ROMAN TAKES US THROUGH HER MOST REPOSTED RECIPES

From #thecookies to #thepasta

01 Spiced Chickpea Stew With Coconut and Turmeric

“I wanted to include chickpeas, but I didn’t intend for it to be vegan. It’s kind of a weird recipe to go viral. I don’t think #thestew would have happened without #thecookies. I think they set the hashtag trend.”

02 Vinegar Chicken With Crushed Olive Dressing

“I can tell when a recipe isn’t going to go viral: if I use ingredients that are hard to find or that people are scared of cooking, like fish. This one only required one pan, and people seem less scared of chicken.”

03 Caramelized Shallot Pasta

“I wanted to keep the ingredients cheap, and I knew I wanted to make something tomatoey. I posted a photo of a dish I made for a party on Instagram and I got a lot of requests for the recipe—usually I don’t take requests, but I made an exception for this one.”

04 Salted Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookies

“The cookies were just something I like that is simple. All of a sudden it felt like there was this secret club of people who knew about #thecookies, and then publications like

The Cut wrote about it and it took off.”