Claire Saffitz
Contributing Editor
A former senior food editor at Bon Appétit, Claire Saffitz was the host of the popular series Gourmet Makes before leaving the company in 2020. She is the bestselling author of Dessert Person and What's for Dessert and currently hosts a companion series to her books on YouTube, also called Dessert Person. After graduating from Harvard University, she received a master’s degree in culinary history from McGill in Montreal and then studied pastry in Paris at École Grégoire Ferrandi. She lives in New York City with her husband and two cats. dessertperson.com
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Hoisin BBQ Sauce
This hoisin BBQ sauce, along with ginger-scallion relish and cucumber spears dipped in gochugaru, helps make up the Ssam Dog.
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Paprika Honey Mustard
This paprika honey mustard, along with Canadian bacon and pineapple relish, helps make up the Hawaiian Dog.
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Blue Cheese Dressing
This recipe is such a basic go-to, you can use it on just about anything, from salads to sandwiches, buffalo wings to buffalo hot dogs, and so much more.
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Blistered Shishito Peppers
These shishito peppers, along with spicy mayo, nori sheets, and sesame seeds, help make up the Shishito Dog. But you can use this recipe to make delicious blistered peppers that you can use alongside just about anything.
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Celery Slaw
This celery slaw, along with blue cheese dressing, crumbled blue cheese, and hot sauce, helps make up the Buffalo Dog.
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Creamy Ranch Slaw
Use this creamy slaw as one of the toppings for the Ranch Dog, or as a condiment or side next to pretty much anything else!
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Spicy Mayo
This spicy mayo, along with nori sheets, shishito peppers, and sesame seeds, helps make up the Shishito Dog.
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Pickled Carrots
These pickled carrots, along with peanut satay sauce, red chiles, cilantro, and crushed peanuts, help make up the Banh Mi Dog.
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Charred-Corn Salsa
This corn salsa, along with mayonnaise and tomatillos, helps make up the Elote Dog.
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Cantaloupe-Studded Champagne Jelly
The only way to perfect cantaloupe jelly? Just add sparkling wine!
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Tiki Cantaloupe-Coconut Cocktail
Fresh cantaloupe + coconut make for the perfect summer cocktail.
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Savory Shaved Cantaloupe Salad
When shopping for this salad at the market, pick heavy, aromatic cantaloupes with stem ends that yield slightly when pressed.
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Pork Cutlets with Cantaloupe Salad
A ripe cantaloupe is one of the most intoxicating pieces of produce under the sun—use it creatively.
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Salted Honey Cantaloupe Jam
This salty, sweet cantaloupe jam will put your go-to strawberry jam to shame.
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Pineapple-Jalapeño Relish
This pineapple-jalapeño relish, along with paprika honey mustard and Canadian bacon, helps make up the Hawaiian Dog.
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Peanut Satay Sauce
This peanut satay sauce, along with pickled carrots, red chiles, cilantro, and crushed peanuts, helps make up the Banh Mi Dog.
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Ranch Dressing
This dressing is great on salads, of course, but also pairs quite nicely with our Creamy Ranch Slaw.
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Russian Dressing
This Russian dressing, along with Swiss cheese, caramelized onions, sauerkraut, and sweet relish, helps make up the Reuben Dog.
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Ginger-Scallion Relish
This ginger-scallion relish, along with hoisin BBQ sauce and cucumber spears dipped in gochugaru, helps make up the Ssam Dog.
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Yellow Cupcakes
The nostalgic yellow cake flavor in cupcake form. If using a darker muffin tin, keep an eye on the edges—those pans encourage more browning, and you might end up removing these from the oven a few minutes earlier. Get the recipe for vanilla cream cheese frosting here. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.