Alex guarnaschelli recipes

When chef and Chopped judge Alex Guarnaschelli set out to write her third book, Cook with Me, she organized it around a simple idea: What are her favorite dishes to make at home when she’s off duty? That meant featuring some newer recipes (like her naturally colored red velvet cake) alongside dishes from her childhood, like pork pizzaiola. Alex’s mom, legendary cookbook editor Maria Guarnaschelli, used to make the hearty Neapolitan dish the moment the temperature dipped even slightly. “It…

Alex Guarnaschelli's ultimate Thanksgiving side dish is mashed potatoes. She shares her recipe here.

“Shallots are naturally sweet, so they balance the bitterness of the garlic beautifully," says Alex Guarnaschelli's 16-year-old daughter Ava Clark

The Iron Chef shares her first food memory—and the sweet recipe that started it all.

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We've gathered all of Alex's top recipes together to make it easy for you to browse and pick your favorites.

Serve the saucy meatballs with pasta, a simple salad or a loaf of crusty bread for dunking.

Both an online competition and iconic chef Alex Guarnaschelli crowned this chef the winner in a contest of 'best meatball recipe.'

St. Louis style ribs from Alex Guarnaschelli are dry rubbed with loads of spices, slathered with sweet and tangy barbecue sauce, and cooked until devastatingly tender. #ribs #bbq #grilling #stlouisribs #alexguarnaschelli

If you're like us, every year you worry about the worst thing that can possibly happen at Thanksgiving: the turkey is dry. Or the stuffing. Or the mashed potatoes. It's the kind of meal that can be made or broken by moisture, so our fail-safe way to make sure nothing dries out is to always make a ton of gravy. But when so much of our Thanksgiving food is already doused in butter, we're a little hesitant to thicken our gravy with more butter and starch. Luckily, Alex Guarnaschelli's gravy…