Japanese-Style Cucumber Salad

Simple. Surprising. Spunky. Just what we look for in a summer salad. Just what we found in this jumble of cucumbers, vinegar, and ginger.

10 mins

Cabbage Salad with Crispy Tofu

Napa cabbage, carrots, peanuts, scallions, and herbs are tossed with seared tofu and drizzled with an Asian garlic-chile sauce. A tofu lover's salad.

45 mins

Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Reason number #456 to love summer? This luxuriously decadent yet relatively, marginally, healthful chocolate zucchini cake. Seriously.

1 hr 35 mins

How to Freeze Herbs

When life hands you an abundance of herbal loveliness, pull out your ice cube tray, add some olive oil, and save that loveliness for another day.

6 hrs 5 mins

Chouriço and Potato Balls

Portuguese tater tots. That's how we think of this mashup of potatoes, chouriço, and onion that's deep-fried until crisp and golden on the outside and impossibly airy yet rich on the inside.

1 hr 30 mins

Blueberry Buckle

Not familiar with buckle? It's essentially a ginormous muffin that's generously strewn with ample amounts of everyone's favorite part— the crumbly streusel.

1 hr 35 mins

Raspberry Crostata

Sometimes a pie craving is just too strong to wait for a plate and fork and fussily crimping a top crust. Enter this easy peasy yet elegant crostata.

1 hr 50 mins

Baked Feta and Figs

"Comes together in no time." "Immensely delicious." "A keeper." That's what folks are saying about this ridiculously easy yet elegant appetizer (or, who are we kidding, simple summer supper).

25 mins

How to Infuse Water

Why spend half your paycheck on pricey infused waters when you can make them at home? It's easy, inexpensive, and lovely.

8 hrs 5 mins

Panzanella from Ina Garten

Stale bread? Itsoaks up a tangy vinaigrette in this interpretation of an Italian classic from the Barefoot Contessa herself. You're welcome.

35 mins

Vanilla Wafer Banana Pudding

Not a lot has changed since you last had this after-school classic. It's still easy. It's still quick. And it's still gosh darned comforting as heck.

30 mins

Popcorn with Bacon Fat, Bacon, and Maple Syrup

Wicked. Sinful. Indulgent. Those are just a few of the words being bandied about by folks who've succumbed to this crack-like concoction. What better to do than make some and settle in with Netflix?

50 mins

Braised Chicken with Tomatillos

Slightly tart and eminently easy, this tomatillo sauce makes ample so you can stash some in the fridge for later. Cook once, eat twice.

1 hr 15 mins

Baked Bacon

A ridiculously easy way to cook bacon for a crowd. No fuss. No standing at the stovetop. No spatters.

25 mins

Rhubarb Vodka

Rhubarb vodka. Yep. It's a thing. And you're going to want to make this tipsy spring tonic again and again and again.

15 mins

Puff Pastry Turnovers

Say so long to sad, soggy, store-bought pastries. Hello, easy and irresistibly flaky pastries oozing with summer fruit awesomeness.

40 mins