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Testers' Choice is our way of pointing up recipes that have been cooked, poked, and prodded to perfection by our crackerjack team of nearly 100 testers. These dishes deliver above and beyond expectation. Eat with confidence.

Yucatan-Style Slow-Roasted Pork

Yucatan-Style Slow-Roasted Pork

This roasted pork is so tender, so rich with annatto, cumin, garlic, cilantro, and smoked paprika flavor, it’s hard not to shout, “Come to mamacita.”

Chocolate Mousse

Chocolate Mousse

This seemingly sophisticated chocolate fix draws on just two ingredients, each a pantry staple, and comes together in minutes. Not that anyone’d guess this from tasting it.

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  • 5 M
  • 20 M
  • 13
Macaroni and Cheese with Crunchy Crumb Topping

Macaroni and Cheese with Crunchy Crumb Topping

This classic mac n cheese melds Cheddar and butter and milk, oh my, before being baked to bubbling, crumb-topped, ridiculously indulgent goodness.

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  • 25 M
  • 1 H
  • 19
Turkey Cutlets with Marsala

Turkey Cutlets with Marsala

Simple enough to commit to memory, this tipsy turkey cutlet recipe takes only 15 minutes yet tastes like you slaved for hours. We won’t tell if you don’t.

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  • 10 M
  • 15 M
  • 7
Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

This little bit of heaven is exactly what it purports to be: a smooth, rich confection made from a strawberry Philly cream cheese cheesecake.

Pumpkin Seed Mole | <em>Mole Verde</em>

Pumpkin Seed Mole | Mole Verde

This mole recipe is know as mole verde, and is bright with cumin, oregano, onion, tomatillos, garlic, jalapenos, cilantro, and epazote. If there’s mole, there’s a party.

Congo Bars

Congo Bars

Better known as seven layer bars, this bewitching stack of graham cracker crumbs, sweetened condensed milk, chocolate, coconut, and nuts just may exceed your childhood memories.

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  • 10 M
  • 40 M
  • 33
French Newlywed Soup

French Newlywed Soup

This luxurious white bean soup, loaded with garlic aplenty, is served to newlyweds in bed the morning after…um, well, you know. Sustenance, people. Sustenance.

Open-Face Egg Sandwich

Open-Face Egg Sandwich

We know. You already have an egg salad sandwich recipe. But trust us, it’s nothing like this one, which is whoppingly old school in taste, blissfully healthful in every other way.

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  • 10 M
  • 25 M
  • 20
Chocolate-Coconut Macaroon Pies

Chocolate-Coconut Macaroon Pies

These little cups of toasted coconut, full of creamy dark chocolate, are like chocolate-dipped macaroons in reverse: lots of chocolate and a little coconut.

Coconut Cake

Coconut Cake

Flaunting an ever-practical, always-stunning, goes-with-anything white, this froufrou coconut cake livens up holidays, dinner parties, bridal showers, weddings, birthdays, and Tuesday nights.

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  • 25 M
  • 1 H, 15 M
  • 22
A Trio of Deviled Eggs

A Trio of Deviled Eggs

Lovely is all we can think to say of this bevy of deviled eggs: classic, smoked salmon, and lightly truffled. Our favorite? Nope, we’re not going there.

Herbed Ricotta Dip with Vegetables

Herbed Ricotta Dip with Vegetables

True story: This luscious little number inspired one toddler to dip and dunk his way through an entire bag of baby carrots. An entire bag. Behold, the power of the dipper!

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  • 20 M
  • 20 M
  • 6
Minted Fresh Peas

Minted Fresh Peas

Clap of hands. Is there anything that screams spring more than these lightly buttered peas with a wee bit of cooling mint on top? We think not.

Rabbit Confit

Rabbit Confit

Fear not. This Bugs Bunny rabbit confit is so delicious, so falling-off-the-bone tender, you’ll soon forget the cartoon. But, please, never forget your manners.

Asparagus Tart

Asparagus Tart

A simple, sophisticated tart with an eggy cheese filling, a shatteringly crisp phyllo crust, and those much-coveted spring spears.

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  • 20 M
  • 1 H
  • 2
Spring Lamb with Rosemary

Spring Lamb with Rosemary

This spring lamb recipe is the perfect dish to usher in the warm weather. Nothing but rosemary, garlic, salt, pepper, and a tour of duty in the oven.

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  • 15 M
  • 1 H, 45 M
  • 7
Brioche

Brioche

Is there a more perfect breakfast? These glorious, golden brown brioche get their glow from lots of egg yolks and a healthy amount of butter.

Spoon Bread

Spoon Bread

From the cooking icon Edna Lewis, this light, airy spoon bread whispers, in that inimitable Southern way, to be included on tables everywhere. Even in the North.

Hog Island Grilled Cheese

Hog Island Grilled Cheese

This much-ballyhooed ‘wich from Hog Island Oyster Bar in San Francisco is stuffed with fromage blanc, Gruyere, Cheddar, and Harvarti. Talk about the stuff romance is made from…

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  • 10 M
  • 30 M
  • 17