Photos: The California Cookbook’s most-downloaded recipes of 2014

One of our top 10 recipes of the year. Recipe: Buttermilk biscuits and burnt orange honey butter

Recipe: Chocolate sparkle cookies

The coconut macaroon pie from Saddlebag Lake Resort near Yosemite is easy to make. Read the recipe »  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

The tender albondigas at Cafe Sevilla are made with beef and pork and two kinds of cheese. Read the recipe »  (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

Many readers say this is truly is the best mac ‘n’ cheese recipe. Test it yourself?  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Recipe: Oven Spoonful’s chocolate chip cookies

Recipe: Tender Greens’ citrus olive oil cakes

Cauliflower steaks with romesco sauce.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Recipe: Quinoa and kale salad

Everyone will enjoy these little morsels.  (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

Spicy Moroccan carrot salad   (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times )

Recipe: Hazelnut brown butter torte with bittersweet chocolate by Karen Hatfield

Ciopinot’s “no work” cioppino  (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

Recipe: Shaved asparagus with mushrooms and Parmesan crumble

Recipe: The Wallace’s grilled cauliflower

Homemade American cheese? It’s possible and fun to make.

The most sublime pork roast is one that is cooked for a very long time at a very low temperature until the meat is so tender that it falls apart.   (Stephen Osman / Los Angeles Times)

Recipe: Euro Pane’s pear spice cake

Kale and wild rice salad with raisins and walnuts