Karen Taylor, 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.

• (6)
• 15 M
• 1 H
• 25

Mint. Muddled. Mine. When we’ve got this gin-based mojito on our minds, those are about the only words we can muster. Well, maybe add “More.”

• (1)
• 5 M
• 5 M
• 12

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

This compelling chili and Cheddar burger is what it is. No apologies. Simply wrap your hands around the messy spectacularness and settle in for the real deal.

• (1)
• 15 M
• 25 M
• 5

A quietly, healthily, nuttily pleasing alternative to your same old oats. Go on. You know you want to try it. So get your quinoa on.

• (2)
• 10 M
• 40 M
• 20

Incomparably easier than traditional English muffins yet with all the requisite nooks and crannies that God—and the British—intended.

• (2)
• 15 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 6

A better way to start your day. Uh, we mean, end your day. That’s what we meant. Yes. End it. Ahem.

• Quick Glance
• 5 M
• 10 M
• 0

This five-ingredient fix, a restaurant classic as well as a simple weeknight supper, will have you practicing your acceptance speech.

• (8)
• 15 M
• 25 M
• 18

Americans may not know how to pronounce broccoli rabe, but Italians sure know how to cook it. Here’s how they do it. Er, prego.

• (1)
• 10 M
• 1 H
• 2

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
• 4