Michael Shoup, Recipe Tester

This Southern melding of pie and pudding is obscenely, ridiculously rich. Oh, Lord, just take us now.

• (1)
• 1 H, 45 M
• 5 H
• 10

Choriqueso = chorizo (spicy Mexican sausage) + queso (Spanish for cheese) melted into a puddle in a skillet. Perfect for dipping.

• (1)
• 10 M
• 10 M
• 10

Bourbon-spiked, butterscotch-coated, bacon-gilded popcorn raises the bar to a whole new level of hopelessly irresistible.

• Quick Glance
• 30 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 0

This unexpected yet enticing melding of sweet and smoky makes for a sassy summer dessert you’ll be craving year round.

• (1)
• 30 M
• 6 H
• 8

What to make next time you throw a have-folks-over-to-crowd-in-front-of-the-game-on-the-flat-screen party.

• (1)
• 1 H, 15 M
• 10 H
• 4

Know that elusive balance of crisp yet moist, sorta sweet but with some heat, that most wings fail miserably to achieve? These nail it.

• Quick Glance
• 15 M
• 1 H
• 0

This is definitely not the roast chicken of our childhood. And with all due respect, we couldn’t be happier about that.

• (1)
• 15 M
• 2 H
• 4

Salsa masquerading as salad, this recipe for kachumbari (say it with us, ka-chum-bar-i) is from Kenya, not Mexico. Surprise!

• (1)
• 10 M
• 10 M
• 8

Sweetly tart and laced with spice, this huckleberry (or blueberry, if you’d rather) crisp recipe is gonna rock your world.

• Quick Glance
• 20 M
• 1 H
• 0