Latest recipes from the L.A. Times Test Kitchen

All recipes that appear in the L.A. Times' Food section are tested and perfected in our test kitchen before they're deemed fit to print. (That means you don't have to worry about a trial run before serving one of our recipes to company.) Rest assured, they should work the first time out of the gate.

Here's a look at this week's recipes:

Banana bread pudding

Caipirinha

Crispy braised chicken thighs with olives, lemon and fennel

Honey-walnut shrimp served at Typhoon in Santa Monica

Key lime coconut scones

Key lime pie

Thai peanut chicken wings

Waldorf salad with curried mayonnaise dressing

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-- Rene Lynch

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