Skillet Steak Peperonata

Wanna know how to stretch a single steak into supper for four without seeming skimpy? Your answer awaits.

45 mins

Grilled Kale

Summer's answer to the kale chip. Chewy, nutty, smoky, healthy, and unfathomly impossible to resist.

15 mins

Sugar-Dipped Fruit

Unlike painting your domicile, painting summer berries with simple syrup demands little precision and even less prep work.

10 mins

Chicken Karaage ~ Japanese Fried Chicken

You haven't lived until you've had chicken karaage, which is Japanese-style chicken that's marinated in soy and fried twice until crisp and oh so nice.

1 hr 40 mins

Refrigerator Jam

This won't bring you the satisfaction of a proper preserving project that'll last the year. But it will bring you instant gratification.

2 hrs

Strawberry Ice Cream

The tempered sweetness of this spectacular strawberry ice cream relies on in-season strawberries rather than obscene amounts of sugar for flavor.

4 hrs

Smoked Coffee Brisket

Behold, one of the most beautiful briskets you'll ever pull off your backyard barbecue. Truly. Here's how.

7 hrs 15 mins

Grilled Artichokes

Simple and stunning. That's what we expect outta any side that we pull off the grill. These artichokes deliver all that—and then some.

1 hr 40 mins

White Bean and Chicken Chili

Stop your scoffing. This may not be conventional chili, but it's no sissy imposter. It's just a little subtler, soupier, and smokier.

1 hr

Baked Ricotta

Entertaining gets no simpler than this rich, creamy, indulgent, elegant cheese spread made from three ingredients. Tasting is believing. Go on.

35 mins

Homemade Chrain

What's chrain, you ask? It's a heck of a traditional condiment with a bite to it. And it's coming to a holiday table near you.

1 hr

Pan-Fried Bananas with Brandy

Boozy bananas are lavished with a cheater's caramel sauce made with butter, brandy, and brown sugar in this outrageously simple riff on a Southern classic. No flames required.

25 mins

Cuban Black Bean Soup

This Havana-style black bean soup is gonna surprise you with just how intensely flavored it is despite calling for inexpensive everyday ingredients.

3 hrs 15 mins

Simple Pizza Sauce

Yes, homemade pizza sauce can be so silken, so simple, so toss-out-every-other-jarred-sauce satiating.

20 mins

Stir-Fried Cauliflower ~ Bong Cai Xao

The complex, almost caramelized taste of this sweetly savory side illustrates just why the last few years have seen a resurgence in respect for cauliflower.

15 mins

Breakfast Oven Fries

These richly spiced, slowly roasted spuds will zap as much life into you as your morning caffeine fix.

1 hr

Miso Cod

This five-ingredient fix, a restaurant classic as well as a simple weeknight dinner, will have you practicing your acceptance speech for the best dinner ever.

1 d 25 mins

Pico de Gallo

A Mexican staple, this sauce of sorts is essentially fresh salsa that's named, curiously, for a rooster's beak.

45 mins

Classic Hollandaise Sauce

Some things are so simple as to seem almost plain—until you taste them. Hollandaise is one such perfectly simple staple.

20 mins