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The 10 Most Popular Recipes in June

Strawberry-studded cakes, spicy-glazy summer squash, and more recipes featuring produce at their prime.
Overhead shot of a strawberry sheet cake with the cut side of halved berries embedded in the sliced rectangular cake.
Photo by Chelsie Craig, Food Styling by Yekaterina Boytsova

June marks the arrival of summer and everything we love about the season—especially all that long-awaited produce. This month, readers gravitated toward all the recipes that best capture this moment of the year, from strawberry-studded cakes for snacking all day to large platters of steak (with a punchy scallion salsa verde) perfect for a party to a picnic pasta that won’t get weird in the sun to an easy potato salad that riffs off on everyone’s favorite potato chip flavor (sour cream and onion, of course). And though June might be over, these peak ingredients aren’t going anywhere for a little while longer, so you’ve still got time to cook up these recipes—starting with the most popular below—and salute to summer.

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    Photo by Chelsie Craig, Food Styling by Yekaterina Boytsova
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    Red Pesto Pasta

    This red pesto tastes like a mash-up of your favorite spicy arrabbiata sauce and the anchovy-garlic dip bagna cauda. All of which is to say, it’s delicious.

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  • A square strawberry shortcake shot from above with bright red saucy berries a sugartopped biscuit and oozing whipped cream.
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    Simple Strawberry Shortcakes

    You can make this classic summertime dessert with whatever seasonal berries are calling your name.

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    Photo by Chelsie Craig, Food Styling by Yekaterina Boytsova
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    Strawberry Snacking Cake

    Don’t be surprised at how quickly this olive oil and cornmeal-enriched sheet cake will disappear.

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  • Spicy Steak Lettuce Wraps recipe
    Photo by Chelsie Craig, Food Styling by Pearl Jones
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    Spicy Steak Lettuce Wraps

    Lettuce wraps might be our all-time favorite weeknight summer dinner—minimal cooking, maximum flavor and freshness.

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    Photo by Chelsie Craig, Food Styling by Kat Boytsova
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    Jammy Pepper Pasta Salad

    This spicy, sweet, and punchy pasta salad is perfect for a hot summer picnic when you need your dishes perfect at room (ahem, air) temperature.

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    Photo by Chelsie Craig, Food Styling by Pearl Jones
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    Sour Cream and Onion Potato Salad

    This recipe was an excuse to combine our favorite potato chip flavor with the creamy, salty "salad" of our dreams. To hammer that home, the whole dish is topped with crumbled sour cream and onion potato chips.

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