If you’re a fan of caprese salads, you’ll love this burger. The patties are seasoned with Italian spices, then topped with juicy tomatoes drizzled with balsamic, fresh basil, and fresh mozzarella. We’ve also doubled the basil by mixing it into the mayo and using whole leaves to top the burger. If you prefer less basil…
10 Secrets to Throwing an Unforgettable Summer Dinner Party
As we start to resume gathering with our friends and family, outdoor dinner parties are a perfect way to ease back into entertaining. Dust off your hosting skills with these summer party hacks to make it the easiest dinner party ever! Here’s how to spend less time playing host and more time hanging out with…
No Tuna DNA in Subway’s Tuna Sandwiches, Lab Analysis Finds: Report
A commercial lab test commissioned by The New York Times found no identifiable tuna DNA in a number of Subway tuna sandwiches. In a report published Sunday, the NY Times said that a reporter acquired “more than 60 inches worth of Subway tuna sandwiches” from three Subway outlets in Los Angeles, and researchers were unable…
These Fluffy Pancakes Will Make You Flip
Pancakes are a blank canvas, so bring out your inner artist. You can work your magic at the table with maple syrup, honey, confectioners’ sugar, fresh fruit, or softened butter. Or you can cook your artistry right into the pancakes by adding chocolate chips, chopped nuts, shredded coconut, sliced bananas, or raspberries instead of the…
Summer Salad Is an Easy Weeknight Meal
This gorgeous summer vegetable salad is loaded with produce, including golden beets, avocado, corn, microgreens, and radishes. Chickpeas and edamame add substance, and an herb-filled buttermilk-avocado dressing makes this salad really special. Serve it on its own for a light vegetarian meal or add grilled chicken for an easy weeknight dinner. Big Beautiful Summer Salad…
Scape Skewers: A Better Way to Use Garlic Scapes
Across the Northern Hemisphere at about this time, garlic plants are reaching for the sun. Each clove planted last fall has divided and swollen into a bulb of cloves, while the flowers emerge in a circuitous path. Each flower sits on a stalk that, before it will stand up straight like a stalk is supposed…
How to Make Umeshu, the Spirit of a Japanese Summer
Just as spring slips and summer arrives in Japan, before the mosquitoes swarm and the thick humidity hits in earnest, ume leads the charge into the new season. Ume, Japanese plums, are just as much a part of Japanese art and life as sakura, cherry blossoms. The trees bloom earlier, at the end of winter…
Kick Off Summer With a Shrub
Launch into the days of summer with a refreshing drink to hydrate, refresh, and cool off. This is one of my favorite summer beverages and it makes use of the season’s sweet strawberries. It’s called a shrub, or a tonic, which is a syrup composed of fruit, sugar, and vinegar. Also known as drinking vinegar,…
All the Same?
Shortly after I began writing a wine column in 1976, a friend teased me about my avocation. We were journalists working at The Associated Press, and he probably didn’t mean to be disparaging when he said, “All red wines taste the same.” Not a very journalistic approach. Since I had never known him to take…
How to Make a Classic French Yogurt Cake
Think of yogurt cake as the little black dress of French baking: an easy, everyday staple that always delights and pairs well with just about everything. With a golden exterior and moist, fluffy crumb, it’s the perfect cross between a pound cake and light sponge cake, an ultimate family favorite for any occasion. Why is…
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