Make Ahead
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
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
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
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
Gluten-Free Coconut Bread
We’ve found that the best gluten-free recipes rely on a custom blend of flours and starches. To make your own sorghum flour, blitz whole sorghum to a powder with a Vitamix blender or a NutriBullet.
Crab Cakes with Snap Pea Salad
A mixture of almond meal and cornmeal replaces traditional breadcrumbs in these scallion- and mint-packed crab cakes. The raw snap pea salad is crunchy and refreshing—and it’s the perfect way to complete the meal.
By Anna Stockwell
Sheet-Pan Brownie Thins
These sheet-pan brownies don't require any special equipment. The batter gets spread into a thin layer yielding rich, chewy brownies that are about 1/4-inch thick.
By Rhoda Boone
Slow-Cooker Shredded Chicken
Freeze small portions of this versatile, flavorful chicken to make easy work of tacos, salads, and sandwiches.
By Rhoda Boone
Cloud Bread
Used for sandwiches, flatbreads, toast, or desserts, "Cloud Bread" is a simple, 3-ingredient recipe that offers a high-protein, low-carb, low-cal, gluten-free alternative to bread. Adding seasoning like herbs, spices, or honey helps boost flavor while keeping this "bread" health-focused.
By The Epicurious Test Kitchen
Pound Cake With Blueberries and Lavender Syrup
We used dried lavender in this syrup because it gives the syrup a lovely pale hue. Fresh lavender won't lend the same color, but it does give the syrup a more powerful floral flavor.
Raspberry Crème Fraîche Tart with Lavender Honey
Here, lush summer raspberries are framed by a rich crust and a cool, creamy layer that underlines their tart juiciness. A drizzling of warm lavender honey draws out a luxurious floral sweetness—put out the extra honey in a crock so everyone can add as much or as little as they like.
Madeleines With Lavender Honey
These cake-like cookies are perfect with a cup of tea. Madeleine pans are available at cookware stores.
Sweet-Cream Coffee Butter
Don't just wake up to coffee and toast, wake up to coffee on toast with this caffeinated breakfast spread that's reminiscent of your favorite milky latte.
By Joe Sevier
Homemade Spiced Coconut Chips
Customize this addictive crunchy snack to your heart’s content with your favorite sweetener and ground spices.
By Anna Stockwell
Pasta with Ramp Pesto and Guanciale
Guanciale, a type of Italian bacon, and ramps, an early-spring green onion, make this pasta unforgettable—but if you can't find them, pancetta and scallions will work too.
By Andy Baraghani