Noelle Carter is the former Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen director. She left in January 2019.
Soft pretzels
Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Yields Serves 12
Philly cheesesteak lettuce cups
Time 20 minutes
Yields Serves 1
Super wings
Time 3 hours
Yields Serves 12 to 24
Guacamole
Time 10 minutes
Yields Makes 2 cups
Brown sugar and Bourbon baby back ribs
Time 2 hours 10 minutes
Yields Serves 4
Brothers' jalapeno corn bread
Time 1 hour
Yields Serves 10 to 12
Gene Autry stuffed mushrooms
Time Active work time: 35 minutes
Total preparation time: 45 minutes
Yields Serves 8
Stuffed peppers
Time 2 hours 15 minutes
Yields Makes about 3 dozen peppers
Chile con queso
Time 50 minutes
Yields Serves 8 to 10
Wild Ginger's Dungeness crab cakes with lime dipping sauce
Time 35 minutes
Yields Serves 8
Cafe Sevilla's albondigas (meatballs)
Time 50 minutes
Yields Serves 10 to 12
Twenty6 purple pickled cauliflower
Time 30 minutes
Yields Serves 16
Double Chocolate Fudgy Walnut Brownies
Time 1 hour
Yields Serves 12
Ranch and blue cheese dipping sauce
Time 25 minutes
Yields Makes about 1 quart
Beer-battered mac-and-cheese bites
Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Yields Makes about 8 dozen bites
Papa Cristo's spanakopita
Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Yields Makes 6 1/2 to 7 dozen spanakopita
No-Bake Peanut Butter Bars
Time 30 minutes
Yields Makes 16 to 20 bars
Beer nuts
Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Yields Serves 12 to 16
Baked chips with roasted garlic hummus
Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Yields Serves 8 to 12
Grilled shrimp cocktail
Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Yields Serves 8 to 12
