Rita Reino-Kinch, Recipe Tester

Seared scallops are perhaps the easiest and most elegant dinner in existence. Here’s how to cook them.

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• 14

Know how every once in a while you taste something that’s so insanely satiating that a single spoonful pretty much satisfies? Nah, neither do we. Pass the ice cream, please.

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• 35 M
• 12

A swoon-worthy collision of creamy cheesecake and cakey brownie and sweetly tart raspberries that you simply gotta taste to believe.

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• 25 M
• 1 H
• 8

Authentic German-style soft pretzels with dark and burnished crusts, yeasty and chewy centers, and, natch the irresistible crunch of coarse salt.

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• 10 H
• 26

Why spend half your paycheck on pricey infused waters when you can make them at home? It’s easy, inexpensive, and lovely. Think of it as sorta like sangria without the wine.

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Never has an overabundance of garden lettuces and herbs been so easily remedied—or made so memorable—as this soup.

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• 45 M
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Warning: This tart is best when consumed within a few hours of emerging from the oven. We don’t see this as being a problem.

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• 1 H, 30 M
• 6

Some days are, without a doubt, cloudy with a chance of sprinkles. Just perhaps not the sorta sprinkles you were expecting.

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• 5 M
• 5

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

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• 15 M
• 1 H
• 0

A simple, sophisticated riff on traditional mac and cheese that’s more alfredo-y than casserole-y. No complaints here.

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• 40 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 8

We beg to differ with the name of this fetching creation, as it’s far too easy to mistake “basic” for “blah.” Far more fitting, we think, is “best white cake.”

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• 65