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September/October 2012

Better Grilled Pork Chops

If you’re looking for a convenient weeknight grilled dish, look no further than a pack of boneless pork chops. If you also want them to be juicy and well browned, keep reading.

Better Grilled Pork Chops list of recipes

French Apple Cake

This French classic is neither a cake, nor a custard, nor a clafouti. But with a bit of culinary magic, it could be all three.

French Apple Cake list of recipes

Indian-Style Spinach with Fresh Cheese

Don’t be fooled by its rich flavors and (gulp) homemade cheese. This Indian restaurant favorite is easy to pull off at home, and most of the ingredients are already in your pantry.

Indian-Style Spinach with Fresh Cheese list of recipes

Meatier Meatloaf

Meatloaf packed with bland, starchy fillers hardly deserves its name. Could we put the meatiness back in this American classic?

Meatier Meatloaf list of recipes

Mediterranean Braised Green Beans

Slow-cooking in a rich tomato sauce produces uniquely supple green beans infused with big flavor. Could we keep the ultra-tender texture but shortcut the process?

Mediterranean Braised Green Beans list of recipes

Really Good Pumpkin Bread

To rescue this bread from mediocrity, start by taking the canned flavor out of the pumpkin.

Really Good Pumpkin Bread list of recipes

Revamping Chicken Fajitas

Most fajitas are merely a bland, dry vehicle for the garnishes. We wanted chicken and vegetables that were truly worth eating.

Revamping Chicken Fajitas list of recipes

Stir-Fried Noodles with Chicken

Translating Thai street food into a quick weeknight dinner is easy—once you admit that most of what you thought you knew about stir-frying is wrong.

Stir-Fried Noodles with Chicken list of recipes

Ten-Minute Steel-Cut Oatmeal

We wanted creamy, thick oatmeal without the usual 30 minutes of cooking—and we were prepared to challenge centuries of Scottish tradition to get it.

Ten-Minute Steel-Cut Oatmeal list of recipes

Upgrading Avocado Salads

Usually tossed into a pile of greens, mild-mannered avocado sinks to the bottom of the bowl like an afterthought. We wanted it in the limelight.

Upgrading Avocado Salads list of recipes
 
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