Summer
83 Easy Summer Desserts
Cookies and cobbler, icebox cake and ice cream sundaes, parfait and frosé (and sorbet!)—these are our coolest, and easiest, summer sweets.
How to Make Frozen Cocktails and Stay Chill All Summer
This make-ahead method is the best way to make frozen cocktails at home.
How to Transform Your Outdoor Dinners With String Lights and Lanterns
Because great ambient lighting makes even those unbearably hot nights on the back porch feel magical.
The Most Stylish Outdoor Dining Tables for Every Space
Weather-resistant doesn’t have to mean ugly. Go beyond ornate iron and bumpy tempered glass with these good-looking outdoor tables.
Our 59 Favorite Sweet and Savory Cherry Recipes
Celebrate summer's ruby-red stone fruit with our best recipes for cherry pies, cakes, salads, relishes, and more.
Put Down the Wine—Make Summer Risotto With Pineapple Juice Instead
Basil + pineapple make risotto feel summery and fresh.
33 Blackberry Recipes for Summer's Best Desserts, Drinks, and More
These luscious tarts, cobblers, and cocktails are worth any thorns you might encounter in the blackberry patch.
Grilled Salmon With Peach Curry and Coconut Cream
Juicy ripe peaches and beautiful pink salmon scream summer. A little curry paste and herbs keep this sweet- spicy curry squarely in the savory realm, and a drizzle of reduced coconut cream cools things off.
Is This the Summer You Get a Shaved Ice Machine?
There's nothing like a sweet shaved ice on a scorching day—and with your own machine, you can make a party out of it.
This Garlicky Instant Ramen Noodle Salad Belongs at Your Next Barbecue
This easy dish from Epi contributor Leela Punyaratabandhu is also perfect for bringing to a picnic.
Your Summer Corn Needs This Chip-Filled Salsa
If you can’t eat just one tortilla chip, this salsa de totopos, served with sweet corn, is the salsa of your dreams.
Esquites con Salsa de Totopos
If you can’t eat just one totopo (tortilla chip), this is the salsa of your dreams.
What Do Chicken Burgers Want? Mushrooms
When do they want them!? Always!
Baking With Blueberries? Add a Little Coriander
Mixing a little coriander in with your blueberry desserts or pancakes will make the blueberries taste more, well, blueberry-y. And there’s a scientific reason why.
Blueberry-Nectarine Lattice Pie
Locally grown fruit is often more flavorful than supermarket fruit because it’s frequently grown from heirloom seeds and because it’s been allowed to fully ripen before being picked. So if you can, get extra-ripe fruit from your nearest farmer for this pie. If you’re able to do so and the fruit is very sweet, cut down on the sugar, adding only 1/2 to ⅔ cup. But even supermarket fruit tastes great here, particularly if you let it ripen on the counter first. Grapefruit juice keeps the long-baked filling fresh tasting, and coriander adds complexity to the flavor and aroma.
For a Barbecue Sauce That Sings, Simmer Your Soda Pop
Soda finds delicious redemption as the base of lip-smacking barbecue sauce.
The Best Turkey and Chicken Hot Dogs You Can Buy at the Store or Online
Did your favorite smoke the competition?
9 Essential Cookbook Recipes for Summer
New cookbooks are great. New recipes are great too. But these are the oldie-but-goodie recipes that we love so much, we can’t imagine getting to September without them.
How to Make Sheet-Pan Ice Cream Sandwiches and Stock Your Freezer All Summer Long
Peanut butter + chocolate + a nifty sheet pan trick = the perfect treat for the season.
53 Summer Appetizers to Enjoy With Friends
All the snacks you need to get your dinner parties started.