The Arsenal®

Just started cooking? Is the kitchen as foreign to you as Uzbekistan? Have no fear. These are the recipes that will build the foundation of your pantry and teach you the skills you need to grow as a cook, not to mention rack up compliments faster than Katy Perry gains Twitter followers.

A jelly jar filled with apricot jam and a spoon resting on top.

Apricot Jam

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There’s a simple way to extend the ephemeral apricot season, and it has everything to do with these easy peasy preserves.

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A wooden cutting board topped with a rack of smoked pork ribs, some cut into individual ribs, and a cleaver lying beside them.

Smoked Pork Ribs

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Our newest favorite reason to fire up the smoker. No lie.

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An oval platter topped with a tangle of spaghetti and raw tomatoes with a fork and spoon resting in the pasta.

Spaghetti with Raw Tomatoes

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Summer at its simplest, not to mention it’s most splendid, seeing as how five minutes of effort yields a meal that rivals round-trip tickets to Italy.

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An open plastic bag of homemade pancake mix with a mug for scooping and an ice cream scoop on the side for the batter.

Homemade Pancake Mix

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Homemade buttermilk pancakes can be yours any day of the week thanks to a stash of this handy DIY pancake mix.

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A white serving bowl filled with sauteed spinach and bread crumbs.

Sautéed Spinach with Bread Crumbs

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That frugal Italian trick of adding buttery bread crumbs to just about anything to make it more enticing works its considerable charms here. Swoon.

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A white bowl of sweet pickle relish with a spoon with a wooden handle in it

Sweet Pickle Relish

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So long, Vlasic. Once you try your hand at making your own sweet relish, you can cross one more condiment off your shopping list.

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A metal skillet filled with warm olives, rosemary, and lemon zest.

Warm Olives

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Simple and impressive and ready in less time than it takes to run and buy marinated olives. That’s what we call honest entertaining.

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Espresso being poured over gelato in a cup to make affogato.

Affogato

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Drowning gelato in espresso has got to be the most spectacular sort of tragedy ever to take place at the dinner table. Here’s how to add a little drama to your dessert.

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An enamel-coated pot filled with strawberry jam and a spoon resting on top.

Strawberry Jam

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This quick refrigerator jam doesn’t require canning and processing and preserving. It just requires strawberries, sugar, a pot, and a fridge.

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Sautéed Shishito Peppers

How To Cook Shishito Peppers

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Knowing how to perfectly blister shishito peppers results in a beguiling cocktail nosh with a mildly tingly, almost sweet heat.

  • 15 M
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A blue ceramic bowl filled with classic coleslaw.

Classic Coleslaw

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How fortunate for us—and by us, we mean humanity—that there exists this recipe for the best classic coleslaw we’ve ever had.

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Three homemade ice cream bars, coated with chocolate and sprinkled with almonds, coconut, and chocolate crumbs.

Homemade Ice Cream Bars

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Ice cream bars are a very, very personal thing. Which is exactly why we love this approach, which essentially allows you to make whatever custom combination of store-bought ice cream, chocolate, and coatings you fancy.

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  • 12 H
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A glass of cold brew coffee with a French press and jar of cream in the background.

How To Make Cold Brew Coffee

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The perfect cold brew coffee relies on exactly the right ratio of coffee grounds to water. And just a little patience. We can help you with the former.

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