Dawn English, Recipe Tester

Pasta made fresh according to Italian tradition is unspeakably more supple, satisfying, and gratifying than the dried-out store-bought stuff and, in fact, lovely enough to cause you to weep. Here’s how to make it at home.

• 45 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 98

Add this simple skillet mac and cheese, with its brilliant and time-saving trick we suspect you’ve never heard of, to your dinner arsenal and you just might achieve superhero status with the kids. And with yourself.

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• 15 M
• 35 M
• 0

This New England clam chowder recipe, put simply, is a classic. No other way to say it, no other way to make it.

• 25 M
• 1 H
• 17

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

• 20 M
• 50 M
• 6

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.

• 5 M
• 15 M
• 14

We got nothing against the Larabars we’ve been noshing for years. Save for the crazy price tag. Here’s a less expensive, more customizable alternative.

• 15 M
• 50 M
• 185

This classic Portuguese dessert with its tender crumb and citrus smack tastes as stunning as it looks. Swear.

• 20 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 334

“The finest peach cobbler that I have ever, or will ever, eat.” “WOW!” “An 11 out of 10.” “Magical.” That’s what folks are saying about this crazy easy peach cobbler.

• 30 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 46

Is there anything better than roasted garlic? We think not. Three ingredients. Almost no effort. And yet what results is both complex and versatile and knee-wobblingly lovely.

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• 5 M
• 1 H, 5 M
• 2

When life hands you an abundance of herbal loveliness, pull out your ice cube tray, add some olive oil, and save the loveliness for another day.

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• 5 M
• 6 H
• 0

Sweet cherries are for eating out of hand but sour cherries are for pies. Like this pie. Best darn sour cherry pie we’ve ever encountered.

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• 15 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 2

This Mexican carnitas recipe is authentic braised and fried pork that’s fall-apart-tender pork goodness ready for tacos.

• 20 M
• 2 H
• 108

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

Tart rhubarb collides with sweet blueberries to create some serious summer pie envy among strawberry rhubarb loyalists.

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• 30 M
• 3 H
• 8