Simple Cooking
Toasted Chile de Árbol and Tomatillo Salsa
For a salsa that won’t send smoke shooting from your ears, be thorough about removing the seeds from the chiles—and even scraping out the ribs, the hottest part.
Edible Cookie Dough
Cookie dough lovers, eat your hearts out! Toasting the flour in this egg-free version zaps any bacteria, making the raw dough safe to eat as is.
By Katherine Sacks
Broiled Red Snapper With Za'atar Salsa Verde
You're bound to get plenty of accolades for this zesty sauce, a Middle Eastern–spiced riff on herby salsa verde.
By Alon Shaya
Creamy Potato Salad With Lemon and Fresh Herbs
Because they are lower in starch than Yukon Golds or russets, baby red potatoes hold their shape when tossed.
By Pam Anderson
Mango and Cucumber Chow
Green mangoes would be ideal, but slightly unripe mangoes are an imperfect but successful substitute.
By Sarah Kirnon
Quick-Pickled Rhubarb Salad
Rhubarb’s signature tartness is actually brought down by pickling!
By Lily Freedman
Cantaloupe and Cucumber Salad
Toss sweet melon and crisp cukes in a bright coriander-cardamom dressing for a refreshing and delicious summer salad.
By Tusk, Portland, OR
Mezcal Cocktail with Hibiscus and Cilantro
You can find loose hibiscus flowers at Mexican and Indian grocers, but if not, use 6 hibiscus tea bags instead.
Marinated Goat Cheese With Herbs and Spices
Looking for a throw-together app that seems way fancier than it is? Look no further than this gussied-up goat cheese situation.
By Alon Shaya
Fried Oysters with Bacon, Garlic, and Sage
Holding the raw oysters in the rice-flour dredge is a genius do-ahead trick, allowing you to shuck and coat the oysters hours ahead of fry time.
By Nick Nutting
Grilled Summer Veggie and Bean Bowl
Bush’s® grilled summer veggie and bean bowl with harissa vinaigrette
Chicken Sausage Sandwiches
Bush’s® chicken sausage sandwiches with beans and pickled pepper and onion relish
By Bush’s® Beans
Coco Rico Vietnamese Fish Sauce
Serve with anything and everything—it will get better, spicier, and more Vietnamese-approved over time.
By Nguyen Tran
My Favorite Chocolate Cake
Chocolate cake absolutely has to be two things: dark and moist. To make sure it is sticky and dense I use buttermilk. Adding coffee to chocolate cakes really brings out the flavor in the cocoa.
By Martha Collison
Passionfruit Curd
By Martha Collison
Frosé Ice Pops
There's no better way to celebrate warm, sunny days than by sharing these fruity rosé wine ice pops with friends.
By Kat Boytsova
Lemon Curd with Berries
This very lemony curd is made with whole eggs instead of just the yolks, which gives it an extra-light texture.
By Nick Nutting
Grilled Jerk Chicken
The longer you can let this chicken rest in the marinade (up to 24 hours), the better the warm, aromatic, fiery spices will penetrate the meat.
By Sarah Kirnon