Jeremy Schweitzer, Recipe Tester

Cold outside? Baby, come inside where there’s beef slowly braising in a heady mix of Italian red wine, garlic, tomatoes, thyme, and rosemary.

• (7)
• 1 H, 40 M
• 5 H, 10 M
• 14

Elegance was never achieved with such ease. Simply stack cooked lasagna noodles with sautéed ‘shrooms and smother with a luxurious cream sauce. Everyday extravagance.

• (2)
• 25 M
• 25 M
• 16

Unspeakably more nuanced than takeout Thai, these stir-fried noodles boast a sigh-inducing balance of salty, sour, and sweet. In other words, it’s the real deal.

• (1)
• 35 M
• 1 H
• 10

There’s nothing wallflowerish about this stir-fry, not with its gingery zing of tongue-tingling, sinus-clearing, tummy-settling ginger. Nothing at all.

• (1)
• 25 M
• 25 M
• 2

Quiche for one? It sounds a lot more ambitious than it actually is. It’s truly a cinch to make. So go on. Love yourself a little. Or a lot.

• (1)
• 15 M
• 1 H
• 4

Summer at its simplest, not to mention it’s most splendid, seeing as how five minutes of effort yields a meal that rivals round-trip tickets to Italy.

• (7)
• 20 M
• 50 M
• 33

Dark chocolate cake stacked high and smothered with gooey caramel and coconut and pecans. Don’t mind if we do.

• (3)
• 1 H
• 1 H, 30 M
• 48

After trying this Southern good-luck charm of black-eyed peas, we say forget the luck. Just pass more of these peas, please.

• (1)
• 20 M
• 2 H
• 4

The much-ballyhooed Italian Christmas classic, Feast of the Seven Fishes, stars one fish in Domenica Marchetti’s home. Calamari. And it’s the centerpiece of her Christmas Eve dinner.

• (1)
• 45 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 7

We’ve got a confession to make. This isn’t quite ice cream. Or frozen yogurt. It falls somewhere blissfully in between.

• Quick Glance
• 20 M
• 40 M
• 4