In case you didn’t already know, Father’s Day is this Sunday. With two small kids, we try to keep things simple for these kinds of minor holidays, so a special meal and a few handmade cards is all we’ve got planned for celebrating my husband this year.

I did, however, have a really fabulous time and a few good laughs asking my husband what he thought would make a good roundup of recipes for Father’s Day dinners this year. There are some classics — steaks and pork chops — but there also a few surprises in the mix. Have a look and see what inspires.

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Michelle DiBenedetto-Capobianco’s life sounds awfully romantic. During the school year she lives in Port Washington, New York, and each summer she packs up her husband and three sons — ages 9, 10, and 12 — and moves to a tiny town in the mountains of Italy for the summer, where she runs a cooking school and tour company.

The village, called Salle, where her father grew up, feels frozen in time. “There are no stores in Salle,” says Michelle. “We either rely on the various trucks that come to sell things like fruits and vegetables, breads, cheeses, and fish, or we travel to neighboring towns to shop at open-air markets or shops.”

We talked to Michelle about how life’s rhythms change for her in Italy each summer.

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In any home, large or small, storage issues tend to be among the top gripes. There’s a good chance that your basement — if you even have a basement — is filled with needless items that you’ve collected over the years. You’ve probably lived through the experience of donating several small appliances, so you can, um … make room for new small appliances. And let’s not even discuss the clutter in that kitchen drawer.

It happens to the best of us, which is just one of the reasons why more and more people are turning to a minimalist lifestyle. The frontrunners of this movement? Tiny house owners, who have had to part with many of their possessions in favor of no mortgage, a simpler life, and the freedom to pick up and go whenever they like.

If you’re struggling to fit one more thing into your small space, look no further than these words of wisdom and minimalist practices shared by longtime tiny home owners.

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The house-cleaning community of this Reddit thread got pretty fired up the other day when the topic of often-forgotten nooks and kitchen gadgets was raised, prompting a passionate discussion about tidying fixes that will have your space looking brand-spanking new. In the off-chance that you’re not a professional house cleaner, here are some spots to keep an eye out for the next time you give your kitchen a clean sweep.

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During his two-decade-long career helming the kitchen at Alice Waters’ iconic restaurant Chez Panisse, Cal Peternell mentored countless breakout chefs, but the most important people that he’s taught to cook are his three sons — Henderson, Milo, and Liam (ages 26, 22, and 13) — right in his home kitchen.

As you might expect, instilling a love of cooking within his kids came pretty naturally for Cal because teaching people how to cook is woven into his DNA.

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We’ve sung the cast iron skillet’s praises so many times here at Kitchn that we probably sound like a broken record. So how about a little reinforcement from the choir? In this case, the choir is a group of smart, seasoned home cooks who also keep their trusty skillet within arm’s reach to churn out easy and delicious meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Here are the 10 recipes that made them fall hard for the cast iron skillet and that they still turn to time and time again.

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Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond has turned her small town of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, into a tourist attraction, and she’s just expanded her food empire with a brand-new restaurant called P-Town Pizza.

Ree announced her upcoming new restaurant on Instagram over the weekend.

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Dads are notoriously tough to shop for, but this year we decided to call in some inspiration. We reached out to five of the coolest dad food bloggers to find out what they’re asking for this Father’s Day, and you might be surprised at some of the things on their list. Take a peek.

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There’s an Econ 101 concept called comparative advantage. You’ve heard of it — it just means some people are more efficient (and/or more effective) at doing things than others. In our kitchen, it means I make dinner. I’m home from work earlier, and I’m a recipe developer by trade, and my partner doesn’t really cook. It means we have a very traditional separation of labor at home, and it works for us.

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Attention all germaphobes: We hate to break it to you, but there are probably some spots in your kitchen that you’re forgetting about during your regular cleaning sprees. Even if you’re the type of person who gives your sink a good scrub and rotates out your sponge on the reg (gold star!), there are definitely still some unexpected areas that could use some TLC.

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