We’re a few weeks into grilling season, and that means it’s time to stretch beyond the basic burger and start getting creative with toppings. An unusual favorite of mine that’s perfect for summer? Grilled pineapple! Brushed with whiskey glaze and accompanied by sliced jalapeños, these burgers are a little steakhouse, a little Hawaiian vacation, and a lot delicious.
Chicken is a year-round meal staple, but there’s something about its ease that makes it best suited to summertime. Chicken is mild and easy to cook, and it picks up all those summer flavors: the smoky taste of the grill, sweet and tangy barbecue sauce, and the juices of ripe red tomatoes.
Here are 15 delicious recipes that show how to use chicken in the summertime, from Pesto Chicken Tart to Yogurt-Marinated Chicken with Greek flavors, and from that easy slow cooker barbecue chicken to a glorious Chicken Cobb Salad.
Every summer, I make a note on my Oh My God Good Vegetables Are Finally Here! cooking to-do list (what, you don’t keep one?) to post about how to make classic dill pickles. Every week they’re available, I pick up nearly a bucket of perfect-for-pickling kirby cucumbers from the Greenmarket for my cucumber-junkie family with the greatest intention of finally making good on this promise. And I never, ever do. It might be that the first couple times I tried, many years ago, my always-too-hot kitchen molded both jars, traumatizing me at the end of the jars’ incubation periods. It might be that because I live in NYC, when I want an insanely good sour pickle, I just go to The Pickle Guys on Essex Street or track down some from Guss’. Like bagels, killer soup dumplings, or Halal cart street meat, amazing pickles are in a category of food you have to be extremely driven and possibly cuckoo to make at home in NYC. I mean, I am, but apparently not enough.
I make these instead. These are our go-to fridge pickle, and they are ludicrously easy. Do you have salt? Do you have vinegar? You’re set. They’re passable an hour later, excellent 6 to 8 hours later, and you can also enjoy them three weeks from now — though by then, we’ll be on our third batch.
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by Rosemarie Magee
“This is the old German recipe … belonged to my mom-in-law at the time. I’ve been baking these for the past 30+ years! It remains a family favorite!! Look for a springerle rolling pin in antique stores.”
A nasty cold has stolen most of my energy and focus this weekend. It’s interesting to note what foods I crave in my sickroom: the sweet tang of orange juice, the salty-meaty warmth of chicken soup, hot tea with lemon and honey. Occasionally I want something cool on my throat like ice cream, but at the same time dairy has lost its appeal.
Being sick is miserable, inconvenient and annoying but, strangely, I kind of like it. Here’s why…
4.63 / 5 Stars | 356 Reviews
by MJ46NY
“Black-eyed peas grab some heat and spice from jalapeno peppers and cumin in this flavorful slow cooker preparation that also includes diced ham, bacon, bell peppers, onion, and garlic.”
4.63 / 5 Stars | 356 Reviews
by MJ46NY
“Black-eyed peas grab some heat and spice from jalapeno peppers and cumin in this flavorful slow cooker preparation that also includes diced ham, bacon, bell peppers, onion, and garlic.”
