Robert Castagna, Recipe Tester

A properly made patty melt is a hot mess that demands all your attention and a lotta napkins. Sorta as if a grilled cheese and hamburger had a love child.

• (3)
• 35 M
• 35 M
• 13

This pork loin, with its fennel and garlic rub and apples and onions roasted on the same sheet pan, is about to become your new favorite supper salvation.

• (23)
• 20 M
• 1 H, 20 M
• 72

An inspired take on a classic, this simple, sassy granola recipe is yours to follow to the letter or tweak to your (or your most picky family member’s) content.

• (5)
• 15 M
• 55 M
• 15

No, not New England clam chowder. North Carolina clam chowder. It’s a brothier, clammier, lighter chowder that lets the clamminess come through. No complaints here.

• (1)
• 30 M
• 2 H
• 6

Tastes like “bananas and blueberries and creamy icy summertime.” That’s what folks are saying about this spectacularly simple smoothie that has made converts of even avowed kale loathers.

• Quick Glance
• 5 M
• 5 M
• 2

Cute as a button, and not much bigger, these buttery, bacony scones are the most diminutive and darned good biscuits we’ve had in recent memory. Maybe ever.

• (1)
• 30 M
• 45 M
• 31

You can’t prolong summer. But you can prolong raspberry season with some lipstick-red berries, a little sugar, and this easy and unerringly helpful recipe.

• (1)
• 15 M
• 25 M
• 7

Classic white pizza meets a tangle of tender spring greens. This is sooooooooo our kinda spring detox!

• (1)
• 30 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 2

This homemade farmer cheese is rich, creamy, lovely, and crazy easy to make. Sorta like a poor man’s (or shall we say, lazy man’s) homemade ricotta. Here’s how to make it.

• (2)
• 25 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 6

A superlative version of the classic American quick bread that everyone loves. And that everyone pretty much always has the ingredients for on hand.

• (50)
• 30 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 144