Recipe Review: Mother's Day Fritatta

Check out our editors' picks for this week's top food section recipes.

NY Mag
This spring veggie is in season — add some asparagus to Mona Talbott's asparagus and pastina soup.

LA Times
Sweet potato pancakes
are a smash for breakfast, especially when made with a brown sugar butter sauce. 

NY Times
Twice-cooked duck
with pea shallots is perfect for date night.

San Francisco Chronicle
A chocolate kulfi, a traditional Indian dish, is made sweet with heavy cream and semisweet chocolate.

NPR
Add roasted red pepper to your souffle bites for an elegant appetizer.

Chicago Tribune
An easy Mother's Day dessert — and one that can be made with youngsters? Petit fours. 

Seattle Times
Add the Ethiopian spice berbere to your chicken burgers

Portland Press-Herald
For a Mother's Day brunch she won't forget, make a Mediteranean fritatta

Washington Post
This Miami Beach sour cream cake is rich with almond and lemon flavors. 

Wall Street Journal
For "mom and pop" pulled pork, add cinegar cider, chicken broth, and plenty of barbecue sauce.