12 of Melissa Clark's Best Recipes (2024)

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  • Pork Scallopini with Apples and Sage
  • Buttery Crab Pasta
  • Grilled Leg of Lamb
  • Pressure Cooker Vietnamese Caramel Salmon
  • Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Chickpeas
  • Sheet Pan Beef Skewers
  • Roast Pork Chops with Peaches
12 of Melissa Clark's Best Recipes (2)

: Eric Wolfinger

The multi-talented Melissa Clark is a food writer, cookbook author, and the host of the podcastWeeknight Kitchen with Melissa Clark.A longtime contributor toThe New York Times, she’s also written forFood & Wine, Bon Appetit,Every Day with Rachael Ray, and Martha Stewart. She’s written more than 30 cookbooks, includingComfort in an Instant, Dinner in an Instant, Cook This Now, andIn the Kitchen with a Good Appetite.

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Eric Wolfinger

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Pork Scallopini with Apples and Sage

Pork scallopini with apples and sage from Melissa Clark is a quick, marvelously autumn-y dish. Apples are sauteed in butter until soft, then pounded slices of pork are seared in the same pan. Sage completes the dish. You tell us whether the best part is the taste or just one skillet to clean.

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Laura Edwards

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Buttery Crab Pasta

A lovely, light summer pasta filled with crab and cherry tomatoes, it comes together in under 30 minutes.

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Tomato, Egg, and Feta Shakshuka

: The Dinner WinnerThe most savory Tomato Shakshuka you will ever have, laced with feta, topped with runny eggs, and served with pita and hot sauce, this is a weeknight dream.

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Laura Edwards

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Grilled Leg of Lamb

Melissa Clark’s grilled leg of lamb has a luscious Provençial take that you won’t forget. Anchovies, garlic, and fennel take it from good to c’est magnifique!

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Christopher Testani

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Pressure Cooker Vietnamese Caramel Salmon

Whether you use an Instant Pot or your old stove top mode pressure cooker, you won’t regret making this Vietnamese caramel salmon. It comes together in minutes–minutes!–and is rich with Asian flavors.

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Crisp Chicken Schnitzel With Lemony Herb Salad

: Andrew ScrivaniLeite’s Culinaria reader Roni Bloom Jordan brought this light and crunchy crisp chicken schnitzel to our attention. (Thank you muchly, Roni.) The secret is to trap air in the crust when you cook the meat by moving and shaking the pan. (Subscription needed)

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David Malosh

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Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Chickpeas

These roasted sweet potatoes and chickpeas are cooked on a sheet pan until tender and tossed in coconut milk and lime dressing. An easy dinner

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David Malosh

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Sheet Pan Beef Skewers

These sheet pan beef skewers are a quick and easy meal from Melissa Clark. Beef sirloin is marinated in oil, garlic, and fragrant spices, skewered and quickly broiled, and served with a cilantro and mint yogurt sauce.

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Harissa Chicken with Leeks, Potatoes, and Yogurt

: Eric Wolfinger Elissa Thomas, a member of our Leite’s Culinaria: What’s For Dinner? group, swears by this easy sheet-pan meal of spicy harissa-laced roasted chicken, sweet, browned leeks, crunchy potatoes, and a cool garnish of salted yogurt and fresh herbs.

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Eric Wolfinger

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Roast Pork Chops with Peaches

These roast pork chops with peaches are an easy, no-fuss, sheet pan meal of seasoned, roasted pork chops, peach wedges, and red onion, all topped with pomegranate molasses. A weeknight winner that belongs in your dinner rotation.

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Lemon Custard with Strawberries

: It’s Thyme 2 CookThis lemon custard with strawberries is a go-to summer dessert for Leite’s Culinaria group member Maureen Potter, who loves the pronounced lemon flavor in this no-bake dessert that calls for just a few ingredients.

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Blueberry Maple Tea Cake

: Cookie and KateMelissa Clark’s simple and amazing recipe for naturally sweetened, blueberry maple tea cake.

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I count myself lucky to have received three James Beard Awards for my writing as well as for Leite’s Culinaria. My work has also appeared in The New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, Saveur, Bon Appétit, Gourmet, Food & Wine, Yankee, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, and more.

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FAQs

Did Melissa Clark go to culinary school? ›

Clark thought about going to culinary school, but instead followed McCourt's advice and headed to Barnard, where she studied English, then directly to Columbia for an MFA in writing.

How many cookbooks does Melissa Clark have? ›

Melissa Clark is an American food writer, cookbook author and New York Times columnist. She is the author of over 40 cookbooks and has received multiple awards from the James Beard Foundation and IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) for her work.

Did Melissa ever win Top Chef? ›

Top Chef recently crowned Melissa King the winner of Season 17 after an epic showdown in Italy. As a returning finalist from Season 12, Melissa competed among the fiercest group of All Stars yet.

Who is the youngest chef in the US? ›

Flynn McGarry (born November 25, 1998) is an American chef based in New York City. He has been called the "Justin Bieber of food" and is known for hosting dinner tasting restaurant Eureka in Los Angeles and New York City since he was 11.

What is the most sold cookbook of all time? ›

Betty Crocker's Cookbook (originally called Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book) by Betty Crocker (1950) – approx. 65 million copies. When the Betty Crocker Picture Cook Book was published by the fictional Betty Crocker in 1950, its sales actually rivaled those of the Bible.

Who has sold the most cook books? ›

Pukka! Jamie sells £126,400,000 of cookery books and goes second after JK Rowling in top fifty all-time most valuable authors list
  • Television chef Jamie Oliver has sold more than 10 million cook books.
  • Outranked only by Harry Potter author JK Rowling on The Bookseller's list of the most valuable authors.
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What is the world record for the most cookbooks? ›

Hatfield woman holds Guinness record for largest cookbook collection in the world. When Lisa Ekus was awarded the Guinness World Record in 2019 for owning the most cookbooks — 4,239, according to the records — she was honored, but she knew this award was only representative of a moment in her collecting.

Did Geoffrey Zakarian attend culinary school? ›

He graduated from Burncoat High School in 1977. He earned a degree in economics from Worcester State University, and then went to France, where he decided to be a chef. He began his culinary career with an associate degree from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York.

Did Barefoot Contessa go to culinary school? ›

She says it's just in her DNA. The rest is history: She didn't attend cooking school or learn from a grandmother, but she picked up skills out of necessity while running her specialty food store, Barefoot Contessa.

Did Alex Guarnaschelli graduate from culinary school? ›

Immediately upon entering the culinary industry, Guarnaschelli said she felt a gender disparity present. After graduating from culinary school, she spent six years learning under French chef Guy Savoy in a class of 27 other male chefs.

What celebrity chef did not go to culinary school and started off as a caterer? ›

Celebrity chefs such as Ina Garten, Gordon Ramsay, and Rachael Ray didn't go to culinary school.

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