Epicurious

Let summer squash be itself for once in this creamy zucchini risotto recipe.

You’ll need your favorite seafood seasoning and your biggest pot for this seafood boil brimming with shrimp, sweet corn, smoky sausage, and tender potatoes.

These hearty monster cookies have it all for nursing parents.

Tossed in a verdant sauce that recalls green goddess dressing, this striking herby spin on potato salad will have long-time skeptics reconsidering their stance.

Cornell chicken is a regional specialty grilled chicken that’s served at every fair, fundraiser, and cookout between the Finger Lakes and the Hudson Valley.

This quick vegetarian enchiladas recipe doesn’t require individually dipping each tortilla in enchilada sauce.

Luscious, fluffy whipped cream icing transforms angel cake into an impossibly dreamy dessert.

Grab a jar of apricot jam to make these glossy, sticky-sweet sheet-pan chicken legs.

A classic lemon-blueberry bread is a thing of beauty. Plush lemon cake studded with jammy, perfectly suspended blueberries gets coated in a glossy, dripping glaze.

Studded with fresh strawberries and sprinkled with crunchy sugar, these tender-crumbed strawberry muffins are the best bake to wake up to.

This zesty pasta relies on a jar of peperoncini—including the brine—to do the heavy lifting.

With fewer than 10 ingredients and bright flavor, there’s never a wrong time to make this crowd-pleasing dessert.

This Smith Island Cake recipe boasts eight layers of yellow cake covered in a blanket of chocolate ganache.

This simple classic gin martini recipe makes a beautiful, sophisticated cocktail that is as easy to stir together as it is to drink.

Buttermilk makes the chocolate cupcakes moist and fluffy, and using oil instead of butter means they keep well.

With a handful of ingredients and easy cleanup, this brunch favorite only looks like you spent all morning at the stove.

Chicken piccata is a classic Italian dish made from pounded flat chicken breasts dredged in all-purpose flour, pan-fried, and topped with a lemony white wine and caper sauce.

A dash of Angostura bitters gives complexity to this classic orange juice and vodka cocktail.

The New York Sour is a classic cocktail that combines whiskey, lemon, and simple syrup and then gets a small pour of red wine floated ever so carefully on top.