Kim Venglar, Recipe Tester

A toasted bun cradling sweet-as-can-be lobster swaddled in mayo. Just like what you’ll find along the winding highways and byways of coastal Maine.

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• 25 M
• 35 M
• 17

One part oatmeal cookie, one part peanut butter cookie, one part chocolate chip cookie, and all parts irresistibly awesome.

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• 4

This homey chocolate bread pudding transcends its arguably homey origins of brioche, milk, cream, sugar, eggs, and bittersweet chocolate.

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• 30 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 4

Why spend half your paycheck on pricey infused waters when you can make them at home? It’s easy, inexpensive, and lovely.

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• 5 M
• 8 H, 5 M
• 2

How to make head-turning, crowd-pleasing ribs? Simple. Smoke ’em low and slow according to this straightforward and boozy recipe.

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• 5 H
• 8

Bring back memories? How about we make some new memories with whatever the heck you feel like sprinkling on top of your chocolate-covered bananas? After all, you’re an adult. You get to decide.

• 15 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 4

Not a lot has changed since you last had this after-school classic. It’s still easy. It’s still quick. And it’s still gosh darned comforting as heck.

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• 30 M
• 8

Slightly tart and eminently easy, this tomatillo sauce makes ample so you can stash some in the fridge for later. Cook once, eat twice.

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• 1 H, 15 M
• 11

These spice-rubbed grilled pork chops get their awesomeness from a mix of coriander seeds, chipotle chile powder, ground cumin, smoked paprika, and mustard powder. Perfection.

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• 25 M
• 0

Whether you have unripe berries, overripe berries, or an abundance of the season’s most fragrant berries, say hello to your sweetly sticky solution.

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• 13

Store-bought potato chips, cheese, and black pepper. Our only question is: Why didn’t we think of this sooner? Genius.

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• 15 M
• 0

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

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• 23

This grilled chicken for tacos gets a little tipsy after being doused with tequila, then takes a cold shower in the form of cilantro-chile mayonnaise and a squeeze of lime.

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“Best brownies” is a pretty bold assertion. Yet these chewy fudge brownies from David Lebovitz merit it.

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