Homemade praline paste is child’s play to make. It’s made from hazelnuts and/or almonds, toasted first, then blended with caramel: a few pulses give you pralin (a crunchy praline crumb for decorating cakes), and blending longer gives you praliné, a smooth praline paste for filling and flavoring pastries.

Soup season is open! Here’s a mild, comforting pumpkin soup cooked with crème fraîche and finished with grated cheese. A kosher dairy classic.

Easy, wonderfully soft homemade hamburger buns. Make them full-size for a meal, or mini for a buffet or a cocktail-style dinner party.

Chicken nuggets are a fun way to get kids to eat chicken. After several tries, here is my recipe for homemade chicken nuggets, tested and approved by the whole family!

A new take on the traditional potato latkes we eat at Hanukkah: these sweet potato latkes are the perfect mix of sweet and savory, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. They are ideal for holiday meals, especially during Sukkot or Hanukkah.

A hamburger is a complete meal that’s fairly simple to make, and kids and grown-ups love it! It’s built from a hamburger bun, a beef patty, tomatoes, lettuce, caramelized onions and a homemade burger sauce.

A great American classic, pulled beef is full of flavor and easy to make. Just put your seasoned beef (I went with a homemade barbecue sauce) in the oven and let it cook quietly on its own. All that’s left to do is shred it once it’s done. It’s hard to do better.

Here is a quick and excellent recipe for crispy basil shrimp rolls that always makes an impression, whether you serve it with drinks, as a starter, or as a main on a composed salad.

Club sandwiches are perfect for lunch, brunch or a light dinner. They are easy to make and always feel a little sophisticated, when really all you have to do is put together a few good-quality ingredients.

These triangle sandwiches, made with two layers of sliced bread, are what we call a club. They are easy to make and always make a nice impression on the table.

A classic brownie, indulgent and deeply chocolatey without being cloying - a delicious recipe to add to your recipe notebook.

The perfect brownies for chocolate lovers. A thin, crackly crust, a deep chocolate flavor, a classic you never get tired of!

A classic brownie dotted with little creamy pockets of cheesecake. An original cake you need to try right away.

An easy recipe for crumbly little shortbread cookies to keep in your notebook. They’re delicious plain, but you can also fill them with jam or top them with icing.

Mozzarella sticks (beignets de mozzarella in French) are sticks of mozzarella, breaded and then fried. Here is an easy recipe for making delicious mozzarella sticks at home. Enjoy them as a snack, as a starter with a good homemade tomato sauce or in a nice salad, for a change from warm goat cheese salad.

A complicated name for the best zucchini fritters you will ever make. They vanish in seconds every time I make them.

Sweet potato doughnuts for a change from the traditional Hanukkah sufganiyot. They are soft, sweet and light, and sweet potato is a surprising ingredient that gives them charm and a delicious flavor! No need to fill them, a little powdered sugar and you’re done. Parve recipe.

Arancini are little balls that are crispy on the outside and melting on the inside. They’re perfect if you have leftover risotto from the night before, but they’re so good you may end up making risotto just for them! Here’s a vegetarian version with pesto and mozzarella.

Roasted and marinated vegetable antipasti are a staple of Italian starters. Colorful and full of flavor, they also make a great side, especially with a beef carpaccio or a beautiful burrata.

Here’s a quick and delicious recipe for caramelized chicken wings baked in the oven, slightly crispy and irresistible, that kids will love too. They’re easy to make for a weeknight dinner.