Forget bobbing for apples. Try this equally enticing apple-y endeavor instead. It requires far less effort yet yields way more caramel-cloaked gratification.

Boletus edulis–that’s the fancy-pants name for porcini–is hardly a come-hither sort of name, but with a taste like this, who cares?

This duck is so imbued with the fragrance of lychee, black tea, star anise, cardamom, and cinnamon, among other spices, there’s no room left for the quack.

These beauties aren’t unlike the classic sugar cookie in terms of ease and appeal, they’re just a littler richer, a little spicier, and a lot less expected.

Plop some hot peppers in a bottle of booze and set it aside for as long as you can resist. What could be easier? And you get bragging rights to a boozy condiment.

What we adore most about roast chicken? The fix-it-and-forget-about-it-ness of it. That and the countless ways to fancy it up. Here, one of our fuss-free favorites.

“Beautiful.” “Filled with flavors.” “A tad spicy.” “Simple.” “Perfect!” That’s just a taste of what our testers are saying about this soup. Sort of makes you want some, doesn’t it?

Words escape us as to just how incomparable this made-from-scratch grape jam is compared to store-bought. But that smile certainly says it all.

Comfort finds us in unexpected ways. And thank goodness for that–or rather, thank goodness for this not-too-sweet, subtly apple-y quick bread.

With just four ingredients in the chutney and chops that practically cook themselves, this subtly sweet twosome makes an emphatic, if easy, supper statement.

Only subtly spicy, these pork chops take on an air of intrigue with their warming and evocative aroma and taste. Certain to spark conversation, if not seconds.

Rich, buttery pecan ice cream usurps the place of vanilla gelato in this riff on an Italian classic. Consider it straight from Venice…by way of Charleston.

Turns out an old brandade can learn new tricks. Here smoked sable stands in for salt cod, bringing a smoky richness to the garlicky potato purée–to great effect.

Enchiladas that are not for the eminently indecisive, these offer you options galore–chicken, black bean, or some of each–tucked in a tortilla and smothered in sauce.

Virtuous for its simplicity as well as its versatility, the roasted sweet potato is a thing to behold–and to bejewel, whether with sugar or spice or…

A soupy, stewy, smoky chili with stealth veggie goodness galore, including the likes of zucchini, bell peppers, and more. Healthful never tasted so darn good.

A sweet little something to evoke the memory of those candies from your travels to Greece as well as those ’70 health food stores–those these are so good they’ll put the past to shame.

Why pay an absurd amount of money for a teensy little bag of shriveled apple slices when you can make them yourself? Slightly sweet, somewhat tart, eminently easy.

Jambalaya just doesn’t get any more authentic than this deeply flavored, deeply revered rendition that hails from Cajun country.

Less a recipe than a reminder of the divinely dulcet tones of roasted garlic, this little number has countless applications. Well, almost countless. We’re at 107…and still counting.