What’s the Dad Special? It’s a meal that kids want, parents love, and dad cooks. Whether breakfast, dinner, snack, or dessert, family recipe or new tradition, ready in 15 minutes or a bubbling, all-day affair, it’s a go-to recipe that streamlines meal-prep — and often involves family bonding as a bonus. Provided to us by award-winning chefs and restauranteurs as well as regular dads across a wide variety of backgrounds, this recipe collection is intended to inspire, nourish, and make the task of feeding a family a little bit easier.
Duff Goldman’s S’more Cookies Belong In Your Holiday Rotation
Chef Scotty Scott’s New-School Red Beans and Rice
You’ll Want To Make Chef Luis Guevara Salgado’s Caldo Tlalpeño Again And Again
What An Iron Chef Prepares His Son For Breakfast
Scott Conant’s Crispy Chicken Cutlet With Melted Tomatoes Will Make Your Week
This Barbecue Fried Rice Is Sweet, Sticky, And Seriously Delicious
Bachan's Japanese Barbecue Sauce Founder Justin Gill often makes the comforting dish on frenzied nights.
What Chefs Serve For The Holidays
From a beloved cheese ball and whole-roasted cauliflower to beef bourguignon and the best almond brittle you’ll ever bite into, here’s what the pros serve at their holiday table.
Kevin Pang’s Cold Sesame Noodle Recipe Is Pure Comfort
Easy to make an infinitely customizable, the simple dish can be suited to anyone’s preference.
Andrew Zimmern's Butter-Fried Chicken Is A Crazy Good Family Meal
Elegant, easy to prepare, and extremely delicious, the recipe is one for the regular rotation.
These Nutella Stuffed Crepes Are The Perfect Saturday Morning Breakfast
Chef JJ Johnson makes them for his twins every weekend. Try it, and you’ll see why.
This Roasted Tomato Sauce Recipe Is What Your Pasta Night Is Missing
Chef Joe Flamm talks berry budgets and the hilarious (and harsh) realities of feeding small children before sharing his go-to sauce recipe.
These Parmesan-Crusted Chicken Cutlets With “Super Sauce” Will Win Over Your Kids
Courtesy of Chef Mike Friedman, it’s pretty much guaranteed to meet the approval of even the pickiest eater.
Danny Freeman’s Sheet-Pan Gnocchi Caprese Recipe Is A Summer Dish To Make Again And Again
The TikTok star, better known as DannyLovesPasta, discusses his rise to fame and parenting hopes before sharing a 20-minute recipe perfect for busy weeknights.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s Ground Beef & Pickle Tacos Recipe Will Win You Over
The actor and dad of two talks about his new podcast, Dinner’s On Me, and how fatherhood has changed him before sharing a unique taco recipe that’s a family staple.
Aaron Franklin's Firepit Ribeye Will Be The Star of Your Summer BBQ
The legendary pitmaster shares his recipe for a côte de boeuf, which he dry brines before letting the flames do their work.
