Mike S., Recipe Tester

“I’ve actually had friends lift their gratin dish and lick it clean—right at the table!” says David Lebovitz. We’ll have one of those. Actually, we’ll have two.

• Quick Glance
• 15 M
• 2 H
• 10

Barely a recipe, this weeknight salvation is more like a simple blueprint for eating in season. Amen to that.

• (1)
• 25 M
• 45 M
• 10

We’re not going to do a song and dance to try to entice you to bake this cherry pie. We don’t need to. Just look at it. A stunner, right? And wait’ll you taste it. Here’s how to make it.

• (1)
• 1 H
• 3 H
• 22

There are those people who feel a frozen margarita is a lesser margarita. We are not those people.

• (3)
• 10 M
• 10 M
• 8

Proof that it doesn’t take buttermilk or an insufferably long overnight brine to make insanely tender, crazily crisp, gosh darn perfect fried chicken.

• (37)
• 45 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 145

“Heavenly.” “The best cornbread we’ve ever had.” “Like eating cake.” “Stop me before I make another!” That’s what folks are saying about this unconventional cornbread.

• (12)
• 30 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 49

Hot enough to make you holler. That’s how they like their fried chicken in Nashville. Who are we to argue?

• (1)
• 40 M
• 55 M
• 20

A simple, clean break from tradition, this margarita eschews cloying Cointreau in lieu of a splash of sweet agave.

• (1)
• 10 M
• 10 M
• 18

Eggs Florentine, Benedict, and Arnold. Sorta sounds more like a network of Revolutionary War spies than a brunch menu, yes?

• (2)
• 20 M
• 30 M
• 8

Sweet tea. Whiskey. Lemon juice. That’s all it takes to make a sassy summertime cocktail you’ll want to sip all afternoon long.

• (2)
• 5 M
• 5 M
• 8

Baked chicken wings? As in, chicken wings without the butter, deep-frying, or grease-splattered stovetop? Count us in.

• (1)
• 10 M
• 1 H
• 6

It’d be far more apt to call this “Spiked Cider” or “Boozy Cider” given the benevolent amount of bourbon in this toddy.

• (1)
• 5 M
• 20 M
• 4

Don’t knock this till you try its buttery, potato chip-y, chocolate-y, coffee-y goodness. Trust us on this.

• (1)
• 35 M
• 2 H
• 2

This gin-spiked sparkling lemonade is perfect for sweltering summer afternoons. And, fittingly, it couldn’t be easier to toss together.

• (2)
• 5 M
• 5 M
• 6