Strawberry Rhubarb Pie with Ginger Crumb Topping

Name something more enticing than sweet-tart rhubarb-strawberry filling burbling beneath sugary spiced crumbs. That’s what we thought.

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• 30 M
• 3 H
• 7

Toaster Tarts

Even as kids we thought those packaged pastry pockets, while clever, ought to taste…better. A little less sweet. A lot less perservative-y. Just like these.

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• 45 M
• 1 H, 35 M
• 13

Semolina Pizza Dough

A little semolina goes a looooong way in lending this dough an easy-to-knead workability and a surprisingly tooth-sinking texture. (You heard us. Tooth-sinking.)

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• 20 M
• 2 H, 15 M
• 1

Coca Cola Brisket

A Southern classic, this heartachingly tender brisket draws on just four ingredients, including, um, a can of Coca Cola. Tasting is, truly, understanding. Trust us.

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• 15 M
• 3 H, 25 M
• 11

Black Coffee Ice Cream

Know how every once in a while you taste something that’s so insanely satiating that a single spoonful pretty much satisfies? Nah, neither do we. Pass the ice cream, please.

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• 25 M
• 35 M
• 12

Roast Pork in Milk

There’s a reason this stroke of Italian brilliance, which infuses a relatively cheap cut of pork with a subtle milky sweetness, is a classic. One taste and you’ll be thanking us.

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• 35 M
• 2 H, 35 M
• 17

Ciabatta

Every once in a while, along comes a loaf of bread that’s so rustic, so toothsome, so memorable it ruins every other bread experience. Here’s that loaf.

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• 30 M
• 4 H, 20 M
• 9

Leg of Lamb with Moroccan Spices

This festive Moroccan-style feast from Lynn Rossetto Kasper requires nothing more than a little patience and a lot of wet naps.

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• 45 M
• 2 H, 45 M
• 18

Super Bowl Sunday Seafood Gumbo

This Cajun standby tastes pretty swell the other 364 days of the year, too–especially if you swill a cold beer or six as you stand at the stove.

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• 1 H, 45 M
• 5 H, 15 M
• 8

Cornmeal-Bacon Waffles with Thyme-Infused Maple Syrup

Ever done a face-plant in a stack of waffles? Neither had we–until this recipe. We have a hunch you’re going to want to know them up close and personal, too.

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• 40 M
• 1 H
• 31

Flaky Croissants

Trust us. When there’s an obscenely buttery, flakey, made-from-scratch croissant before you, you’ll be glad you didn’t run out to the corner bakery.

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• 45 M
• 3 H
• 22

Blood Orange Marmalade

Find yourself a little melancholy at the impending end of citrus season? Extend the ephemeral with these puckery–and perfect–preserves.

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• 45 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 16

Congee | Jok Plaw

A simple, silken rice porridge that’s certain to soothe and salve the soul–especially those souls afflicted with a sore throat or a queasy tummy.

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• 5 M
• 2 H
• 13

Game Day Chili

With apologies to the politically correct, the froufrou, girlie-girl semblance of this recipe is just a guise. Trust us. It’s an unadulterated, manly man’s chili.

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• 35 M
• 1 H, 50 M
• 22

Cinnamon Rolls

Time to change into your baggiest sweatpants. Yup, you know, the ones with the no-longer-elastic waistband. (Hey, we”re realists.)

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• 45 M
• 3 H, 15 M
• 15

Pumpkin Lasagne

A lovely labor of love, this lasagna buries fresh pumpkin pasta beneath a classic quartet of cheeses–mozzarella, Gorgonzola, Fontina, and Parmigiano. Might wanna loosen your belt.

Concord Grape Jam

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.

Old-School Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya

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

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• 1 H
• 4 H
• 19

Buttermilk Sandwich Loaf

A fast-rising home-baked white sandwich loaf that tastes–dare we say it?–better than mom’s. Way better. And just wait ’til you toast it.

Liege Waffles

American waffles have nothing over Belgium’s best. Yet as gaufre gourmand Kimberley Lovato explains, you only think you know the real Belgian deal.