Claire Saffitz
Contributor
Claire Saffitz is a freelance recipe developer and video host. Previously, she was Senior Food Editor at Bon Appétit magazine, where she worked for five years in the test kitchen. She hosted the series Gourmet Makes on the Bon Appétit YouTube channel, where she used her classical pastry knowledge to reverse engineer popular snack foods and candy.
Salted Butterscotch
Like your desserts extra-salted? Just keep adding more and tasting the butterscotch until you reach your personal sweet-salty threshold.
Pork Cutlets with Cantaloupe Salad
A ripe cantaloupe is one of the most intoxicating pieces of produce under the sun—use it creatively.
Chicken and Onions Braised in White Wine
You can omit the pancetta, but it gives the finished dish a meaty depth that’s worth the extra step.
Tiki Cantaloupe-Coconut Cocktail
Fresh cantaloupe + coconut make for the perfect summer cocktail.
Salted Honey Cantaloupe Jam
This salty, sweet cantaloupe jam will put your go-to strawberry jam to shame.
Hoisin BBQ Sauce
This hoisin BBQ sauce, along with ginger-scallion relish and cucumber spears dipped in gochugaru, helps make up the Ssam Dog.
Paprika Honey Mustard
This paprika honey mustard, along with Canadian bacon and pineapple relish, helps make up the Hawaiian Dog.
Blistered Shishito Peppers
These shishito peppers, along with spicy mayo, nori sheets, and sesame seeds, help make up the Shishito Dog. But you can use this recipe to make delicious blistered peppers that you can use alongside just about anything.
Blue Cheese Dressing
This recipe is such a basic go-to, you can use it on just about anything, from salads to sandwiches, buffalo wings to buffalo hot dogs, and so much more.
Celery Slaw
This celery slaw, along with blue cheese dressing, crumbled blue cheese, and hot sauce, helps make up the Buffalo Dog.
Creamy Ranch Slaw
Use this creamy slaw as one of the toppings for the Ranch Dog, or as a condiment or side next to pretty much anything else!
Spicy Mayo
This spicy mayo, along with nori sheets, shishito peppers, and sesame seeds, helps make up the Shishito Dog.
Pickled Carrots
These pickled carrots, along with peanut satay sauce, red chiles, cilantro, and crushed peanuts, help make up the Banh Mi Dog.
Charred-Corn Salsa
This corn salsa, along with mayonnaise and tomatillos, helps make up the Elote Dog.
Cantaloupe-Studded Champagne Jelly
The only way to perfect cantaloupe jelly? Just add sparkling wine!
Peanut Satay Sauce
This peanut satay sauce, along with pickled carrots, red chiles, cilantro, and crushed peanuts, helps make up the Banh Mi Dog.
Russian Dressing
This Russian dressing, along with Swiss cheese, caramelized onions, sauerkraut, and sweet relish, helps make up the Reuben Dog.
Ginger-Scallion Relish
This ginger-scallion relish, along with hoisin BBQ sauce and cucumber spears dipped in gochugaru, helps make up the Ssam Dog.
Yellow Cupcakes
The nostalgic yellow cake flavor in cupcake form. If using a darker muffin tin, keep an eye on the edges—those pans encourage more browning, and you might end up removing these from the oven a few minutes earlier. Get the recipe for vanilla cream cheese frosting here. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.