Food + Parties

Chef Picks: Get tips and recipes from professional chefs who translate their fancy cuisine into homemade goodness.

Dana Slatkin

This cookbook author knows the recipe for laid-back beach entertaining and family dining.

This Iron Chef might have completed outlandish culinary feats, but she tells us how she tackles an everyday challenge: cooking for her kids. Try one of her family's favorite dishes, salmon and scallop skewers.

Michael Chiarello

The Food Network star gives advice on getting the whole family excited about cooking dinner and shares his crowd-pleasing soup recipe.

Michael Psilakis

The acclaimed New York City chef explains why his most enjoyable times in the kitchen are with his two-year-old son and shares his recipes for Greek Yogurt & Fruit Breakfast Parfaits.

Mollie Katzen

Find out how this superstar chef got her kids to eat (and like) their vegetables and discover her after school snack: sweet-potato sticks.

Alex Guarnaschelli

The new mom and executive chef at New York City's Butter dishes on dropping the baby weight, her culinary inspirations, and her guilty pleasures.

Antonia Lofaso

The Top Chef competitor and mother of a budding foodie talks about her favorite meal to cook with kids (breakfast for dinner!) and shares her recipe for Whole-Wheat-Pasta Stir-fry.

Fabio Trabocchi

The award-winning chef has headed fine restaurants all over the world, but he always makes time for cooking at home with his two kids. He share a family favorite: Risotto-Style Penne with Tomato and Basil.