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.

Never has an overabundance of garden lettuces and herbs been so easily remedied—or made so memorable—as this soup.

Bread. Cheese. Egg. Hot sauce. Five bucks says you’ve got the makings for this easy and oozy sandwich waiting in your kitchen.

An incredibly easy and exquisitely spiced embellishment for everything from pumpkin pie to quick breads.

This easy, cheap, weird, and truly magical one-ingredient vegan ice cream calls for nothing but bananas and your food processor. Oh, and a spoon.

Crushed graham crackers. Melted butter. Slippery fingertips pressing said ingredients into a pie plate. Brings back memories.

Feel like a kid again as you swoon to these peanut butter blondies slicked with a layer of jam smack in the middle.

What’s easy peasy to make, lovely to look at, even lovelier to taste, and certain to impress? This cake.

Cold, creamy, and eminently slurpable, just like the vanilla milkshakes mom used to make. In other words, perfect in all ways.

Tartly sweet. Or sweetly tart. We can’t quite discern which best describes this simple, stunning sorbet. Not that it really matters.

Without further ado or feigned guilt, allow us to reacquaint you with a long-lost childhood friend.

This family Christmas tradition will land 120 pretty little pierogi in your lap…and on your countertop…and on your tabletop….

A little sugar, a splash of bitters, and a lotta booze—your grandma’s go-to drink. (Oh wait, was that just our family?!)

This confluence of cheeses is like a lazy man’s croque monsieur. Cheesy faux French accent and glass of wine optional.

Think you don’t need a recipe for roasting spuds? Try this technique, which we think works to a faretheewel. Then get back to us.

Though this cool, creamy, don’t-turn-on-the-stove soup is hardly penance, it certainly makes amends for all those burgers and brats. Summer detox, anyone?

From the folks at The Splendid Table, these sophisticated coconut macaroons are simply mounds of sweetened coconut toasted to perfection.