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Dubbed Company’s Comin’ Coconut Cake, this beauty of a pound cake will have you dreaming up excuses to bake dessert. Even if for no other reason than you want it.

• (7)
• 45 M
• 1 H, 20 M
• 33

Smoky mezcal and Damiana liqueur stand in for gin in this Mexican-inspired riff on the classic Negroni. Caution: You may never go back to your old ways.

• Quick Glance
• 5 M
• 5 M
• 0

Strange how such a sweetly stunning sensation can be just sugar, cream, flour, and vanilla. Couldn’t be easier—or more enticing.

• (6)
• 20 M
• 5 H
• 28

The slope and size of a wok lend popcorn kernels ample room to do their thing as they dance in hot oil and burst into fluffy perfection. (Sorta sheepish this didn’t occur to us sooner.)

• (1)
• 5 M
• 5 M
• 22

An innocent little after dinner libation that’s sorta got a suave sophisticate thing going on. Consider it a liquid lullaby.

• (2)
• 10 M
• 10 M
• 4

Forget the mixed nuts and nachos. This maple bacon is what we care to toss back while sipping a beer and

• (1)
• 15 M
• 55 M
• 4

Who knew these buttery, airy, delicate little cakes were so simple to make…and so irresistibly delicious?! (Well, Proust, for one…)

• (1)
• 20 M
• 2 H, 30 M
• 4

Your newest go-to appetizer. (Or, on lazy nights when you feel like indulging, your dinner. Don’t forget the wine.)

• Quick Glance
• 20 M
• 30 M
• 0

All the awesomeness of Buffalo wings. All the virtuousness of cauliflower. You can have it all with this game day recipe.

• (3)
• 15 M
• 1 H
• 17

The quintessential something to sip at an elegant soirée, a large party, or just because it’s a random Tuesday night.

• (1)
• 5 M
• 5 M
• 4