Weeknight Kitchen with Melissa Clark

Epic Thanksgiving Potatoes

This week’s recipe for Scalloped Potato Skillet Gratin with Gruyère, Leeks, and Black Pepper is not exactly weeknight friendly, as Melissa readily admits. However, it is

Instant Pot Mommy Food

Melissa makes her simple and slightly sinful Lemon Vanilla Rice Pudding with Whipped Cream for her mom – in the Instant Pot. She also weighs in on how to best separate eg

Grown-Up Chicken Tenders

For all of you parents who have snuck a bite off your toddler’s chicken finger, Melissa is looking out for you with her recipe for Crispy Chicken Cutlets with Kumquats an

Dueling Sheet Pans

If one sheet pan is good, then two is better, as proved by this week’s recipe for Roasted Sausage and Cauliflower with Cumin and Turkish Pepper. Melissa explains the meth

Shake Your Way to a Better Salad

Melissa is joined in the kitchen by her pal, celebrity photographer Melanie Dunea, for a lesson in making the perfect Simplest Green Salad. Melanie asks the real question

Shredded What?

You will not believe what happens to a block of extra-firm tofu when you shred it on a grater. Melissa’s recipe for Shredded Tofu with Spicy Ground Chicken and Edamame co

Up Your Chicken Game

Melissa tells us how to change our weeknight chicken game with one technique, spatchcocking, and puts it to work with her recipe for Chicken and Grapes with Sherry Vinega

Top Chef's Gail Simmons Stops By

Melissa’s friend and Top Chef judge Gail Simmons stops by to work through a recipe she first tasted in Bali. Her Shrimp and Grapefruit Salad with Ginger-Chili Dressing is

A Nibble and a Cocktail

Melissa brings us her Herbed Parmesan Dutch Baby, a delicious golden cloud of a pancake that comes puffed and fragrant from the oven. It’s great for breakfast of course,

A New Way With Salmon

Who doesn’t need another weeknight salmon recipe? Melissa has a fresh take on the world's most popular fish with her version of a classic, Vietnamese Caramel Salmon. Thir

There Are Always Eggs

Melissa comes home to an empty refrigerator save for eggs, scallions and some sad sage, and ends up showing us an amazing recipe and technique for Olive Oil Fried Eggs wi

Sheet Pan Magic

In this episode, Melissa explains why the sheet pan is a game-changer for home cooks with a simple recipe for Harissa Chicken with Leeks, Potatoes & Yogurt.

Introducing Weeknight Kitchen with Melissa Clark

A practical guide to weeknight eating from the makers of The Splendid Table. Coming September 4th.