Emily Olson, Recipe Tester

This spice cake is soaked with rum syrup, making a lovely, albeit slightly boozy, gift when wrapped in parchment and tied with a bow.

• 15 M
• 1 H
• 15

1. Turn your glut of garden tomatoes into this sauce. 2. Stash it in the freezer. 3. Thank yourself come winter.

• 10 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 20

Pink preserves were never so pretty—or so easy—as this foolproof recipe that relies on just four ingredients and an occasional stir. No prior canning experience required.

• 45 M
• 2 H
• 85

We know. You already have an egg salad sandwich recipe. But trust us, it’s nothing like this one, which is whoppingly old school in taste, blissfully healthful in every other way.

• 10 M
• 25 M
• 10

A chili that you can dress up or down, whether you need something really impressive for game day or relatively inexpensive for Tuesday night dinner.

• 30 M
• 1 H, 20 M
• 3

Ideal for lazy weekends as well as harried weekdays, these soft-boiled eggs are cooked to perfection in less than five minutes. You’re welcome.

• 5 M
• 5 M
• 33

A classic, perfected. (Yes, we know, you’ve been promised this before by others. But we mean it.)

• 15 M
• 1 D, 1 H
• 29

There’s a week or two midsummer when blueberries and tomatoes hit their peak. That’s the time to make this salad. Ready? Go!

• Quick Glance
• 15 M
• 15 M
• 0

We’re hearing that this all-natural rendition of red velvet cake surpasses the artificially dyed classic. See for yourself, grown ups.

• 45 M
• 1 H, 20 M
• 20

“The best biscuits I’ve ever had!” is what we’re hearing from many, many, many folks who just can’t help but exclaim when they try these buttery biscuits.

• 15 M
• 35 M
• 11

With apologies to the politically correct, the froufrou, girlie-girl semblance of this recipe is just a guise. Trust us. It’s an unadulterated, manly man’s chili.

• 35 M
• 1 H, 50 M
• 23

Definitely a nonconformist, this beauty of a burger melds lamb, pork, grilled onion, mustard, parsley, dill, fennel, cumin, lemon, and scallion. We dare you.

• Quick Glance
• 30 M
• 45 M
• 8

The antithesis of gazpacho, this robust soup jumbles tomatoes and onion and balsamic and blasts them in the oven for unparalleled cool weather comfort.

• Quick Glance
• 20 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 0

Essentially eggs scrambled with chips and salsa, chilaquiles is equally enticing in the a.m. as the p.m., with a cup of hot joe or a bottle of cold cerveza.

• 25 M
• 25 M
• 21