July Fourth

When you face the inevitable glut of ripe stone fruits you couldn't resist at the market, you're going to want these grilled chicken tacos with fruit salsa at the top of your list.

Yep. Barbecue pickles. They're essentially just store-bought dill slices doused with hot sauce, garlic, and cayenne pepper. Wait'll you try them.

With its simple, soulful dry rub and foolproof instructions, this smoked pork butt means no more standing in line for takeout 'cue. Here's how to make it at home.

For years, Egg Shop's fried chicken has been the talk of New York City. It’s crunchy, juicy, salty, spicy, honey-drizzled fried chicken amazingness. And here's how you can make it.

Better than any packaged taco kit you'll ever find in any store anywhere. Try them and see for yourself.

Sweet, smoky, and spicy all at once thanks to charred tomatoes and onions and chipotle in adobo. The quintessential salsa for dunking, dipping, and dabbling.

So exquisite it makes folks say "This recipe is a 10." and "Perfect." and "Gloriously smooth." and "Very rich." Blackberries, lime, and cream, and not much else.

No rub. No sauce. Just perfectly smoked bbq brisket exquisiteness. Here's how to make it at home.

Not so cloyingly sweet than the chocolate cream pie of our childhood, this dark chocolate beauty is a spectacularly satisfying remake of a classic.

This apricot daiquiri will erase your outdated notion of the daiquiri as a cloying girlie blender drink. And it'll exponentially up your summer entertaining game.

Breakfast. Brunch. Dessert. Midnight nosh. Heck, there's no time of day or night that we don't welcome this classic plum kuchen.

You don't have to be a hipster in Brooklyn to appreciate the latest retro cocktail craze. All you need are vinegar, sugar, fruit, a little patience, and a palate for the finer things in life.

Seriously the best seven layer dip we've ever had. Swear. And it comes together in minutes with using the oven. Summer supper, anyone?

The taste of this life-changing carrot hot dog is going to upend everything you thought you knew about being vegan. We exaggerate not.

Pickle-brined fried chicken?! Oh yes we did! Folks are calling it fried chicken perfection. And you won't want to skip the Sriracha honey dipping sauce.

This may not seem like coleslaw to some given its lack of mayo. But its sweet tanginess is going to woo you like never before.

Tart rhubarb collides with sweet blueberries to create some serious summer pie envy among strawberry rhubarb loyalists.

No-bake cake doesn't get any easier than this funfetti fudge that's complete with a semisweet chocolate "cake" layer, a white chocolate "frosting" layer, and sprinkles galore.

These are, quite frankly, as fudgy and rich as the real deal. Despite being flourless. Swear. Make a batch and see if anyone can tell the difference.

We confess, we'd never imagined you could turn ribs fall-off-the-bone tender in 30 minutes. Until this recipe made believers out of us.