Larry Noak, Recipe Tester

No preservatives. No artificial coloring. Just real, honest-to-goodness ingredients—and maybe a little goldfish giddiness.

• Quick Glance
• 25 M
• 45 M
• 12

The real deal—homemade dough, homemade tomato sauce, two types of mozzarella, Parmesan cheese, and plenty of spicy pepperoni with a kick.

• 25 M
• 3 H, 30 M
• 6

This classic Italian spaghetti all’aglio e olio is going to rock your world with its understated simplicity and undeniable frugality.

• 5 M
• 20 M
• 14

Crisp skin. Succulent meat. A pervasive smokiness. And a pronounced yet balanced spice rub. That’s what you get with this smoked hen.

• 10 M
• 5 H, 30 M
• 10

“The finest peach cobbler that I have ever, or will ever, eat.” “WOW!” “An 11 out of 10.” “Magical.” That’s what folks are saying about this crazy easy peach cobbler.

• 30 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 42

Even non-pickle eaters have been wooed by these buttermilk-soaked, hot sauce-spiked, fried-until-crisp little lovelies.

• Quick Glance
• 15 M
• 15 M
• 0

Maybe what the world needs is a single currency. Like jars of this sweet, rich, intense bacon jam that makes everything better.

• 15 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 94

Admit it, you’ve probably been eating the same tired, jarred sandwich pickles for as long as you’ve been eating sandwiches. No more.

• 25 M
• 2 D
• 2

If in the beginning there was pie, it was probably chess pie seeing as it comes together soooooo simply from pantry staples.

• Quick Glance
• 30 M
• 1 H, 25 M
• 0

We pinky swear these whole wheat chocolate chip cookies don’t taste healthy. Not even remotely. Quite the contrary, actually.

• 30 M
• 1 H, 35 M
• 2

Beautiful burger buns. Were ever three words joined in such harmonious sequence? Actually, let’s add buxom and buttery.

• 25 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 38

Hot enough to make you holler. That’s how they like their fried chicken in Nashville. Who are we to argue?

• Quick Glance
• 40 M
• 55 M
• 20

Rib eye steak. Salt. Pepper. Flame. And this technique. That’s all it takes to create one of the most superlative suppers known to man.

• 40 M
• 1 H, 50 M
• 14

Bacon. Bourbon. Boom. The smokiness of cured pork lends its subtle loveliness to the South’s smoothest booze.

• Quick Glance
• 15 M
• 12 H
• 4