Kristen Kennedy, Recipe Tester

We could blather on and on and on about this surprising and stunning (and stealthy healthy) riff on a Southern classic that everyone is swearing is the best cornbread they’ve ever had. But you best experience it for yourself.

• 15 M
• 50 M
• 51

This warm-from-the-oven cocktail party nosh is the ideal melding of sweet, spicy, and savory. An ideal cocktail party (or pre-Thanksgiving dinner) nosh.

• 5 M
• 20 M
• 3

This is the real deal: a proper, old-fashioned roast turkey. Relying on water-soaked cheesecloth gives the bird crisp skin and moist, juicy meat.

• 45 M
• 5 H
• 39

If we had to choose just one roast chicken to spend the rest of our lives with, this would be the one.

• 15 M
• 2 H
• 72

Brisket, short ribs, and chuck. When melded in just the right proportions, as here, they turn out the most luxe made-from-scratch burger we’ve ever experienced.

• 50 M
• 1 H
• 17

Dessert for breakfast. That’s the best we can do to convey–in words as opposed to contented moans, anyways–what this maple-candied bacon recipe means to us.

• 10 M
• 45 M
• 1

Cloudy with a chance of sprinkles. That’s our forecast for anyone who wishes to recreate the sugar cookies of their childhood.

• 25 M
• 3 H, 30 M
• 6

Bet you’ve already got everything you need for this frugal pantry pasta. All you need now is 15 minutes to pull it together.

• 10 M
• 20 M
• 12

Dare you to try something different from your usual summer grilling routine. These lamb burgers are juicy, tender, and filled with flavor from herbs and spices.

• 35 M
• 2 H, 30 M
• 2

Light, airy, and oh-so-eggy, each popover rises to extreme heights, thanks to this recipe from Neiman Marcus. Serve these in place of bread for a special treat.

• 30 M
• 3 H
• 4

The most failproof way we know to get everyone to eat their veggies…and just about anything else you choose to dip or dunk or douse with this quick and easy Thai-inspired sauce.

• Quick Glance
• 15 M
• 20 M
• 0

A Mediterranean classic that’s healthy as can be although you’d never guess it from the indulgent taste.

• 40 M
• 2 H, 45 M
• 4

Flecked with vanilla seeds, this classic pound cake is ridiculously rich and oh so satisfying with its tender crumb and its knee-wobbingly crisp outer edges.

• Quick Glance
• 20 M
• 1 H, 20 M
• 3

Made with the requisite mustard and mayonnaise for classic deviled egg traditionalists. And bacon drippings and Sriracha for the rebels in the rest of us.

• 25 M
• 1 H
• 6