I spent 5 months cooking the NYT’s 50 most popular recipes on TikTok—3.5 million views later, here’s what I learned

Also: my favorites, the biggest letdowns, the most viral hits, the surprise standouts, and the NYT recipe that should have made the list

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If you read my weekly newsletters, you’ll notice this one is structured a little differently—there’s just too much to say. (And thank you for bearing with me as I figure out how to say it.)

Last fall, NYT Cooking sent out an email celebrating their 10-year anniversary, listing their 50 most popular recipes of all time. As someone w…