Noelle Carter is the former Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen director. She left in January 2019.
Monday meatballs
Time 2 hours 15 minutes
Yields Serves 6
Salsa verde
Time 10 minutes
Yields About 1½ cups
Barrel & Ashes hoe cake
Time 45 minutes
Yields Makes 3 to 4 cakes
Proof Bakery's chocolate espresso layer cake
Time 2 hours
Yields Serves 8 to 12
Roasted rainbow cauliflower tacos
Time 1 hour
Yields Makes 6 tacos
Panera Bread's turkey chili
Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Yields Serves 6
Margaritas
Time 10 minutes
Yields Makes 12 margaritas
B.S. Taqueria's nachos
Time 2 hours
Yields Serves 12 to 16
Royal Bibingka pie
Time 2 hours
Yields Serves 8 to 10
Tteokbokki
Time 35 minutes
Yields Serves 4