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

Brad Farmerie

An exclusive Iron Chef recipe, incorporating eggs.

Holly Smith

An exclusive Iron Chef recipe, incorporating yogurt.

Jose Garces

An exclusive Iron Chef recipe, incorporating avocado.

Nate Appleman

An exclusive Iron Chef recipe, incorporating pinenuts.

Hugh Garvey, Food Blogger

The Bon Appétit editor, food blogger (Gastrokid.com), and coauthor of The Gastrokid Cookbook: Feed-ing a Foodie Family in a Fast-Food World (Wiley) shares his tips on cooking for kids.

Ming Tsai

How the celebrity chef and dad is making restaurants more food allergy?friendly.

Dan Barber

This New York City-based chef operates two Blue Hill restaurants: one in Greenwich Village, the other at the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture in bucolic Pocantico Hills, New York. Both outposts feature locally grown, seasonal produce with a heavy emphasis on friends and family. Try Dan's recipe for the perfect Sunday morning vegetable frittata.

Helen DeFrance

Get pointers from the founder of THYME to Cook!, a nationwide cooking program for children, and try her recipe for Roasted Vegetable Wraps.

Rachel Thebault

This New York City baker has gained a loyal following among sweet-toothed urbanites for her adorable and delicious confections. Try her recipe for Chocolate Caramel Cookies.

Gayle Pirie

The acclaimed chef and cookbook author knows the goodness of a ripe apple, but she probably won't turn down an onion ring. Check out one of her favorite recipes, pasta carbonara.

Sophie Dudemaine

This French chef's culinary interest was sparked at the Eiffel Tower, and since then, things have just been going up. Try Sophie's recipe for Zucchini and Parmesan Rissotto.

Geoff Tracy

The chef and restaurateur has conquered Washington, D.C., and now he's ready for the next challenge: baby food.

Dana Slatkin

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

Cat Cora

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.

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.
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