Arugula Salad with Pear and Blue Cheese

Peppery greens, creamy blue cheese, and crisp pear are jumbled together with a sweetly nutty vinaigrette that’s so delicious you may just catch folks licking the plate.

15 mins

Simple Roast Chicken

As its name implies, this simple roast hen ridiculously easy and turns out a superlative bird with shatteringly crisp skin and surprisingly juicy meat. No surprise that it's the same technique that Thomas Keller uses.

1 hr 30 mins

Northern Spy Apple Pie

Brimming with a mountain of sweet apples and redolent of sugar and spice and everything nice, this homemade pie unabashedly plays apple favorites.

6 hrs 20 mins

Hanky Panky Cocktail

A classic hanky panky calls for gin, sweet vermouth, Fernet Branca, an orange twist, and, after the first sip, a ginormous grin. There's a reason it's a classic.

5 mins

Orange Madeleines

Tender, buttery, and enhanced with a subtle citrus lilt. Just as Proust would have wanted. (No madeleine tin? No worries. They're just as lovely when made in a mini-muffin pan.)

2 hrs

Iced Tea Popsicles

Cold-brewed iced tea as you've never quite experienced it before. So lovely we've taken to making them year-round.

1 d

Plum Crumble Pie

It's a pie! It's a tart! It's a crumble! This crumble pie with a pastry crust, a boozy and oozy plum filling, and a buttery, crunchy crumble topping is a mutant combo in the best possible way. Perfect for late-season stone fruits.

2 hrs 30 mins

Plum Sorbet

This plum sorbet is going to change your late-summer fruit strategy. And you don't even need an ice cream maker. Now that's easy and elegant.

5 hrs

Adobo Sauce

Best known as the earthy sauce bathing canned chipotle peppers, this Mexican staple is ridiculously versatile. And easy to make.

30 mins

Poached Nectarines

A stunningly chic summer dessert with a taste that belies its ease of prep. We promise, we won't tell if you don't.

1 hr

Refrigerator Sweet Pickles

A Scandinavian-style pickle that's distinctly sweet, a little sour, and perfumed with dill. It doesn't even require turning on the stove during the dog days of summer.

6 hrs 15 mins

Korean BBQ Sauce

This Korean BBQ sauce is as easy and as authentic as can be. It's also sticky, sweet, spicy, gingery, garlicky, and exponentially more spectacular than anything store-bought.

1 hr

Blackberry Ice Cream

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.

10 hrs

Texas Brisket

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

18 hrs 30 mins

Candied Rose Petals

Exactly what your cakes and cupcakes and heck, even loved ones' breakfast cereal have been missing all these years. Simply because you can.

1 hr 15 mins

Dark Chocolate Cream Pie

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

2 hrs 30 mins

Freezer Tomato Sauce

1. Turn your glut of garden tomatoes into this sauce. 2. Stash it in the freezer. 3. Thank yourself come winter.

1 hr 30 mins

How To Roast Bell Peppers

Here's how to roast bell peppers on the grill, in the oven, or on the stovetop. Because we know you want to get in touch with your inner nonna.

25 mins

Greek Marinade

This Greek marinade made with lemon, herbs, and garlic boasts an authentic Mediterranean style.

10 mins

Apricot Daiquiri

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.

2 hrs 30 mins