Elsa M. Jacobson, Recipe Tester

Simple yet spectacular green beans thanks to the perfect technique from Alain Ducasse.

• (1)
• 10 M
• 20 M
• 4

A boozy cousin to pimento cheese, this beer cheese is essential entertaining fare during football season. And, actually, outside football season.

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• 25 M
• 4 H, 25 M
• 2

Rest assured, this chocolate sandwich with a French accent is a far cry from Wonder bread and Hershey’s. Oooooh sooooo far.

• (1)
• 5 M
• 5 M
• 4

A cheesy and indulgent sandwich that’s still surprisingly healthful thanks to a respectable amount of vegetables. Which means you can feel virtuous without needing to be abstemious.

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• 20 M
• 45 M
• 0

Made with honey, ginger, apple cider vinegar, cinnamon, and cayenne, this sweet sipper is incomparably better than those blechy-tasting, over-priced, brand-name cold medicines.

• (1)
• 5 M
• 5 M
• 4

All the awesomeness of Buffalo wings. All the virtuousness of cauliflower. You can have it all with this game day recipe.

• (2)
• 15 M
• 1 H
• 15

“Amazing.” “Wonderful.” “Warm satisfaction.” “Won the make-it-again award.” “Easy.” “Quick.” That’s what we’re hearing about this luxuriously satiating soup.

• (5)
• 30 M
• 1 H
• 20

So-called “caramelized onions” that take just 20 minutes to turn a limpid softness and a pale golden are no substitute for the complex sweetness of properly caramelized alliums. Here’s how to do it right.

• (1)
• 25 M
• 1 H, 25 M
• 25

This simple yet spectacular riff on coffee cake—there’s actually coffee in the cake—is rich and robust and rousing in that way only espresso can be.

• (12)
• 15 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 45

Don’t pour that last bit of eggnog down the drain! Here’s the penultimate use for it.

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• 15 M
• 12 H, 15 M
• 0

A contemporary riff on an old-fashioned classic that has a perfect balance of spices and a light, pillowy texture and the zing of fresh ginger.

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• 25 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 0

Easy and healthy (well, SORTA healthy), these carrot cake pancakes can be made either simple or stunning depending on how you choose to stack them. Memorable either wa

• (2)
• 1 H
• 1 H
• 4

We used to get our gratins and scalloped potatoes confused. But then we tried this gratin. Guess which one is now our favorite?!

• (2)
• 25 M
• 2 H
• 4

Doesn’t get much simpler than this make-ahead cranberry sauce. Simply simmer cranberries, sugar, and orange until you hear a “Pop!” Then slide it in the fridge. Your work is done.

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• 5 M
• 15 M
• 20