When you find yourself with extra strawberries or rhubarb or peaches or plums or apples or, well, I could go on, one smart thing to do is walk over to the kitchen, and see if you have flour, butter, and sugar around. If so, you’re about 90% of the way to a buckle, a crisp, …

At the peak of summer’s bounty, it can be tricky to figure out what else to do with all of the tomatoes and sweet corn. If you’ve had as many BLTs or tomato sandwiches or panzanella and as much corn on the cob as you want, how do you honor the pint of sungold tomatoes …

Hot days call for easy meals that don’t require turning on the oven or laboring over a hot stove. We’ve been enduring a heat wave for the last couple of weeks around here, and I have barely had the desire to cook at all. But even if my appetite is a little suppressed by the …

Now that we’ve found our way into hot weather, it’s time for summer’s simplest frozen treat, the popsicle. It’s my lazy go-to when I want something refreshing that doesn’t require an ice cream maker or tons of prep. I thought I’d round up all of the popsicle recipes I’ve shared here so far and put …

I admire a well-made fruit pie, but so often, it just feels like too much fussy work. All that chilling and crimping and lattice-weaving. Which is why I find the galette so freeing as a dessert form. This strawberry galette has all the good parts of a pie—flaky crust, sweetly relaxed fruit—with minimal hassle. And …

These summer salads are in constant rotation in my kitchen in the warmer months. Some of these are appropriate during winter and fall, several can be made ahead and are great for parties and cookouts, and some are gluten free or vegan. They take advantage of the glorious bounty of produce that is available during …