Labor Day

To test boiled potatoes for doneness, use a skewer or the tines of a fork rather than the tip of a knife so you know they’re truly tender (a knife slides through the flesh way too easily). To test boiled eggs for doneness—wait, you can’t! Just make sure the eggs are room temperature when you drop them in the water (otherwise they’re prone to cracking), set a timer right away, and have an ice bath at the ready.

Cooking bacon in the oven on a sheet tray is so hands-off, so splatter-free, and so easy, it just might convince you to eat a lot more bacon in the future.

These super-flavorful, no-fry chicken wings turn out best when they’re seasoned ahead of time. You can do this as little as 1 hour in advance, but letting them hang out with salt and those spices overnight is a complete game changer.

Plus: the secret ingredient for a much creamier flavor.

Skirt steak is the ultimate summer steak for grilling—quick cooking, buttery, and versatile.

Never mad about shishito peppers making an appearance.

This marinade recipe works with any other quick-cooking shellfish or seafood—try scallops or squid.

Give your knife a few swipes on the sharpener and try to slice the grilled tenderloin as thinly as possible (think roast beef from the deli). It’ll make these open-faced pork sandwiches a lot easier to eat and such a difference in texture.

Peewee Dutch Yellow Potatoes are the perfect tiny potato for this recipe, but if you can’t find them, just use the smallest fingerling or Yukon Gold potatoes you can buy.

Summer dessert should be anything but complicated. These buttery crumbs work on pretty much anything.

Board dressing: take all of those flavorful juices that accumulate when the meat rests off your cutting board and pour them back over the meat, where they belong.

Psst…you don’t need to presoak or preshuck corn before grilling it. Just put the whole ears on the grate and the husks and silk will slip right off afterward. You’re welcome.

Meet your summer cocktail, a pinky and bubbly rosé wine spritz with Aperol and passion fruit juice. Now all you need is a pool to drink it next to.

Angel food cake is so simple, but the specific ingredients and equipment matter.

We call this a hand salad because lettuce and dip just doesn’t sound like nearly as much fun.

If you can’t find new potatoes at the farmers’ market, look for Peewee potatoes or very small Yukon Golds at the grocery store.

There’s no shortcut when it comes to caramelizing the onions—be patient.

A legendary layered dip from Matt’s El Rancho in Austin, Texas, of taco meat, queso, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.

Magical mini versions of Juicy Lucys, cheese-filled burgers that hail from Minnesota.

Think of this recipe as your favorite bacony wedge salad reimagined as an additive party snack.