Angie Hsing, Recipe Tester

These lovely latkes are crisp without, creamy within, and sweet throughout. Entirely appropriate for Hanukkah as well as a random Tuesday night…

• (1)
• 1 H, 10 M
• 1 H, 10 M
• 8

Yes, you’ve had roast vegetables. No, you haven’t had them like this, juxtaposed with nutty brown butter, the lilt of lemon, and the crunch of Marcona almonds.

• (1)
• 15 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 6

Elegance was never achieved with such ease. Simply stack cooked lasagna noodles with sautéed ‘shrooms and smother with a luxurious cream sauce. Everyday extravagance.

• (2)
• 25 M
• 25 M
• 16

There’s nothing wallflowerish about this stir-fry, not with its gingery zing of tongue-tingling, sinus-clearing, tummy-settling ginger. Nothing at all.

• (1)
• 25 M
• 25 M
• 4

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.

• (3)
• 5 M
• 2 H
• 14

Fennel turns meltingly tender and oh so sweet when slowly, slowly, slowly braised in cream, cheese, and butter. One more reason to be enamored with the holidays.

• (4)
• 10 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 14

A jumble of tastes and textures and temperatures, this towering noodle number will jolt you to your senses in a manner that only classic Vietnamese cuisine can do.

• (2)
• 30 M
• 30 M
• 12

We know. You already have an egg salad sandwich recipe. But trust us, it’s nothing like this one, which is whoppingly old school in taste, blissfully healthful in every other way.

• (2)
• 10 M
• 25 M
• 16

Is there anything that screams spring more than these lightly buttered peas with a wee bit of cooling mint on top? We think not.

• (1)
• 10 M
• 15 M
• 2

A lilt of lemon and hints of thyme dance throughout this simple risotto. The best they’ve ever tasted.

• (4)
• 30 M
• 30 M
• 19