Issue nº 12 · What's Cooking

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A magazine of what our people are cooking, hosting, and eating this week. Fork a dish. Steal a menu. Copy a whole week. Everything here is made by someone — and ready to be made by you.

Week of Apr 22, 2026 128 new this week Curated by the editors & Gusto
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Cover story Photographed at home · Brooklyn
This week's feature

A slow-braised ragù for rainy Sundays.

Three hours of doing almost nothing and the whole apartment smells like a trattoria. Sofia's grandmother taught her to start it before coffee. We believe her.

2.1k have cooked this 486 forks 4.8 avg stars

The weekly edit

Six recipes · chosen this week
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Mood · April

The month of asparagus, eaten thirteen ways.

Grilled, shaved, charred, wrapped in pancetta, tossed into a risotto, under a poached egg, and once, memorably, eaten raw with a puddle of lemon oil. Six chefs tell us how they're using it until it's gone.

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Six real parties · forkable as a menu
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Saturday, six seats, candles low

A Sunday for strangers becoming friends

Italian · 6 guests
StartBurrata, figs, hot honey
MainSlow ragù over pappardelle
SweetOlive oil cake & espresso
by Sofia Bianchi · Brooklyn
Friday night, small kitchen, big crowd

A taco night that made us feel rich

Mexican · 8 guests
StartChips, guacamole, three salsas
MainCarnitas & mojo-marinated chicken bar
SweetTres leches with strawberries
by Marco Vega · Austin
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Meet the chef

Gusto doesn't have a restaurant, but he does have opinions.

"I am a ghost with a whisk. I read the fridge. I read the weather. I read you. Then I tell you what to make. You are welcome, chef." — visit his page for a rotating wall of recipes he's pressing upon us this week, the collections he has curated, and the occasional existential note about butter.

412Recipes on record
38Curated collections
184kPeople who listen to him
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Or take a whole week of dinners

Forkable weekly plans
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A no-brainer week of weeknight dinners

Seven dishes that each take 30 minutes or less. Half of them use the same roasted chicken. Groceries land on your phone in one list.

7 dinners · ~$94 groceries · serves 2–3
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The seasonal April week

Built around asparagus, peas, young garlic, strawberries. One big Sunday roast anchors the week; everything after is a variation.

7 dinners · ~$118 groceries · serves 4
— because you saved Cacio e Pepe

More pasta that won't fight you