Merlyn Cafaro, Recipe Tester

A list of all the recipes Merlyn Cafaro has tested.

Two halves of a tuna salad sandwich stacked on top of each other with some sliced pickles on the side on a white oval plate.

Tuna Salad Sandwich

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Tuna fish sandwiches can be made with so many variations that there’s a version for everyone. Hank Shaw walks you through a few of his faves.

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A white bowl filled with Portuguese carne assada -- braised beef, sausage, and carrots.

Portuguese Carne Assada

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A traditional Azorean dish that boasts meltingly tender oven-braised beef, potatoes, chouriço, and onions. It’s a rustic, homey, Sunday supper sorta dish from David’s VERY Portuguese mom.

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  • 1 H, 10 M
  • 6 H, 30 M
  • 10
Several slices of black bottom pecan pie next to a full black bottom pecan pie with a few forks scattered around.

Black Bottom Pecan Pie

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Ovenly’s chocolate-enhanced rendition of a classic is a revelation with its melding of several different tempting dessert elements in a single incarnation.

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Six lemon and garlic chicken kebabs piled on an oval platter.

Lemon and Garlic Chicken Kebabs

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Sorta astounding just how balanced the flavors are in these quick and easy skewers that take just a handful of everyday ingredients.

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Three chewy chocolate brownies stacked on top of each other with another leaning on the stack on a piece of parchment.

Chewy Chocolate Brownies

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Craving chewy chocolate brownies? America’s Test Kitchen has a splendid version that’s got some seriously amped-up flavor.

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A rectangular dish of easy chicken enchiladas with a spatula resting in the dish and a couple enchiladas on a grey plate beside it.

Easy Chicken Enchiladas

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An uber-quick and less traditional approach to chicken enchiladas gets you a tasty dinner, weeknight or not. The secret? Your toaster oven.

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  • 45 M
  • 1 H, 15 M
  • 0
A white bowl filled with linguine with mixed seafood, including mussels and clams.

Linguine With Mixed Seafood

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Linguine pasta, clams, mussels, langoustines, and shrimp are tossed in a light tomato-garlic sauce spiked with pepper flakes. A simple quick dinner.

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  • 45 M
  • 45 M
  • 0
A boy opening an arancini with six more cooling on a rack in front of him.

Arancini

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You’ve not experienced the true magic of leftovers ’til you’ve had these fried orbs of leftover risotto. Crisp outside. Molten inside. Delish through and through.

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  • 45 M
  • 1 H, 10 M
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