Acclaimed LA pastry chef Valerie Gordon is wise in all things sweet, including how to give the ultimate expression of care to a loved one: a homemade dessert. Her sour cream cake with a berry compote sounds fancy, but with a few tricks from her and an extra helping of FAGE sour cream to take it over the tangy top, you will be making it all season long.

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Every year, chef Francis Ang travels to the Philippines to spend a few months on R&D and bring back new flavors for his pop-up restaurant Pinoy Heritage in San Francisco. This recipe for lamb adobo empanadas was something he picked up on his travels in the north. It starts with a fragrant star anise-spiced adobo made from a mix of lamb shoulder and unctuous belly. Then comes an achiote-scented rice flour dough—with a little help from Anolon’s Infinity Slide™ nonstick technology, it’s a snap to get out of the pan. The result: savory, tangy, crunchy little fried parcels of goodness.

Anna Posey started cooking after art school, and art and design flow through all of her creations as pastry chef/owner of Elske in Chicago. Check out how she makes the most of peak berry season using fresh, preserved, and freeze-dried strawberries to contrast a cool scoop of Planet Oat sherbet.

Chef Michael Ferraro masterfully maxes out classic comfort foods like burgers, burrata omelettes, and fried chicken, so who else would we turn to for a perfect onion dip recipe? The key? Quadruple the alliums by folding together deeply caramelized onions, garlic, fresh chives, and shallots into a super thick and rich FAGE Sour Cream base.