American

For this smashed potatoes recipe, we like red skin potatoes for their creamy flesh and tender texture.

This chocolate pie recipe has everything you need in order to live: chocolate wafer cookies for crunch, fluffy chocolate mousse filling, and crème fraîche meringue.

In this classic egg cream recipe, seek out U-Bet chocolate syrup to make it the real deal.

This energy booster can be served as a snack, or for breakfast with yogurt and any kind of seasonal fresh fruit.

Five ingredients and five steps will get you to burger heaven. Want to take this summer cook-out staple to the next level? Check out our recipe for the Butcher's Burger, which includes three different cuts of beef. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.

This recipe for hot fudge sauce comes from the ice cream parlor Franklin Fountain in Philadelphia PA.

Portland-based Salt & Straw adds a drop of vinegar and a hint of pepper to balance the sweetness in this strawberry shake, plus a splash of rum to make it deliciously grown-up. If you're making this for the under-21 crowd, just omit the booze.