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Kitchn’s Food Editor, Hali Bey Ramdene, is the kind of person you can have deep, interesting conversations with about the similarities between Kim Kardashian and Caesar salad (more on that later this summer). She’s an incredibly thoughtful writer, and genuinely cares about helping people get dinner on the table. Sometimes that translates to brilliant recipes or a smart series on educating your eye at the grocery store, and sometimes that just means finding the perfect after-dinner treat (i.e., ice cream).

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My grandparents used to pour buttermilk into a drinking glass full of cornbread and eat it with a spoon. Nana called it clabber, and as much as I liked some of the unfamiliar treats at their house, this one was not for me. In retrospect, it might have been more appealing in a bowl … or maybe not.

Anyhow, my point is that I have no interest in large containers of buttermilk, because most recipes call for a half-cup or less, and no way am I drinking the rest. What’s a cook who would hate to waste a half-gallon of buttermilk to do?

Go for the powdered stuff!

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Poached Rhubarb Royale

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Too many people regard rhubarb like a beloved, sassy elderly aunt. She comes to town each spring and wears a lot of hot pink and bright green. Everyone is thrilled to see her, but after sharing a couple of pies and a pot of coffee, what are they going to do with her the rest of the time?

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There’s something about summer that reminds me of food from my junior high days — sipping Capri Suns at the neighborhood pool or riding bicycles to a matinee and eating nachos with neon yellow cheese in the air conditioning. Food was almost always there as backdrop for the moment and rarely the point.

With a similar spirit in mind, we put together a 4th of July menu fueled by nostalgia for that simplicity and ease. Perhaps that memory is clouded by time, but for one day this summer, we’re indulging in the revelry and taking advantage of the shortcuts and ingredients that keep us out of the kitchen and at the party instead.

We found that almost everyone craves these classic flavors too. From sweet, sticky wings made even easier with bottled BBQ sauce and the slow cooker, to super-cheesy nachos, to easy ice cream cakes you make in muffin tins, here’s what to eat to transport you back to the summers of your junior high and high school glory days.

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Summer’s here and the grilling’s easy — or at least it will be. From the entrée to the side to dessert, this method of cooking is one of the quickest, most flavorful ways to make a meal. With these helpful tips, the grill will be your new go-to for everything including burgers, steaks, salads, and more.

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Craving the slightly sparkling hard lemonade of summers past? We were too, and happily discovered that it can be recreated with ingredients already buried in our pantries and bar cabinets. Finally, a use for that dusty bottle of limoncello — a wine spritzer that melds candy-coated flavor with a grown-up palate.

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Your favorite ’90s dreamboat is up to new things. Freddie Prinze Jr. just released his first cookbook, Back to the Kitchen: 75 Delicious, Real Recipes (& True Stories) from a Food-Obsessed Actor, after his wife, Sarah Michelle Gellar, convinced him he needed to share his talents with the world. I was able to sit down with him during his promotional tour to talk about the book and get the scoop on his favorite pint of ice cream.

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It doesn’t get more classic than sweet White Zinfandel when it comes to wine coolers, and quite honestly, they’ve never tasted better. Whether you’re a White Zinfandel lover, or despise anything labeled “blush,” there’s a reason this sweet pink stunner was the highlight of 1980s drinking culture, and it comes down to taste.

Inspired by the rise of spritzy, low-alcohol cocktails popping up at bars across the country and the official start of poolside sipping, we decided to take a closer look at America’s favorite off-dry wine spritzer.

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