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Baking these at 400°F results in brownies that are moist and fudgy on the inside with a delicate, thin crust on the outside.

For this towering crepe cake, thin crepes are stacked and sandwiched with an easy pastry cream.

This easy no-cook pastry cream requires no hand-whisking or tempering, and the ingredients don’t even have to come to room temperature.

Depending on their level of ripeness, plantains can be savory or sweet—for this sweet plantains recipe, look for mostly black ones.

As the name suggests, West Africa’s most popular form of fried dough is essentially a delectable fried pillow of airy dough.

This classic chocolate chip cookie recipe produces tender cookies with crisp, golden edges and tons of buttery, chocolaty flavor.

This easy pasta salad recipe will be the hit of your next potluck.

Our best cheesecake recipe turns out a remarkably rich, tangy, smooth, and creamy dessert.

A compelling combination of mezcal, tequila, fresh lime, ginger beer, and raspberry syrup.

While the Clover Club cocktail may have originated in the 1890s at the Bellevue Hotel in Philadelphia, where the social organization that lends the drinks its name would carouse, it’s very much a drink of the 20th century. It was then that the famously pink drink became a cultural phenomenon beyond a small set of Philly-area lawyers and business folk. It arrived in New York perhaps thanks to hotelier George Boldt, who operated both the Bellevue and the new Waldorf-Astoria. His other culinary cla.…

Raspberry syrup appears over and over in some of the most influential historic cocktail books. 

This is a perfect sipper for a warm day. The boozy sour is tempered by lots of ice and brightened by tart and tender raspberry.

The most refreshing pitcher of raspberry lemonade starts with homemade fresh raspberry syrup.

This chilaquiles recipe is the blueprint for one of my favorite comfort foods. It’s a great way to use up tortillas (or tortilla chips) that are past their optimal freshness.

The scent of homemade salsa roja always takes me back to my childhood. The aroma of rehydrating dried chiles mingling with fresh serrano chiles or jalapeños, tomatoes, onion, and garlic was a weekly occurrence in our household. It was always too spicy for my young palate, but I never got sick of the smell wafting through the house. Though I’ve grown into a heat-seeker as my palate has evolved, this version doesn’t have to be spicy at all. Adding a single serrano chile to the mix gives this mild .…

Poach salmon in the same thyme-and-garlic-infused water that the corn is boiled in for this refreshing, time-saving salad dinner.