Emily Olson, Recipe Tester

We’re hearing that this red velvet cake recipe with its mascarpone and cream cheese frosting surpasses all other renditions. Judge for yourself.

• (3)
• 1 H
• 2 H
• 32

There’s a week or two midsummer when peak blueberry and tomato seasons overlap. You’ve been warned. Go.

• Quick Glance
• 15 M
• 15 M
• 0

Preserves were never so pretty in pink—or so easy to make—as with this foolproof old-fashioned recipe that relies on just four ingredients and an occasional stir. No prior canning experience required. Swear.

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• 45 M
• 2 H
• 117

Essentially eggs scrambled with chips (or day-old tortillas) 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.

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• 26

“The best biscuits I’ve ever had!” is what we’re hearing from many, many, many folks who when they first try these easy no-rolling-required biscuits. Amen to that.

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• 15 M
• 35 M
• 13

Kalamata olives lend this no-knead bread ample flavor while a long, slow rise brings it a bakery-quality crumb.

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• 15 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 53

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

• (1)
• 10 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 22

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.

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• 10 M
• 25 M
• 16

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

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• 15 M
• 1 H
• 25

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.

• (1)
• 30 M
• 1 H, 20 M
• 3