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
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.
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.
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 Crumb Cake
This rhubarb crumb cake balances bright, tart rhubarb with a tender, buttery cake and a generous brown sugar crumb topping. A simple, seasonal bake that celebrates spring produce, perfect for brunch, afternoon coffee, or an easy dessert made from scratch with fresh ingredients.
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Moist, buttery Fresh Pineapple Upside-Down Cake made with real pineapple and caramelized brown sugar. A tropical twist on a classic homemade dessert!
Apricot Scones
These tender, butter scones are anything but your average scone. Tender, soft, buttery and speckled with sweet bits of fruit and a lightly sweet glaze. You'll be going back for seconds.
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.
Creamy Cardamom & Vanilla Rice Pudding
There’s something inherently comforting about rice pudding — a simple, creamy dessert that feels like a warm hug in a bowl. In this version, fragrant cardamom and pure vanilla elevate the classic into something a bit more special, while arborio rice creates an indulgently rich texture that’s perfect whether you serve it warm or chilled. It’s nostalgic yet refined, easy enough for a cozy night in and elegant enough to finish a dinner with grace.
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.
If you’d like to join live next time, you’re always welcome. We host our weekly show at 6 PM EST every Sunday. Just hop on YouTube and join the show, engage with us or the rest of our followers.
Otherwise, 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.

