Many trifle recipes involve less baking and more assembly of key components: sponge cake or fingers, fruit, custard and whipped cream. This one is different, with every component made from scratch ...

Ali Slagle’s flexible, assertively lemony quinoa salad has five stars and many fans (me included). By Mia Leimkuhler Ali Slagle’s quinoa salad.Credit...Christopher Testani for The New York Times.

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