Rita Reino-Kinch, Recipe Tester

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

• (3)
• 1 H, 15 M
• 10 H
• 39

Comfort fusion food for the soul, this reflects both the frugality of Italian peasant food yet also respects the essential nature of cheese in Swiss and French cooking.

• (2)
• 30 M
• 45 M
• 4

Perhaps the easiest and most elegant dinner conceivable. Here’s how to cook your pricey (and worth every penny) sea scallops to perfection.

• (4)
• 10 M
• 15 M
• 27

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 this ice cream, please.

• (1)
• 25 M
• 35 M
• 14

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

• (3)
• 25 M
• 1 H
• 10

Why spend half your paycheck on pricey infused waters when you can make them at home? It’s easy, inexpensive, and lovely.

• (2)
• 5 M
• 8 H, 5 M
• 4

This white cake has an understated elegance thanks to its tender crumb and lovely nuanced taste that everyone is calling unforgettable in the best possible way. Proof that basic doesn’t mean boring.

• (2)
• 25 M
• 45 M
• 81

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

• (3)
• 5 M
• 5 M
• 5

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

• Quick Glance
• 15 M
• 45 M
• 0

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.

• (1)
• 20 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 8