Colleen Bloxham, Recipe Tester

Maybe what the world needs is a single currency. Like jars of this sweet, rich, intense bacon jam that makes everything better.

• 15 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 96

Slightly tart and eminently easy, this tomatillo sauce makes ample so you can stash some in the fridge for later. Cook once, eat twice.

• 25 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 11

Chicken is coaxed to tenderness in beer in this braised chicken with root vegetables. Simple to make, complex in taste, prepare for kudos.

• 25 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 19

Fancy schmancy mac and cheese canapés? Why not? Plop these lovelies on a silver platter alongside flutes of Champagne or tuck them into a lunch box.

• 25 M
• 40 M
• 20

Bread. Cheese. Egg. Hot sauce. Five bucks says you’ve got the makings for this easy and oozy sandwich waiting in your kitchen.

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• 10 M
• 10 M
• 12

Mother Nature is a savvy, savvy hostess. We know this because endive makes the perfect platter-to-piehole vehicle for cheese.

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• 10 M
• 10 M
• 5

Eggs, potatoes, and not much else. That’s our weeknight salvation come suppertime on a super crazy day.

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• 25 M
• 30 M
• 6

An impressive impromptu dinner that’s done in less than 30 minutes and a cinch to clean up. You’re welcome.

• 15 M
• 20 M
• 2

This isn’t your typical sweetly gloppy barbecue sauce to squirt onto burgers or dogs. This is thinner and tangier than most and it’s something sorta special.

• 30 M
• 30 M
• 9

Stop your scoffing. This may not be conventional chili, but it’s no sissy imposter. It’s just a little subtler, soupier, and smokier.

• 35 M
• 1 H
• 6

A tuna melt is a tuna melt is a tuna melt, right? Uh, not exactly. This is a welcome departure from what we choked down as children.

• 15 M
• 25 M
• 6

No more excuses about how there’s a dearth of decent bagels in your neighborhood. Nope. Not when you can make these.

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• 3 H
• 3 H, 50 M
• 33

For something so unconventional, this combination of lamb burger, feta, arugula, cucumber, and lemon certainly tastes intuitive.

• 40 M
• 40 M
• 4

Michel Richard lets loose with some fanciful flourishes in fashioning this lovely tart—both the recipe and the artsy rendering.

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• 1 H
• 1 H, 30 M
• 6