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The Best & Easiest Blueberry Crumble

Need to bring something to a backyard bash when all you want is mad crazy gratitude and an empty dish to take home? This blueberry crumble with a crumbly oatmeal cookie topping is your answer.

50 mins

Homemade Pastrami

Pastrami. We consider it the other corned beef. We also consider it darn easy to make it yourself.

5 d 7 hrs

Shrimp with Chorizo

What did our discerning testers say about this recipe? “Wildy satisfying.” “Zesty.” “Quick and tasty.” “A marriage made in heaven.” “A stunning nosh.” And they should know.

30 mins

Chicken Piccata Meatballs

These chicken piccata meatballs are little lemony, buttery flavor bombs. They’re great for the family and make a kickass party food!

40 mins

Summer Ingredients

A whole tomato tart with one slice being removed from it and a bowl of pesto sauce on the side.TomatoesTwo pieces of French toast on a plate with fresh strawberries and strawberry syrup on top.StrawberriesGrilled peach halves on a sheet of wax paper.PeachesFive ears of grilled corn on the cob in their husks, sprinkled with cilantro.CornA tangle of Japanese cucumber salad, made with cucumbers, mint, cilantro, and an rice vinegar dressing.CukesTwo grilled zucchini halves on a white plate, topped with mint salsa.Squash

The Mohel of Mollusks

One day in September, I found myself performing what I was fairly certain were brises on some 70 unsuspecting clams.

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Portuguese Recipes

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Portuguese Salt Cod and Chickpea Salad

A no-fuss meal, this Portuguese salad–full of meaty chickpeas and flakes of salt cod–is tossed in a cider vinegar dressing and topped with chopped egg.

2 hrs 30 mins

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Roast Pork Butt in the Oven 

This roast pork butt, coated in a simple rub of brown sugar, paprika, cumin, and red pepper flakes, is an incredibly easy recipe to make and yields enough pulled pork to feed a small army.

10 hrs 50 mins

Marcella Hazan’s Bolognese Sauce

Is anything more soothing than standing before a burbling pot of Marcella Hazan’s Bolognese sauce? (Hint: Our answer is absolutely not.)

6 hrs

Batter-Fried Chicken

Proof that it doesn’t take buttermilk or an insufferably long overnight brine to make insanely tender, crazily crisp, gosh darn perfect fried chicken.

1 hr 30 mins