Cindy Zaiffdeen

A recipe for apple cranberry crisp that can be made at a moment's notice, whenever you have extra fruit or a craving for something cozy, sweet, and crisp.

No one will ever know it's vegan...unless you tell them. All you'll experience is chocolate through and through.

Making stock from scratch was never difficult. And it just became even easier thanks to this simple yet perfect slow cooker approach.

Sweet! Gooey! Easy! Yum! Those are just a few of the lovely things we're hearing about these coconutty blonde beauties. Taste for yourself.

An exceptionally tender roast and crisp-as-can-be roasted potatoes that will make any meal memorable beyond words.

Our quest for memorable-in-a-lovely-way blueberry muffins has been decades-long and riddled with disappointment. Here's the muffin recipe that changed our tune as well as our 'tude.

Mint. Muddled. Mine. When we've got this gin-based mojito on our minds, those are about the only words we can muster. Well, maybe add "More."

Chimichurri-induced happiness can be yours with this foolproof, fuss-free, Argentine-approved answer to what's for dinner.

Shirttail cousins to corn bread, these savory cakes wooed and wowed us with their crisped edges, ethereally airy interior, and pantry-friendly frugality.

A fast-rising home-baked white sandwich loaf that tastes--dare we say it?--better than mom's. Way better. And just wait 'til you toast it.

Succulent. Crisp-skinned. Simple. If that's what you seek in a roast hen, your search stops with this ooh- and aah-inducing technique.

Americans may not know how to pronounce broccoli rabe, but Italians sure know how to cook it. Here's how they do it. Er, prego.

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.

Is there anything as sweetly satisfying as heirloom tomatoes eaten raw over the sink? Probably not. But when you tire of that, there's always this deeply satiating tactic.

Scandalously simple. Ethereally airy. Magical. That's but a sampling of what folks are saying about these two-ingredient, Southern-style cream biscuits.

Forget Robitussin. This fragrant infusion not only makes a run to the pharmacy unnecessary, but it goes down with far, far more ease than that syrupy medicinal stuff.

We'll take this sweetly tart mingling of muffin and coffee cake any time someone cares to plunk a slice down in front of us.

In this inspired Italian creation, traditional lasagna noodles are supplanted by polenta. Trust us, you'll feel no guilt nor regret over forsaking custom.

Rabe. Raab. Rapini. Call it what you will, but it's never better than when jumbled with sautéed garlic and crisped potatoes.

Does the true beauty of this cake lie in its stunning silhouette? Its intensely chocolatey chocolatiness? Or its lazy-day ease? You tell us.