Spring Salad with Shallot Vinaigrette

Simple and spring-like is what we think of this easy and elegant salad that's equally lovely on a random Tuesday night as it is at a tuxedo-required affair.

20 mins

Spring Lamb with Rosemary

The perfect dish to usher in warm weather. Nothing but rosemary, garlic, salt, pepper, and a tour of duty in the oven.

1 hr 30 mins

Portuguese Peas and Eggs ~ Ervilhas com Ovos

This peas and eggs dish, so typical in Portuguese homes, especially in spring and Easter, is a cinch to make. Just sear the bacon, poach the eggs, and assemble. Oh, and eat.

20 mins

Purslane Salad

A simple and cooling salad made with an increasingly trendy spring green that's capturing the attention of home gardeners and restaurant chefs across the country.

5 mins

Herbed Ricotta Dip with Spring Vegetables

True story: This luscious little number inspired one toddler to dip and dunk his way through an entire bag of baby carrots. An entire bag. Behold, the power of the dipper!

20 mins

Fresh Peas with Mint

Is there anything that screams spring more than lightly buttered peas with a wee bit of mint on top? We think not.

15 mins

Asparagus and Arugula Salad

Simplicity itself. Blanched asparagus, fresh arugula, shavings of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, and vinaigrette. Sorta tastes like spring.

25 mins

Rhubarb Sour

A rhubarb sour made with gin is probably not how your grandma chose to use those sweetly tart spring stalks. Her loss.

30 mins

Raw Asparagus Salad

Take advantage of the freshest, most tender spring stalks au naturel. Uncooked, lightly dressed with lemony yogurt, and very little else. Spring has sprung, indeed.

20 mins

Asparagus Tart

If spring had a taste, we dare say it'd be this simple yet sophisticated tart with its cheese custard, shatteringly crisp phyllo crust, and row after row of spring spears.

1 hr

5 Rhubarb Recipes

Pretty in pink takes on new meaning with these spectacular—and spectacularly surprising—tartly sweet recipes for the darling of spring.

15 Easter Desserts

There are still a lot of things to celebrate this spring. Including a day that pretty much demands you overdose on sugar.

Ramp Butter

The stinky spring alliums known as ramps are an ephemeral specialty. Get them while you can and turn them into an (almost) everlasting compound butter.

10 mins

Rhubarb Vodka

Rhubarb vodka. Yep. It's a thing. And you're going to want to make this tipsy spring tonic again and again and again.

15 mins

Lemon Vinaigrette

Stylish on any salad, this versatile little number is a staple in every discerning cook's recipe wardrobe.

5 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