Renee H., Recipe Tester

Incomparably easier than traditional English muffins yet with all the requisite nooks and crannies that God—and the British—intended.

• (2)
• 15 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 6

New York Times’ reporter Julia Moskin divulges the recipe for City Bakery’s Peanut Butter Sandies. You’re welcome.

• (3)
• 20 M
• 50 M
• 13

The words “orange chicken” used to make us think of gloppy Chinese takeout—until we tried this orange chicken.

• (3)
• 40 M
• 2 H, 40 M
• 17

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

• (23)
• 15 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 110

Pull out your slow cooker and sate yourself with this tender, sweetly spiced, subtly smoky shredded pork. And with nary any effort.

• (1)
• 30 M
• 12 H
• 2

Cajeta. It’s how you say “obscenely indulgent, ridiculously easy, and gosh darn good caramel” when you’re south of the border.

• (2)
• 20 M
• 2 H
• 11

We find this lovely, albeit subtly flavored, little number to be one of the simpler pleasures in life. We think you’ll concur.

• (3)
• 15 M
• 25 M
• 26

This sweetly spicy little number wooed us from our very first spoonful, banishing bottled barbecue sauce forever from our pantries.

• (5)
• 20 M
• 1 H
• 10

Expect a slightly ginormous, squat, thin cookie that’s chewy in the center, crisp at the edges, and uncommonly good through and through.

• Quick Glance
• 25 M
• 55 M
• 4

This panna cotta has the most luscious of textures. How to explain it? Hmmm. Sorta like swooping velvet over your tongue.

• (1)
• 20 M
• 8 H, 40 M
• 4