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A dark grey rectangular baking dish half filled with four cheese macaroni and cheese and a metal spoon lifting a scoop out.

Four Cheese Macaroni and Cheese

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Too much of a good thing can be wonderful. Witness this macaroni and cheese with fontina, Gorgonzola, pecorino, and Parm.

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Pan Seared Chicken Breast

Pan Seared Chicken Breast

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Shatteringly crisp skin. Tender meat. And a stovetop that isn’t spattered with grease. This is gonna change your weeknight chicken game.

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A skillet filled with pan seared scallops cooked in butter

Pan Seared Scallops

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Perhaps the easiest and most elegant dinner conceivable. Here’s how to cook your pricey (and worth every penny) sea scallops to perfection.

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A classic apple pie with one-quarter missing, topped with a scoop of ice cream, and three forks in the empty pie spot.

Classic Apple Pie

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The secret to this classic? Could be the two types of apples, one tart and one sweet. Then again, the uber buttery pie crust ain’t bad, either.

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  • 3 H
  • 32
Sheet pan of oven-roasted chicken thighs, topped with salt and pepper

Oven Roasted Chicken Thighs

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“Simple.” “Perfect.” “The moistest chicken with the crispest skin we’ve ever had.” That’s what folks are saying about this easy peasy, crowd-pleasing, weeknight-friendly technique.

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Two white bowls filled with lentil and escarole soup with a jar of olive oil on the side

Lentil and Escarole Soup

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Truly the epitome of classic rustic Italian cooking. Here’s to the simple things in life that taste anything but simple.

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A rack of slow cooker ribs on a cutting board with four single ribs cut off

Slow Cooker Ribs

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All the scintillating, fall-off-the-bone magnificence of smoked ribs. None of the standing outside in the snow or sleet to tend your grill or smoker.

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A batch of vegan chocolate cupcakes on a wire rack with half of them iced and a bowl of frosting beside the cupcakes.

Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes

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Vegan chocolate cupcakes. So scrumilicious and deep dark chocolatey no one’s even going to notice they’re vegan. Swear.

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  • 45 M
  • 4 H
  • 4
A parchment-lined baking sheet with four roasted cod fillet on top of roasted potatoes slices and topped with lemon slices

Lemon Roast Fish With Potatoes

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“The epitome of success.” “Simple yet elegant.” “I definitely will be making this again and again.” That’s what folks are saying about this recipe. Sorta makes you want to try it, doesn’t it?

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Baking sheet lined with parchment and covered with easy roasted carrots and onions with burnt edges

Easy Roasted Carrots

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Four ingredients and one simple technique that will leave everyone asking—maybe even demanding—you for more. A keeper of a side dish.

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  • 55 M
  • 2
A dark chocolate cream pie half covered with whipping cream with a bowl of whipping cream and a spatula resting beside the pie.

Dark Chocolate Cream Pie

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Carefully concocted to rely on less sugar than the cloying milk chocolate cream pie of our childhood, this is a far more adult-friendly, yet still spectacularly satisfying, rendition of a classic.

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  • 2 H, 30 M
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A white tray with slices of perfect baked bacon.

Baked Bacon

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A ridiculously easy way to cook bacon for a crowd. No fuss. No standing at the stovetop. No spatters.

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