The lost kitchen recipes

This is pure comfort food. Not your typical meatloaf, it contains carrots and sourdough bread.

The Lost Kitchen, a TV show on the Magnolia Network, features Erin French, who returned to her hometown in Maine at the age of 23, after a post-high school “escape” and a plan for medical school. A…

In the years I’ve been writing about food for the Herald Palladium, the largest newspaper in Southwest Michigan, I’ve received many requests from readers for recipes but undoubtedly the most popular request has been for the fried chicken and Cole slaw recipes from Mead’s Chicken Nook, a very popular eatery in Benton Harbor and […]

To Erin French, "the perfect salad is one that looks like it fell from the heavens into a sky-high mound."

The Lost Kitchen: Recipes and a Good Life Found in Freedom, Maine: A Cookbook - Cookbooks

Erin French, the mastermind chef behind popular Maine eatery The Lost Kitchen, joins TODAY to share a few recipes out of her cookbook of the same name. She m...

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve made this 4-ingredient roast—it’s so easy, and everyone asks for seconds!

Erin French Butter Cake Recipe is a masterpiece of simplicity and decadence, inspired by the acclaimed chef and owner of The Lost Kitchen. Known for her rustic yet refined approach to cooking, Erin French has crafted a cake that is both elegant and comfortingly familiar. This butter cake showcases the rich, buttery flavor and tender crumb that makes it an instant classic. Perfect for any occasion, from casual family gatherings to sophisticated dinner parties, this cake is a testament to the…

a WARM salad for a COLD day... The term "chef" makes me uncomfortable. To me a chef is someone who has mastered culinary school, maybe then studying under the tutelage of another chef for some time,...