Kitchen Collaborative Recipe Roundup #10

When chefs participate in Kitchen Collaborative, they each bring a unique set of skills, experiences and ideation processes. So when multiple menu innovators begin churning out dishes within the same format or flavor profile, their collective interest often signals a trend. In this recipe roundup, sandwiches and toasts crop up multiple times; it’s worth noting that they all—even the recipe featuring lamb bacon—skew to the light side. Another common thread was the influence of Italian cuisine, with our contributing chefs sharing their own visions of fried dough balls, sausage-infused pasta noodles and pesto-injected burrata.

This edition has some wildcards, too—chile-garlic cheesecake, anyone? Dig into the following seven recipes to uncover new trends and spark fresh ideas.