Buttermilk

An herbaceous, crunchy, green riff on the iconic bread salad, tossed in a tangy buttermilk dressing.

Today’s buttermilk isn’t quite the same as its predecessor—and it could affect your baking.

Vodka contributes an extra measure of tender crumb to these flaky-as-can-be biscuits.

Cornmeal adds a pleasant crunch, while buttermilk keeps them fluffy and light.

With tender buttermilk cake layers, a cranberry jam so good you’ll want it on toast, and a silky white chocolate frosting, this is a cake that’s equal parts impressive and achievable.

Velvety chicken stew, pillowy dumplings, and tender veg combine in this bowl of pure comfort.

This pasta starring summer corn achieves its savory, creamy sauce thanks to one special ingredient: buttermilk powder.

Tall, flaky buttermilk biscuits are given the garlic bread treatment–plenty of butter, two kinds of garlic, and lots of herbs and cheese.

Fluffy ricotta pancakes + Quick blueberry sauce = Other pancake recipes don’t stand a chance.

The egg-enriched buttermilk mixture makes for an especially crunchy and craggy coating. This recipe is from Buxton Hall, one of the Hot 10, America’s Best New Restaurants 2016.

Ideal for fresh blueberries in the summer or frozen blueberries all year long, this fruit-studded coffee cake is a winner any time you make it.

A bit of almond meal gives this ultrarich chocolate cake an airy but toothsome crumb.

If 6 Tbsp. of cayenne gives you pause, note: this is what Hattie B’s considers medium.

Quartering and stacking the dough creates lots of flaky layers that beg to be pulled apart and slathered with softened butter. 

With crunch from toasted walnuts and an optional boozy punch from rum-plumped raisins, this is the only carrot cake recipe you’ll ever need.

One bite is all it takes to fall in love with this extra-plush, cardamom-scented cake.

This boozy pie tastes like a Hallmark Christmas movie—you know, in the best way.

This chicken is juicy, tender, and never ever dry—thanks to the tannins in black tea, plus a sneaky pinch of baking soda.

Laced with plenty of black pepper, this bright mayo-and-vinegar-based sauce is a trademark of Alabama barbecue.

Airy with an outer shell that is crunchy like toast and perfumed like sweet eggy heaven—this is a waffle worth waiting for. 

This cornbread recipe gets everything you want out of the simple sidekick: It’s easy to cut, not too sweet, and it holds together.

Yes, the convivial festival favorite can be recreated at home. This one’s even more fun with a ginger-tinged glaze and a shower of pulverized berries.

Buttermilk-soaked catfish gets superlatively crispy thanks to a rice-flour dredge, a tasty nod to both Juneteenth and Black fish-fry food traditions.

Meet your new picnic go-to. This tangy-coleslaw-meets-creamy-pasta-salad features a nutty sauce inspired by Japanese goma, or toasted sesame, dressing.