Cured Meat

Like a wedge salad, except easy and you can eat. it. with. your. hands.

Think of this recipe as your favorite bacony wedge salad reimagined as an additive party snack.

Oh, and they're whole wheat pancakes, so there's that.

Whip this up with whatever you have in the fridge already

First of all, zoodle is a made-up word for vegetables that have been cut to look like noodles. Make this recipe vegetarian by substituting 8 oz. fresh shiitake mushrooms in place of the bacon and using a vegetable stock or water.

Quaker brand grits work really well in this recipe, and they are distributed very widely. If you can’t find them, use any other white, medium-grind, long-cooking grits.

This figs recipe is sweet, salty, sticky, and acidic—everything you want in a one-bite appetizer.

Cooking the brussels in two stages for this recipe ensures that the cores will be tender and the outer leaves will still have bite.

For this recipe, the greens taste best if sautéed just before serving, but you can cook the bacon and stems ahead; leave the pan on an unlit burner 'til go time.

Charcuterie plates are great, but cured meats can be used in pasta, sandwiches, and more.

The traditional stuffed pork roast is so delicious but so laborious. This chicken has all the same garlicky, herby flavors—not to mention lots of crispy bacon bits—and it’s optimized for a weeknight meal.

As long as the kohlrabi's greens are fresh-looking and not wilted, you can eat them. They can be sauteéd just like spinach.

Cook the collards until they completely surrender themselves to the rich, spicy, lip-smacking braising liquid. This recipe is from Buxton Hall, one of the Hot 10, America's Best New Restaurants 2016.

You can finish this carbonara with other seasonal vegetables, such as shredded brussels sprouts or Napa cabbage. This recipe is from Oberlin, one of the Hot 10, America's Best New Restaurants 2016.

This sandwich can be lunch, a snack, or a late-night thing. Eat it with potato chips and lemonade; it's also great with a simple green salad for dinner.

There is no better beach or picnic sandwich than the muffuletta. Here's why.

You can omit the pancetta, but it gives the finished dish a meaty depth that’s worth the extra step.

This recipe takes only about 15 minutes of active time (or less, if your bird is already cooked) and will change the way you think about turkey. Then again, we might be biased.

Once you get hooked on fresh chiles, you'll want to pack them into everything you cook—including your antipasto.

There is no better beach, picnic, or party sandwich: It feeds a crowd, gets better as it sits, and is a hearty meal built inside a loaf of bread. 

The ultimate make-your-own-BLT-sandwich spread is coming soon to a beach house near you, and it's stocked with the summer's best produce.

It doesn't get more American than this.

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Two sweet-salty finishings let guests craft their own signature sandwiches, but if you’re a purist, leave them off and let the (excellent) bacon speak for itself.