What is Braising?

Here's how to coax tough, inexpensive cuts of meat to tenderness while imbuing them with flavor. And all without nary any effort. Here's how.

3 Ingredient Macaroni and Cheese

Mac and cheese honestly doesn't get any quicker or easier or pantry-friendlier than this 3-ingredient savior that can be tossed together with stuff you already have on hand. Certain to please.

20 mins

Panna Cotta

Panna cotta translates to “cooked cream,” which really doesn’t do justice to this creamy as sin, subtly flavored, lightly sweetened, sublime Italian classic.

8 hrs

Potato Galette

Just potatoes, butter, and salt. That's all you need to create this crisp-on-the-outside, meltingly-lush-on-the-inside French classic that's loveliness defined.

2 hrs

Edna Lewis’s Apple Cake with Caramel Glaze

Warmly spiced with a pudding-like texture, this apple cake from Edna Lewis is truly easy—just stir together by hand. And it's unforgettable for reasons that have nothing to do with its ease.

1 hr 45 mins

Chili con Carne with Beans

Inspired by Kevin’s chili con carne on The Office (and we've all been binging that on Neftlix, yeah?), this recipe from Binging with Babish is one you’ll want to make again and again and...

3 hrs 30 mins

Scrambled Eggs

Scrambled eggs. They may seem so simple as to defy a recipe. And yet sometimes a precise technique makes all the difference. Here's how to make the best ones ever.

10 mins

Coconut Candy Bars

These taste like an indulgent mash-up of Mounds candy bars, peanut butter, and graham cracker crumb crust. And chances are you already have everything you need.

45 mins

Potato Bacon Pizza

David Leite embraces his membership in the potato-loving freak camp and regales us with his latest obsession: potato bacon pizza.

1 hr 50 mins

Chocolate Mousse for One

This sophisticated chocolate fix draws on just three ingredients, comes together in minutes, and is satiating beyond belief.

20 mins

Burrata Cheese with Asparagus

A ridiculously rich, unthinkably creamy kin to mozzarella, burrata brings understated bling to every little thing. Prepare to swoon.

30 mins

Braised Pork in Red Chile Sauce

Our testers were smitten with this perfectly smoky and not-in-your-face spicy pork in red chile sauce from chef Rosa Martinez. It's a cinch to make. And a pleasure to make disappear.

2 hrs 45 mins

Bacon Fat Peanut Butter Cookies

Using bacon drippings in place of butter makes these can't-stop-at-just-one cookies both frugal and indulgent at the same time. And let's not overlook their salty, smoky, sweetly lovely taste.

45 mins

Football Cheese Ball

Going for a pigskin theme for the big game? You need this. Easy as can be to whip together and it's been described as being "disturbingly good." Too good, in fact, to let pass.

2 hrs 40 mins