July Fourth

Slow cooked pork shoulder, topped with a pineapple and avocado salsa and then smothered in chipotle mayo. All your tacos dreams come true.

An uber-quick and less traditional approach to chicken enchiladas gets you a tasty dinner, weeknight or not. The secret? Your toaster oven.

A relatively quick and unconventional brine that ensures a surprising amount of juiciness and a surprise sauce that brings ample flavor.

Addictive. That's what we're hearing about this smoky, salty, spicy, sweetly little enticing number that goes alarmingly well with beer.

Full of natural ingredients that pack a wallop of intense, true-to-life ginger flavor, this brilliant hack for making real ginger ale will make you a convert.

You shouldn't have to choose between your two competing cravings. The only disappointing thing about these? That we didn’t discover them sooner.

An Indian-inspired tandoori masala crawfish (or shrimp) that's still the butter-drenched feast you expect but with a warming spice blend. Napkins, please!

Why did no one think of putting red wine into red velvet cupcakes until now??!! Okay. Got that out of our system. These are incredible, folks.

Your chocolate and cherry ice cream dreams incarnate. And in a completely vegan version, no less. You’re welcome.

Using bacon drippings in place of butter makes these can't-stop-at-just-one cookies both frugal and indulgent at the same time. And let's not overlook their salty, smoky, sweetly lovely taste.

Bathed in buttermilk and spiced ever so slightly, this Cajun fried hen is memorably moist, superlatively crisp, and gosh darn perfect through and through.

Expect a slightly ginormous, squat, thin cookie that's chewy in the center, crisp at the edges, and uncommonly good through and through.

We’re all familiar with the glory of ribs slowly smoked in the backyard. But sometimes Mother Nature doesn’t agree with our barbecue plans. Thankfully there's this recipe.

We’re sharing this recipe from Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams for a lot of reasons. Among them the fact that peanut butter and chocolate remind us of all the greatest romances in the world.

The kid classic goes glam here with brown butter and sea salt. Sorta like your four-year-old trying on your heels and pearls...but with a heck of a lot more grace.

Our go-to approach for slightly-less-than-stellar fruit when we want exponentially-better-than-average results.

That’s right. Sonker. And it’s the simple yet unforgettable fruit dessert—sorta like pie meets cobbler—that you’ve been missing your entire life.

Luscious. Magical. Perfect. Dreamy. Airy. Coconutty. Lovely. That's what we're hearing from folks who've tried this easy peasy coconut sheet cake.

Yes, bourbon-inflected fried chicken. It’s in the brine. And oh, baby, are you gonna wish you’d been doing this all your life.

We dubbed these lovelies "stealthy healthy" cuz they're creamy, satiating, unadulterated loveliness would never lead you to believe they're actually healthy.