KIM DAVIS: Since my next upcoming cozy mystery release, Essentials of Homicide, (September 2026) is from my Aromatherapy Apothecary Mysteries, and my latest book, Essentials of Death just released in audiobook, I thought

 I jumped at this recipe because we love kimchi. We first came across the salted, seasoned, fermented vegetable Korean dish in the 80s in the produce section of our local grocery store in the northeast

MADDIE DAY here, with a warm-weather dish. Yes, it's only mid-May, but we had a heat wave here this week, and I couldn't bear much cooking in 93-degree weather. I turned on the

LUCY BURDETTE: You may already recognize that I am a fool for gnocchi. I’ve already made them here and also some potato gnocchi with Nikki Bonanni that I cannot find, darn it. But

Darci Hannah: As the weather gets nicer here in Michigan, I start looking for quicker, lighter meals to make for dinner. Our family loves sweet, colorful peppers and I seem to always have

LESLIE BUDEWITZ:  Who loves crispy bread topped with flavorful herbs? Who loves it even more topped with cheese? All hands raised in my house!I’d been tempted to make this for a while, but when

Ang Pompano: Sweet and sour shrimp is one of my absolute favorite, easy-to-prepare meals. For some reason, the origins of which are completely lost to time, my family always has this dish on

LESLIE BUDEWITZ:  Happy to introduce you to a first-time guest today, Carmela Dutra, whose second Food Truck Mystery, Hot Wings and Homicide, just out last week. I met her at Left Coast Crime