Simple Cooking

Making this cocktail is as simple as it gets; you only need dark rum, ginger beer, and a quick squeeze of lime.

Simple classic matzo brei can go two ways: savory or sweet. This versatile recipe for the ultimate Passover comfort food lets you decide how to take it.

This moist and flavorful pistachio cake is incredibly fragrant thanks to the addition of orange zest.

The Jersey Lightning is so easy and so excellent. Whatever you call it, a manhattan simply made with apple brandy is a wonderful thing.

Use either mung bean or soybean sprouts for this stir-fry—mung bean sprouts are more tender and crisp.

Velvety chicken, canned pineapple, and ketchup come together in this beloved Chinese takeout recipe by way of Oahu.

Canned pineapple can be great, but when the fresh fruit is at its ripest this classic cake is absolutely sublime.

Poach perfect eggs in saucy, tomatoey shakshuka with this recipe from chef and cookbook author Einat Admony. It’s the ultimate all-purpose meal.

Our favorite carrot cake is moist, full of shredded carrot and fragrant spices, and topped with an extra-tangy cream cheese frosting.

This Orange-and-Chile Roast Chicken brings together all the many lessons I’ve learned from roasting chickens over the years.

Cooking the polenta covered allows condensation to build up, eliminating the need for constant stirring.

Chock-full of berries, our ultimate muffins have just the right amount of sweetness, plus a gentle tang and tender crumb thanks to sour cream.

This simple recipe for Fusilli With Peppers and Pancetta will quickly become a weeknight favorite.

Once it is cooked, the melon is mostly unrecognizable, and it’s fun seeing if people can guess what this pasta sauce’s secret ingredient is.

Diced zucchini provide a surprisingly delicious variation of this classic Roman pasta sauce.

The sweetness of leeks and the savoriness of pork sausage make a wonderful combination in this pasta dish.

Bananas, pineapples, pecans—this Hummingbird cake has a little something for everyone.

This quick and easy pasta recipe from Giuliano Hazan was inspired by tortelloni filling.

Dungeness crab is ideal, if you can get it, otherwise use any good, sweet-tasting, meaty crab in this crab linguine recipe from Giuliano Hazan.

Bourbon, toasted coconut, pecans, chocolate chips—these loaded blondies from Cheryl Day have pretty much everything.