are just right for noshing while chatting.
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Horseradish Labneh

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Fried Chicken Thighs with Cheesy Grits

If you prefer white-meat chicken, use skinless, boneless breasts that have been cut in half crosswise.
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Danish Salted-Butter Cookies

Using chilled butter and freezing the cookies before baking encourages clean, tidy edges.
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Maple-Cinnamon Toast With Citrus and Crème Fraîche

These thick slices of toast, slathered with cinnamon butter and topped with fruit, might just become your new favorite weekend morning indulgence.
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Egg-in-a-Hole Sandwich

Step one: cut holes in two pieces of sourdough. Step two: fry eggs in those holes. Step three: slap them together with crispy bacon, melty cheddar, and plenty of hot sauce.
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Ombre Rainbow Cookies

The batter is divided into thirds and tinted with increased amounts of coloring to get the ombre effect. To make both red and green cookies, you'll need to double this recipe.
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Escarole with Crispy Ham and Eggs

Like all good leafy greens, the giant pile of escarole leaves will wilt down dramatically as they cook.
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Endive and Fennel Gratin

The liquid will not submerge the endive at first, and that’s okay. Take the gratin out of the oven after 10 minutes and press down with a spatula to submerge the endive in cream.
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Italian Wedding Soup with Puntarelle

Puntarelle refers to the bitter inner stalks of the Catalonian chicory (Belgian endive and radicchio are close cousins). Reserve the white stalks for another use—they’re great in a crunchy salad.