10 Feisty Food Finds For May

Sundried tomatoes pack so much flavor into a little bite and add so much to a vinaigrette. Farro brings the chewy, walnuts and fennel provide the crunch and fresh mozzarella and soppressata add a heartiness.

Silky fried eggplant melts in your mouth and gets even better with a cool sauce of pistachio yogurt. Spoon on top a juxtaposing bright and minty salsa verde for a dish like no other.

This dense bean salad has some of our favorite things like buttery castelvetrano olives and tender artichoke hearts. Butter beans and chickpeas add fiber and protein, not to mention satisfying heft, and a combination of fresh herbs and a garlicky olive oil pulls it all together, vibrantly.

This very unusual cookie recipe includes a smoker grill and woodchips (for the nuts), but if you’ve got the means and the time (and thyme), this recipe is guaranteed to knock socks off.

We feel like the delicious combo of apples and ginger is a little slept on. Here, it gives the muffin a tasty zip while a brown sugar and cinnamon streusel topping balance it out with sweetness.

Gooey, jammy and white-chocolatey, these cookies would be lunch box bangers! A secret scoop of miso adds some salty depth.

Yeah, sticky buns are good, but have you ever had milk bread, filled with black sesame butter and topped with cream cheese and more sesame butter? Yeah, I didn’t think so.

Taco Tuesday just got very interesting. Sweet-spicy-savory chicken is the filling to these fusion tacos, with pickley kimchi and fresh herbs and veggies on top. You can control the spiciness by using less (or omitting sriracha) and using less spicy kimchi.

Hibiscus flowers give this cake a delightful pink hue, but the flavor is unmistakably lime, which is in both the batter and the glaze.

A staple in Bangladesh, think of this as a savory French toast recipe. Spicy peppers kickstart your morning.