Shilpa Uskokovic
Senior Test Kitchen Editor
A graduate of The Culinary Institute of America, Shilpa worked in some fancy-pants, Michelin-starred restaurants in New York City (like Perry St, Jean-Georges, Marea, and The NoMad) before joining Bon Appétit as food editor. At BA, Shilpa transforms her restaurant experience into reliable recipes that range from slightly project-y (like this raspberry cream cake) to incredibly easy (a set-it-and-forget-it burnt orange roast pork) and everything in between. She has an economics degree from a previous life that she never uses, and she loves cake, books, instant pudding mix, and grocery shopping.
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Spicy Green Bean Ditalini With Caramelized Lemon
With lots of crunchy green beans, caramelized lemon, toasted nuts, and creamy cheese, this is somewhere between a great pasta and a delicious salad.
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Saucy Soy-Butter Beef and Peppers
Tender beef and crunchy shishitos collide with a buttery, umami-rich sauce in this weeknight-friendly, less-than-30-minutes meal.
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Fresh Pasta With Buttered Tomatoes
Two-ingredient homemade pasta (no machine required!) meets a buttery yet fresh tomato sauce finished with a drop of umami-rich fish sauce.
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For the Best Salad Dressing, MSG Is Optional but Not Really
A little goes a long way for bigger, bolder, better flavor.
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Grilled Corn and Steak Fattoush
Grilled steak, fresh corn, juicy tomatoes, and crunchy pita chips come together for a summer-flavor party in your mouth.
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Sheet-Pan Pizza Is Cheaper Than Delivery, and Way More Fun
The toppings are whatever is in your fridge right now. Go on, go look.
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No-Grill Lemongrass and Soy Ribs
Saucy and spicy with lots of garlic and lemongrass, these ribs come together entirely on the stovetop. No grill or oven required.
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Chocolate Sheet Cake With Brown Butter Frosting
How do you make chocolate sheet cake better? Just add brown butter frosting, whose nuttiness is enhanced by an ingredient found in most grocery stores.
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Shawarma-ish Short Rib Kebabs
Cubes of boneless short rib are begging to be spiced, skewered, and grilled off to be your next quick any-night meal.
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Pork Spareribs With Jammy Barbecue Sauce
You’ll go crazy for these barbecue ribs, which are slow-baked before hitting the grill. Save time by tenderizing them in your Instant Pot.
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Garlicky Grilled Ribs With Charred Onion Salad
Thin-cut flanken-style ribs with a low-effort lemon-rosemary marinade cook in less than 10 minutes.
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Giant Red-Eye Ribs
Large primal-looking beef ribs are meltingly tender and richly marbled under a peppery-sweet jacket of spices.
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Pickle Dip Is the Holy Trifecta of Briny, Crunchy, and Creamy
For potato chips, cucumber wheels, radish hunks, seedy crackers, you name it.
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The Key to a Softer, Chewier Cookie Is Agave Syrup
This simple swap will make any cookie feel “soft-baked.”
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
A clever combo of olive oil and agave syrup keep these cookies miraculously chewy and tender even straight out of the freezer.
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Mango With Fried Shallots
Spicy, salty, sweet, and crunchy—this Thai-inspired mango salad is exactly what you’re craving in the summer.
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Summer Squash Pasta With Just Enough Anchovies
Too much squash on your hands? Never a problem with this silky, creamy, low-effort pasta full of shallots, anchovies, and brown butter hazelnuts.
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Stone Fruit With Furikake
Juicy stone fruit, toasted nori, and salty cheese—this recipe proves fruit salad doesn’t always have to be sweet to be great.
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Tomato Salad With Jalapeño Ranch
This spicy, herby ranch dressing is better than anything store-bought. You’ll want to put it on everything.