Rick Martinez

A classic drink that never goes out of style. Stick with these steps and you’ll nail it every time.

Call it retro if you want—we say this classic bacon and cheese quiche is timeless.

Make the most of tomato season with this classic caprese salad recipe.

Coconut sticky rice with mango is a classic Thai dessert. This easy method eliminates the need for any special equipment.

This easy recipe for miso ramen is perfect for dinner on the fly (or a quick lunch). It’s highly adaptable and can even be made using a microwave.

The chips and pickles? Nonnegotiable.

A sleeper hit from Bon Appetit’s 1974 Thanksgiving menu, this mincemeat pie recipe is deeply fruity and loaded with warm spices.

This recipe for homemade chicken and dumplings has tender shredded chicken, just the right amount of vegetables, and light, fluffy dumplings.

The sweetened condensed milk adds a decadent richness to the custard, while the perfect ratio of spices highlights the flavors of the pumpkin. 

This is your mainstay recipe for perfect roasted brussels sprouts. 

No booze, no chocolate, no hard-to-find ingredients in this rendition of the classic Thanksgiving pie. 

This blueberry pie recipe with its flaky lattice crust tastes just like summer, courtesy of 8 cups of fruit—and it might even score you a date.

This refried beans recipe comes from cookbook author Rick Martinez’s dad, who uses salt pork and bacon drippings for deeply savory beans.

Our best tartar sauce recipe bears almost no resemblance to the variety that comes in squeeze jars. It’s creamy, briny, and loaded with herbs.

We may be biased, but this is by far the best lemonade recipe we’ve tried. It can also serve as a base for a host of summer drinks.

Great summer gazpacho starts with epic tomatoes—because this preparation is raw, there’s no hiding a substandard specimen.

This pico de gallo recipe is the best fresh salsa you can make—use it to top our favorite Tex-Mex enchiladas or spoon it over a layered queso.

This shrimp scampi recipe gets an extra punch of garlicky flavor from a short marinade before cooking. Serve it with bread to sop up the rich pan sauce.

Oven-roasted broccoli is exceptionally versatile. Once you master the basic recipe, you can finish it with any number of sauces or toppings.

Whether you like your Snickerdoodles cakey (purist) or chewy (rebel), this recipe has everything you need to make ’em right.