Tamiko Lagerwaard, Recipe Tester

A quietly, healthily, nuttily pleasing alternative to your same old oats. Go on. You know you want to try it. So get your quinoa on.

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• 10 M
• 40 M
• 20

These spring spears, buried beneath a behemoth of Parmesan, is making converts of even the most reticent veggie eaters.

• (1)
• 20 M
• 30 M
• 11

Jambalaya just doesn’t get any more authentic than this deeply flavored, deeply revered rendition from Cajun country.

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• 1 H
• 4 H
• 43

Who knew these buttery, airy, delicate little cakes were so simple to make…and so irresistibly delicious?! (Well, Proust, for one…)

• (1)
• 20 M
• 2 H, 30 M
• 4

Lend a little swanky to everyday spaghetti by gilding it with chunks of sweet, sweet lobster and juuuuust the perfect hit of chile pepper.

• (1)
• 30 M
• 1 H
• 12

This simple yet spectacular riff on coffee cake—there’s actually coffee in the cake—is rich and robust and rousing in that way only espresso can be.

• (13)
• 15 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 49

Sure, made-from-scratch stock like grandma used to make is frugal beyond belief. But wait till you see what it does for your cooking.

• Quick Glance
• 10 M
• 6 H
• 2

These little lovelies contain sugar and spice and everything nice–including an oh-so-buttery oat streusel and a batter so enticing you’d never, ever guess it’s good for you.

• (3)
• 20 M
• 55 M
• 14

The traditional and incendiary Thai condiment has incited quite the following. Here’s how to save yourself a trip to your local Asian market.

• (3)
• 5 M
• 7 D
• 60

Fresh figs alone, while stunning if savored by you alone in the kitchen, isn’t exactly what you want to serve guests. Here’s what you do want to offer them.

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• 10 M
• 10 M
• 14