Molly McArdle

New York

Writer and Editor at Freelance

@mollymcardle.bsky.social / Updates Editor, @foodandwine. Once: Editor in Chief, @roadmapbyallma. I ran @DailyGIF. she/her

Articles

Our 8 Favorite Coffee Cake Recipes for Brunch and Beyond

4 days ago | foodandwine.com | Molly McArdle

Credit: Jennifer Causey / Food Styling by Emily Nabors Hall / Prop Styling by Julia Bayless Coffee cake is that rare category of treat that you can eat any time of day. Coffee cake for breakfast? Naturally. Coffee cake for an afternoon snack? That's its raison d'etre. Coffee cake for dessert? No question — "cake" is in the name! Here you'll find coffee cake recipes for the classic cinnamon-streusel version alongside inventive takes with rhubarb, corn flour, and even a soufflé-like bundt.
12 Sponge Cake Recipes That Prove Fluffy Doesn’t Mean Forgettable

2 weeks ago | foodandwine.com | Molly McArdle

Credit: Morgan Hunt Glaze / Prop Styling by Christina Daley / Food Styling by Julian Hensarling Defining sponge cake can get a little — forgive us — spongy. Never up for debate is the centrality of egg, sugar, and flour. It's also, as made clear by the name, meant to be light and airy. Sometimes these cakes contain no leavening agents at all, neither yeast nor baking powder or soda. Sometimes these cakes contain little or no fat, unlike another classic cake type: butter cake.
16 Hawaiian Recipes for a Lūʻau

3 weeks ago | foodandwine.com | Molly McArdle

Credit: Food & Wine / Photo by Morgan Hunt Glaze / Prop Styling by Phoebe Hausser / Food Styling by Chelsea Zimmer King Kamehameha II couldn't have known that he was helping make way for the first lūʻaus when he made the once unthinkable decision to eat with his mother in 1819, ending the longstanding system of kapu, or taboo, that governed native Hawaiian society.
15 Essential Swedish Recipes for Midsummer, St. Lucia’s Day, and More

1 month ago | foodandwine.com | Molly McArdle

Saffron Tea Cakes. Credit: Jennifer Causey / Food Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Thom Driver This collection of Swedish recipes spans the calendar, from saffron-scented tea cakes for Saint Lucia's Day to dill-flecked spinach soup and crisp quick-pickled cucumbers perfect for a Midsummer smörgåsbord.
From Pancakes to Paella, 18 Camping Recipes for the Basics and Beyond

1 month ago | foodandwine.com | Molly McArdle

Credit: Johnny Autry I didn’t grow up camping; it’s my partner, Jeff, who is the outdoorsman. But I’ve joined him on more than a decade’s worth of camping trips now, from a weekend of car camping on a beach tent site to a week paddling the Allagash Wilderness Waterway carrying everything we need in our canoe. Jeff does most of the cooking on-site, while I like to prepare as much as I can ahead of time.
18 Camping Recipes for Every Hour Outdoors, From Sunrise to S’mores

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Molly McArdle

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18 Camping Recipes for Every Hour Outdoors, From Sunrise to S’mores

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Molly McArdle

I didn’t grow up camping; it’s my partner, Jeff, who is the outdoorsman. But I’ve joined him on more than a decade’s worth of camping trips now, from a weekend of car camping on a beach tent site to a week paddling the Allagash Wilderness Waterway carrying everything we need in our canoe. Jeff does most of the cooking on-site, while I like to prepare as much as I can ahead of time.
9 Bright and Bold Chopped Salad Recipes From Quick-Pickled Summer Salad to a Potato Chip Caesar

1 month ago | foodandwine.com | Molly McArdle

Credit: Greg Dupree / Food Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Claire Spollen These chopped salad recipes are inspired by everything from traditional Turkish dishes to riffs on Thai flavors. Poke fun with potato chips swapped in for croutons, and even get a movie star seal of approval. (Thank you, salad aficionado Paul Newman.) A chopped salad is what you make of it, just cut into bite-sized pieces. Have fun and eat well. Love any of these recipes?
28 of Our Favorite Vietnamese Recipes, From Crispy Bánh Xèo to Cooling Chè Khúc Bach

1 month ago | foodandwine.com | Molly McArdle

Credit: Diana Chistruga On the streets of Ho Chi Minh City, it can sometimes seem like everyone is eating: on the backs of mopeds, bent over foot-high plastic stools, under the umbrellas of a restaurant patio. This collection of recipes brings those flavors to your kitchen, from soul-soothing bowls of phở to unforgettably crisp bánh xèo. This is Vietnamese food for anywhere and everywhere.
13 Essential Ludo Lefebvre Recipes

2 months ago | foodandwine.com | Molly McArdle

Photo: Kelsey Hansen / Food Styling by Lauren McAnelly / Prop Styling by Natalie Ghazali Burgundy-born and Los Angeles-based chef Ludo Lefebvre is a culinary force who bridges classical French technique with inventive California flair. A student of great French chefs like Alain Passard and Pierre Gagnaire, Lefebvre has built his reputation through restaurants (Petit Trois, Chez Maggy, Delphine), pop-ups, cookbooks (Crave and LudoBites), and television (The Taste, Mind of a Chef).