Kim Venglar, Recipe Tester

Is anything more soothing than standing before a burbling pot of Marcella Hazan’s Bolognese sauce? (Hint: Our answer is absolutely not.)

• (40)
• 20 M
• 6 H
• 225

This classic, hearty, homey dish—just like something your grandma used to make but better—is an ideal one-pot meat-and-potatoes meal. Includes oven as well as slow cooker instructions.

• (4)
• 30 M
• 4 H
• 23

This pork loin, with its fennel and garlic rub and apples and onions roasted on the same sheet pan, is about to become your new favorite supper salvation.

• (23)
• 20 M
• 1 H, 20 M
• 72

This simple yet luxurious pasta supper comes together with exceptional ease thanks to skinny strands of quick-cooking angel hair pasta that are tossed with ingredients you probably already have on hand.

• (1)
• 15 M
• 20 M
• 1

This Italian classic is gonna bring ease to your everyday supper situation with its understated complexity and undeniable frugality.

• (3)
• 5 M
• 20 M
• 14

And, on the eighth day, there was gianduia (zhahn-doo-yah). Namely, hazelnuts harmoniously cozying up to chocolate. Aka Nutella. And the world has been a more glorious place ever since.

• (2)
• 25 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 4

“Best brownies” is a bold assertion. Yet these merit exactly that distinction. Shatteringly crisp on top, fudgy in the center, and intensely chocolatey through and through.

• (35)
• 15 M
• 30 M
• 192

Impressive yet easy to make and arguably the best way to make a porterhouse steak at home. And no setting off the fire alarm. Here’s how.

• (1)
• 20 M
• 45 M
• 1

Brings back memories of that sticky, cloyingly sweet blueberry syrup from breakfasts at the diner as a child. Yet recreates it with so much more class.

• Quick Glance
• 15 M
• 25 M
• 2

Cute as a button, and not much bigger, these buttery, bacony scones are the most diminutive and darned good biscuits we’ve had in recent memory. Maybe ever.

• (1)
• 30 M
• 45 M
• 31