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The little black dress of Italian-American cooking. This recipe is from Palizzi Social Club in Philadelphia, PA.

These are your new grown-up peanut butter cookies. The tahini lends a creamy, earthy flavor.

It can be easy to give up on ordering pancakes for breakfast—more than a few bites and you're carb-ed out. We’d make an exception for these, which were inspired by Gjelina’s 9-grain pancake in Venice, CA.

These super-flavorful, no-fry chicken wings turn out best when they’re seasoned ahead of time. You can do this as little as 1 hour in advance, but letting them hang out with salt and those spices overnight is a complete game changer.

These easy crumble bars are the ultimate bring-over dessert. They're incredible when made with blackberries, but any other berries that look good—raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, or a even a combination—make a more than acceptable substitute.

The juices from the tomatoes, squash, and dressing make for a magical combination—you’ll need crusty bread to soak it up with.

Serve this dip with chips, as part of a meze platter, or slather it on grilled chicken thighs.

This sauce tastes like a cross between ranch and Alabama white sauce, which means you can basically put it on anything.

This chopped pesto requires nothing more than a cutting board and a knife.

Eat standing up, ideally over the sink.

This creamy dip requires almost no effort to blend together.

Cantaloupe bowl > bowl bowl.

Skirt steak is the ultimate summer steak for grilling—quick cooking, buttery, and versatile.

Warm browned cutlet + juicy, crispy, herby things = summer dinner without breaking a sweat.

This zippy, herbaceous drinkable soup is like a trip to the farmers’ market in a glass.

How to make a simple salad look like the work of a pro.

Having a ton of people over? Here's your dinner plan.

Rice suddenly got a lot more interesting.

Serve this salad as soon as it is assembled so all of the tomato juices and flavor stay where they belong.

This recipe puts a spin on prosciutto and melon by swapping in smoked salmon for the salty dry-cured ham.

This fish recipe is as healthy as it is easy—which is very!

A little meat-mallet action transforms this tough cut of beef into a quick-grilling all-star.

It's not about the number of steps or ingredients in a dish. If you shop smart, buying peak-season produce and quality protein, you don't have to do much at all (like with this easy salad recipe).

If you can't find sablefish, swap in lox, NBD.