The Best #CookIt Photos From the Past Week

Which came first: The Instagram photo or the Epi article? Sometimes we're not even sure. So keep the great #CookIt photos posting and we'll keep the presses rolling. This week's rolodex of inspiration includes Oscars bites, Teigen's tomatoes, and a pie covered in leaves.

By Joe Sevier

March 1, 2016

Tag your Instagram photos #cookit for a chance to be featured here every Tuesday.

Creamy custard + Campari syrup = A winning combo

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This saucy minx comes from the cookbook our own Paula Forbes reviewed just last week.

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The only time it's acceptable to eat magenta.

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A wedge for breakfast, and a wedge for lunch, and a wedge for dinner, and a wedge for midnight. Repeat.

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Spring is Coming.

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A veritable garden of cocktail-party–worthy desserts.

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We love noodle bowls too!

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Add some pop to your corn.

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#CampfireEnvy

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For when stray foliage in your dessert isn't such a bad thing.

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Following stints at StarChefs and Saveur, Joe joined Epicurious in 2016 where he’s written about how to make the very best biscuits, the singularity of third-culture cooking, and the ultimate cream cheese frosting. Currently, he works across both BA and Epi as the senior SEO editor for cooking stories, which ... Read More

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