Summer

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.

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.

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.

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.

Celebrate the 4th of July and your day off with these refreshing drinks.

Welcome to your newest go-to summer marinade, featuring some spicy sambal, brown sugar and coconut milk to balance out the heat, and lots of fresh ginger and lime juice.

This vegan burger is ready in no time, and the uncooked patties keep for days in the fridge.

Talbott Vineyards’ Chardonnay is the perfect pairing for fresh seafood this summer.

If your Barq’s isn’t floating around in a hot pink flamingo this summer, reconsider every decision you’ve made up until this point.

And no, we don't mean macaroni salad.