In the words of at least one person who’s made these light and fluffy griddle cakes, they’re “hands-down the best pancakes I have ever made!”

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A slightly upscale version of the “moo goo gai pan” you know as the safe Chinese takeout menu option.

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Call them fried pork dumplings, Chinese dumplings, or even potstickers. Whatever you do, don’t call them difficult to make. So much easier to make than you’d ever imagine.

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No more boring oatmeal at the breakfast table. Just make a big batch, set out some unexpected yet lovely toppings, and watch things disappear.

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An elegant and easy riff on steak au poivre that’s made with duck breast rubbed with garlic and peppercorns and cooked to a magnificently rosy medium-rare.

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A yearround charmer, this is sorta like Bundt cake gone to finishing school yet retains all the comforts of home. From the justifiably famous Red Truck Bakery in rural Virginia.

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Like chicken pot pie gone to finishing school thanks to a couple simple yet significant flourishes.

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Perhaps the easiest and most elegant dinner conceivable. Here’s how to cook them to perfection.

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Baking a batch of these hazelnut-inflected, raspberry-jamwiched linzers is nothing if not a testament to your heart most definitely being in the right place.

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Traditional Portuguese rice pudding is cooked risotto-style with a lilt of citrus and the warmness of cinnamon. Easy as can be. With all the creamy richness you’ve come to expect from rice pudding.

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Intensely gooey, fudgy, crunchy-edged, gluten-free brownie loveliness that are easy to make and even easier to make disappear.

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An already soul-satisfying Middle Eastern classic made even more enticing thanks to the addition of white beans and charred vegetables.

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Easy. Healthy. And kids are proclaiming these to be better than taco night. Need we say more?!

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All the traditional of the classic Parmesan and anchovy dressing of a classic Caesar salad. But this little lovely swaps in charred sprouts for the romaine, caraway breadcrumbs in place of croutons, and adds pickled onions. Wowza.

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