Emma Rudolph, Recipe Tester

There’s cornbread. And then there’s cornbread enhanced with bacon, corn, and good ol’ bacon drippings. Just as God intended.

• 35 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 32

Chicken is coaxed to tenderness in beer in this braised chicken with root vegetables. Simple to make, complex in taste, prepare for kudos.

• 25 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 21

Halloween hot chocolate is made, quite simply, with leftover Halloween candy and milk in a saucepan. Hey, at least you’re getting your dairy. And putting a dent in the Halloween stash.

• Quick Glance
• 5 M
• 5 M
• 8

We don’t even like veggie burgers. We swear. Well, except for this deliciously irresistible, soulfully satiating riff on mushroom and barley soup.

• 20 M
• 45 M
• 11

Think there’s nothing for supper? Pull out this recipe. Then look in your pantry again. You just have to know where to look.

• 10 M
• 30 M
• 48

Some consider this Catalan classic to be the great Spanish acquisition considering how it’s so very versatile (and vegetarian).

• 20 M
• 20 M
• 19