Recent Recipes
Our latest from the kitchen
Carrot Cake Cheesecake Bars
The dessert that looks fancy but isn’t complicated Carrot cake is having a moment, and...
Carrot Cake Cheesecake Bars
The Story Carrot cake is having a moment, and I’m here for it. But instead...
Spring Pea & Prosciutto Risotto
The Story Risotto has this reputation for being difficult, but it’s really just rice and...
Fudgy Hot Cross Bun Brownies
The Story Hot cross buns are an Easter tradition, and brownies are always a good...
Bunny-Shaped Biscuits with Ham Salad
The Story Easter biscuits are the kind of recipe that kids remember. They’re cute, they’re...
Lemon Herb Roasted Chicken
The Story A whole roasted chicken is the recipe I come back to when I...
Creamy Cottage Cheese Pasta
The Story The cottage cheese trend hit our kitchen at exactly the right moment: I...
Easter Morning Carrot Cake Pancakes
The Story Easter morning is chaos in the Whitaker kitchen. The kids are bouncing, everyone’s...
Hot Honey Deviled Eggs
The Story Deviled eggs show up at every Easter dinner I’ve ever been to, and...
Welcome to From Hearth to Stove
I’m Maggie — a mom of three in rural Ohio, cooking out of a 1970s farmhouse kitchen with a drafty window and a dog who thinks he’s a sous chef. My grandmother, Nana Ruth, taught me that the best recipes aren’t the fanciest ones — they’re the ones that bring people back to the table. So that’s what I do here: I take the recipes everyone’s excited about and make them the way they’d make sense in a real family kitchen. Warmer. Simpler. Built to feed people you love.
Not sure where to start? Head to all our recipes, browse our comfort food and weeknight dinners, or pull up a chair with the Whitaker Family Prayer Book. If you’re shopping for your kitchen, I keep an honest list of the tools I actually use. And if you’d like to know the woman behind the apron, that’s over here.