Noelle Carter is the former Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen director. She left in January 2019.
Soft pretzels
Time1 hour 20 minutes
YieldsServes 12
Philly cheesesteak lettuce cups
Time20 minutes
YieldsServes 1
Super wings
Time3 hours
YieldsServes 12 to 24
Guacamole
Time10 minutes
YieldsMakes 2 cups
Brown sugar and Bourbon baby back ribs
Time2 hours 10 minutes
YieldsServes 4
Brothers' jalapeno corn bread
Time1 hour
YieldsServes 10 to 12
Gene Autry stuffed mushrooms
TimeActive work time: 35 minutes
Total preparation time: 45 minutes
YieldsServes 8
Stuffed peppers
Time2 hours 15 minutes
YieldsMakes about 3 dozen peppers
Chile con queso
Time50 minutes
YieldsServes 8 to 10
Wild Ginger's Dungeness crab cakes with lime dipping sauce
Time35 minutes
YieldsServes 8
Cafe Sevilla's albondigas (meatballs)
Time50 minutes
YieldsServes 10 to 12
Twenty6 purple pickled cauliflower
Time30 minutes
YieldsServes 16
Double Chocolate Fudgy Walnut Brownies
Time1 hour
YieldsServes 12
Ranch and blue cheese dipping sauce
Time25 minutes
YieldsMakes about 1 quart
Beer-battered mac-and-cheese bites
Time1 hour 45 minutes
YieldsMakes about 8 dozen bites
Papa Cristo's spanakopita
Time1 hour 30 minutes
YieldsMakes 6 1/2 to 7 dozen spanakopita
No-Bake Peanut Butter Bars
Time30 minutes
YieldsMakes 16 to 20 bars
Beer nuts
Time1 hour 20 minutes
YieldsServes 12 to 16
Baked chips with roasted garlic hummus
Time1 hour 30 minutes
YieldsServes 8 to 12
Grilled shrimp cocktail
Time1 hour 30 minutes
YieldsServes 8 to 12
