National Peanut Butter Cookie Day is June 12th, Homemade Cookie Day is October 1st. National Cookie Day is December 4th. Bake Cookies Day is December 18th. So, bake! Did you know: the average American eats 19,000 to 35,000 cookies in their lifetime? I am definitely already past my quota! Freda Smith's 1957 Pillsbury Bake-Off award-winning peanut butter cookie is super fun to make with all kinds of special chocolate alternatives to press into the top (in addition of course to

Have you ever had a cake that's better than sex? Well this one gets pretty close. You can poke it, top it with cherries, spread it with cream. Just a frisky little recipe you can bring to your next church social. Want more recipes better than sex? Follow my Once Upon a Menu series on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @theinfinitefeast. 🍒 🍰 🍍🥚 🍫 🥛 🥥 🥜 🍰 🍍 🍒 Better Than Sex Cake 🍒 🍰 🍍 Serves 12–15 1 box yellow cake mix (Duncan Hines Perfectly Moist Classic Yello

October 12th is both National Pulled Pork Day and National Gumbo Day! Here are two seasonally-appropriate recipes of mine, for all who celebrate. My Pumpkin Spice Pulled Pork Tailgaters and my 13-Ingredient Halloween Gumbo are just the ticket for this dietary double-header! 🐷 🥥 🏈 🧅 🫑 🎃 Pumpkin Spice Pulled Pork Tailgaters Here are some dee-luscious pumpkin spice BBQ sandwiches for your next tailgate! The addition of coconut extract adds a secret something you can't quit

This cake isn’t drunk… but it’s definitely tipsy! Angel food soaked in sherry and bourbon creates one boozy trifle that'll get your party started. Great for any season, but I've made one here for Christmas, with green vanilla pudding, whipped cream, pistachios, red goji berries, and other festive toppers. Don't let Uncle Melvin eat too much or you might have to call an Uber! For more stories and recipes follow my Once Upon a Menu series on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @th

Did you know the "Coney" dog wasn’t created in Coney Island? Sorry, New York! This recipe was cooked up by Greek and Macedonian immigrants in the Midwest. It's all about the "Coney" sauce — finely crumbled beef, warm spices, made to top a hot dog, and finished with yellow mustard and diced white onions. Hot Diggity! For more stories and recipes follow my Once Upon a Menu series on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @theinfinitefeast. 🌭 🌭 🌭 🌭 🌭 Coney Island Hot Dog (with "C

🫆 🥫 🍰 🫆 🥫 🍰 If you can guess the secret ingredient in my mystery cake i'll send you $1000! OMG, it's Campbell's Tomato Soup! Popular in the 1920s' and '30's, this cake recipe made its way into The Joy of Cooking by 1964. The soup creates a moist crumb close to carrot cake, and the cream cheese glaze comes together in a snap. Did you guess right? Let's get real, I ain't sending you money, but for anyone who did comment you might be automatically entered for a chance to

From LIFE Picture Cook Book, 1958. A great idea I've never thought of before. 🎉 🧀 🥔 🎉 🧀 🥔 __________________________ __________________________ Said chips are in the blue bowl lower left between the two dips. CHEESED POTATO CHIPS Potato Chips Grated Parmesan cheese Spread potato chips on a baking sheet and sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Bake in a hot oven (400°) for 5 minutes or until piping hot. 🎉 🧀 🥔 🎉 🧀 🥔

First time on the internet! From "The Infinite Feast: How to Host the Ones You Love—Recipes from the Big Easy . . . and Beyond" by Brian Theis, 2020 Click here for more on my best-selling cookbook! Chinese Restaurant Almond Cookies Makes 30 cookies 2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup lard or shortening, room temperature, in 1/2-inch pieces 1 large egg 1 teaspoon almond extract 30 whole toasted almonds 1 egg white

This recipe combines solid family nutrition with creativity. One of my favorite duets. 🥩🚂 🌽 🥕🥩🚂 From 100 Ways to Be Original in all your Cooking . Lea & Perrins, circa 1965. The appealing front cover. 🥩 🌽 🥕 🚂 The recipe! I have not tested it personally but it appears to me to be pretty solid. I would definitely opt for high quality instant potatoes in your favorite flavor. Meat Loaf Train SERVES 8-10 Just the dish to enchant the youngsters at any party. 1½ pounds g

