Summer

Cue the lobsters, crabs, and soft serve.

To make this endlessly riffable salad, pair whatever produce you’ve got with 7-minute eggs, a mustardy dressing, and your favorite protein.

Spoiler alert: We broke with tradition. Instead of rubbing toast with cut tomatoes, we grated the tomatoes to make a raw sauce that the bread can really absorb.

We can’t get enough of the smash burger, with a squishy bun and a lacy griddled patty (make that two, actually, to maximize that crispy exterior).

An understated slaw that gives us what we want: crunch and bright acidity.

This savory infused oil is about to open up your salad world.

When you’re not in the mood to do much work, you need a marinade that does the work for you.

This salad is a riff on melon and prosciutto. We swapped the melon for jammy figs and sweet tomatoes.

Dish out individual servings in your favorite cocktail glasses for a lazy dessert that punches above its weight class.

The method for marinating the feta is also a good trick for other fresh cheeses—try goat, mozzarella, or paneer.

Lamb chops need enough time on the grill to let the fat render, so keep movin’ ‘em around.

Soft, billowy homemade whipped cream with juicy, sweet macerated berries.

This recipe is more formula than mandate: You can use mussels, cherry tomatoes, and shallots instead.

A savory galette topped with peak season tomatoes, cheese, and garlic.

A bright, summertime pasta sauce packed with in-season tomatoes and briny olives.

You can use various heirloom cucumbers for this savory-sweet salad recipe; if you can find them, flaunt them.

Lots of toasted pita for scooping up everything is nonnegotiable.

Use the smallest tomatoes you can find at the market for this recipe—they’ll be extra sweet.

The cold bean salad you’ve been craving this summer. Buttery big beans and a garlicky tomato dressing.

Let these images from scorching hot summer’s past inspire the long weekend ahead.

If you’re not set up for grilling or the weather doesn’t permit, a cast-iron grill pan will also do the trick for making these spicy, gingery, umami-packed meatballs.

Lemon-pepper chicken, grilled corn salad, chicken skewers, Prosecco cocktails, and many more recipes are on the menu for BA staffers this week.

Strawberry-studded cakes, spicy-glazy summer squash, and more recipes featuring produce at their prime.

This recipe's the reason I look like a fancy-pants pastry chef all summer long.