Ayanna Fews, Recipe Tester

After tasting this richly spiced yet surprisingly nuanced recipe we asked them to try, someone suggested we change our name to “Leite’s Cauliflower.” Hmmm…

• 35 M
• 1 H
• 4

Hearty and satisfying and reheats beautifully. Our sorta winter dinner, office lunch, afternoon nosh, and midnight snack.

• 20 M
• 50 M
• 6

Crisp at the edges. Chewy within. Peanutty through and through. A classic perfected. Pass the milk, please.

• 15 M
• 1 H
• 29

This slightly sweet, subtly tangy, entirely apple-y vinaigrette recipe is going to come in far more handy than you can ever imagine.

• 5 M
• 5 M
• 6

Cue the Red Stripe and the reggae, cuz this fast and easy flavor paste makes grilled jerk chicken that’s the real deal.

• 25 M
• 2 H, 25 M
• 12

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

• 5 M
• 25 M
• 48

If you’re going to splurge on brownies, you may as well, you know, SPLURGE on brownies. But not in terms of effort or expense. Just taste. These brownies handle it splendidly.

• 10 M
• 45 M
• 4

Soft. Supple. And ever so slightly smoky. We think you can understand why we’re swooning to these bacon drippings tortillas.

• 15 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 10

Layers of vanilla cake take turns with oodles of coconut filling and the whole shebang is slathered with fluffy white icing. Uh, yes please!

• 45 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 27

This chicken stewed in garlic and cinnamon, called kota kapama, gets depth of flavor from wine, tomato paste, and Greek cheese.

• 30 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 4

Perhaps the simplest way ever to gussy up a piece of plain fish, a bland chicken breast, even out-of-season veggies.

• Quick Glance
• 5 M
• 5 M
• 0

When done right, coconut rice is an almost indescribably lovely side dish that’s ever so slightly sweet and laughably easy and incredibly versatile. Here’s how to make it.

• 10 M
• 35 M
• 4

Fine-crumbed and sparely sweet, these sophisticated little cakes do wonders for white chocolate’s tarnished reputation. Confection perfection.

• 25 M
• 1 H
• 34

Peppery greens, creamy blue cheese, and crisp pear are jumbled together with a sweetly nutty vinaigrette that’s so delicious you may just catch folks licking the plate.

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• 15 M
• 15 M
• 0