When you've got a bunch of hungry mouths to feed, it's just what's for dinner. This recipe is a website exclusive. You might see it in an upcoming cookbook. Meanwhile, there are dozens of other original, tempting main dishes to choose from in my first best-selling cookbook . Order your copy today . 🥩🍝🧀 🥩🍝🧀 🥩🍝🧀 Brian's Tangy Beef 'n Mac Makes 4 to 6 servings 1 1/2 pounds ground beef 1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce 1 can (10 ounces) Ro-Tel tomatoes with green chiles, d

What the heck is an enmolada!? Well, that would be an enchilada with mole sauce. This is one recipe that has multiple glorious bouquets that scent the house with delicious complexities for hours afterwards. I have never cooked both the pork and the mole at the same time because I'm afraid the combined aromas might make me collapse under an avalanche of YUM! 🎃 🌶️ 🐷 🌮 🥑 🍚 🫘 🌿 This recipe is a website exclusive. You might see it in an upcoming cookbook. Meanwhile, there

Where were you, in '62? Join the gang over at Mel's for some classic drive-in chow! Set in: 1962. Movie release: 1973. Presenting, for the very first time, Cheeseburger alla Americana, Malt o' Chocolato, and last, but not least, the "I'm Going Bananas" Split ! 🍔 🍌 🍔 🍌 🍔 Classic American cheeseburger? Yes please! 🍔 🍔 🍔 Cheeseburger alla Americana 🍔 Makes 2 burgers 1/2 pound ground beef Salt and ground black pepper Canola oil 2 hamburger buns (extra credit: with sesam

Have I mentioned? I'm so fondue you. Let's get cheesy! Here's my recipe for a par-TAY style fondue feast I love to serve my guests at the beach. Let's get that pot a' meltin! 🥗 🍞 🥦 🥩 🐓🍅 🧀 This recipe is a website exclusive. You might see it in an upcoming cookbook. Meanwhile, there are dozens of other party-inspiring, vintage-style recipes to choose from in my first best-selling cookbook. Order your copy today. Bonus recipe: From Pillsbury's Entertainment Idea Handboo

Here are some dee-luscious pumpkin spice BBQ sandwiches for your next tailgate! The addition of coconut extract adds a secret something you can't quite put your finger on, but is impossible to resist. Highly recommended. This dish takes a little time but believe me, it's worth it! 🐷 🥥 🏈 This recipe is a website exclusive. You might see it in an upcoming cookbook. Meanwhile, there are dozens of other original, tempting main dishes and autumn-appropriate recipes to choose

Dip dip hooray! When in doubt, dip it out! Did I mention, I'm feeling dip-erific?! 🧀 🧅 🥒 🫑 🌶️ 🧀 Recipes for my Summer Dip Party! Brian’s Classics: Onion Dip, Roquefort Dip, and Pimento Cheese WGN 9 Lunchbreak June 4, 2025 12:35 pm Tune in to all the action right here! 🧀 🧅 🥒 🫑 🌶️ 🧀 From "The Infinite Feast: How to Host the Ones You Love—Recipes from the Big Easy . . . and Beyond" by Brian Theis, 2020 Click here for more on my best-selling cookbook! ________________

I love the idea of baking a snowman cake, frosting and decorating it and just putting it in the middle of a table so kids can have a...

November 6th is National Nachos Day, but EVERY day can be nachos day with my three tempting new recipes. I created these for FOX5's Good Day New York, for my first ever appearance on the show with their great hosts, Curt Menefee and Rosanna Scotto. This photo is of Curt making his Frito Pie Nachos! Of all the things I cook, one of my very favorites is party appetizers. It’s certainly what so many of my friends know me for, thanks to all my big summertime and Christmas parties

What do you do when it's "I have all this leftover pumpkin" season? Here's one answer: my Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting! (Canned pumpkin purée of course works in place of a leftover puréed "pie pumpkin" as well.) There are so many fun ways to decorate them. I created this recipe especially for PIX11 TV, New York City. In my best-selling cookbook there are of course plenty of other irresistible desserts, especially in the Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christ

I just love my collection of vintage cupcake picks! They're great to decorate muffins, appetizers, cupcakes, and so much more. I get them...

Here are the latest festive ideas from my treasure box, " The 2 in 1 International Recipe Card Collection for Mixed Drinks and Hors...