Connie Lewis, Recipe Tester

Chicken is coaxed to incredible taste and tenderness in this stew of sorts made healthful with root vegetables. Simple to make. Complex in taste. Unforgettable all around.

• (5)
• 25 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 25

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

• (3)
• 35 M
• 1 H
• 8

The words “orange chicken” used to make us think of gloppy Chinese takeout—until we tried this orange chicken.

• (2)
• 40 M
• 2 H, 40 M
• 15

Quick, easy, healthful, spectacular in terms of taste, and exactly what you need these last couple of Fridays before Easter.

• (2)
• 20 M
• 30 M
• 10

Yoohoo, you who’s trying to eat more healthfully, start cramming carrots in your pieholes with this satisfying little number.

• (1)
• 10 M
• 10 M
• 2

This is definitely not the roast chicken of our childhood. And with all due respect, we couldn’t be happier about that.

• (1)
• 15 M
• 2 H
• 4

Mast-o-khiar. Sounds more like a medieval torture device than a chic cucumber and yogurt dip. But we assure you, it’s the latter.

• Quick Glance
• 10 M
• 20 M
• 4

Michel Richard lets loose with some fanciful flourishes in fashioning this lovely lemon meringue pie-inspired tart.

• (2)
• 1 H
• 1 H, 30 M
• 6

What’s chrain, you ask? It’s a heck of a traditional condiment with a bite to it. And it’s coming to a holiday table near you.

• (4)
• 15 M
• 1 H
• 23