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Now, well into middle-agedom, I blink and it’s a new month. One good yawn and we’ve moved from pea shoots to picnic salads. Speaking of which, picnic salads that is, everyone needs a good potato salad in their picnic repertoire, right? This one fits the bill. It’s sort of a potato salad a la Nicoise. No mayo, the dressing is a mustard vinaigrette; new potatoes are tossed with green beans, roasted red bell peppers, red onion, minced Kalamata olives, parsley and arugula....

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Available during winter months, bacon avocados are large, thin-skinned avocados that are much lighter in flavor than the more popular Haas variety. If you happen to see bacon avocados at the market, try one out! They are exceptionally creamy and are perfect for using in sauces. While remoulade is typically made with mayonnaise, in this case we’ve substituted the mayo with avocado and seasoned it with lime juice. This creamy avocado sauce is perfect for serving with salmon!...

This isn’t the exact recipe we used at the bakery, but instead a version I prefer to make at home. I swapped out the spices and toned down the sugar to let the fruit take the lead. There’s really no better way to celebrate summer than with fresh fruit. Sometimes peaches can taste overly sweet. And sometimes raspberries are too sour. Peach raspberry pie balances the honey sweetness of peaches with tart raspberries all encased in buttery, flaky pastry....

How to Make Peppermint Bark Ready for the grand instructions? Ok, here you go: Melt chocolate. Pour onto cookie sheet. Sprinkle with crushed candy canes. Chill until firm. That’s it! Told you it was easy. If you want to get fancy and temper your chocolate, check out this tutorial from David Lebovitz. Tempering will make your chocolate look glossy and have a nice snap! when you break it apart or bite into it....

This week, I decided to make my own and got some great advice from the king of desserts himself, David Lebovitz on just how to go about it. David is the author of a fantastic book on ice cream, so he should know! I fudged a bit with the ingredient proportions that David gave me, but the method is all his. Thank you David. What Makes This Peppermint Ice Cream Special As with French vanilla ice cream, this method requires cooking a custard to add to the cream....

When I moved two hours north, away from the Ohio River Valley, I was shocked to learn pepperoni rolls are not universal. They are, in fact, highly regional, with a fascinating origin story. Familiarity with pepperoni rolls indicates you’re from northeast Appalachia, but they’re so good that it’s a shame for them to remain confined to this area. Wherever you live, you deserve pepperoni rolls. Consider this your primer. What Are Pepperoni Rolls?...

I sometimes make an extra chop just to have for lunch the next day. Heaven! If you can find thin cutlets in the market, snap them up. They cook so quickly that you can easily make this whole meal in about a half an hour. But alas, sometimes the best-laid plans go awry, as they did on the day I decided to make these. My usual thin cutlets weren’t available, so I bought boneless chops....

Here, classic buttermilk fried chicken gets a spicy twist, infusing it with spice instead of treating it as an afterthought. Chicken parts get marinated in a spicy buttermilk mixture, dredged in seasoned flour with a kick, and then fried in a skillet until crisp and golden brown on the outside, and juicy on the inside. What Are the Best Cuts of Chicken for Frying? For starters, you’ll want to use skin-on, bone-in cuts of chicken....

Trader Joe’s offers a diverse selection of reasonably-priced wines, sometimes at lower prices than the same bottles sold in other wine shops. Here are seven wines under $11—plus, one that comes in at about $22—that I recommend for any holiday table: 1. La Burgondie Crémant de Bourgogne ($10.99) Produced by a well-known French winery that also creates very high-end wines, this sparkling wine bubbles with flavors of strawberry and apples....

The Best Brownie Recipe There are two things I am an absolute perfectionist about: Chocolate chip cookies and brownies. I have probably tried hundreds of brownies throughout my life (not sure whether I should be admitting that or not) and these “better than box mix” brownies truly are the best I have had. The Perfect Brownie Breakdown: The Crust: The crust can never be dry and could never be “crunchy”. It must be chewy with a lightly crisp edge....

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When deep-frying foods, it’s best to go with a relatively low-cost oil that has a relatively high smoke point. “Low cost” because you typically need several cups of it, and high smoke point just in case the temperature of the oil spikes between batches. For most of our deep-frying projects here at Simply Recipes, we recommend peanut oil. If you have a nut allergy, try plain vegetable oil, grapeseed oil, or any of the oils we recommend in this post on The Best Oils For Cooking....

If Thanksgiving is about celebrating and sharing with your community, then a potluck is the ultimate expression of the holiday. There’s nothing like looking at a table full of food made from people you love and trying to figure out what everyone brought. While there are always plenty of the traditional dishes on our table (hello, stuffing), it’s the new dishes that excite me the most. Writer Alyse Whitney, for example, is saying NO to dry turkey and leveling up with bo ssam this year....

Buffalo Chicken Dip My husband found this recipe on food.com and wanted me to make it for him a few weeks ago. Of course, I had to make adjustments to my liking. Surprisingly, this Buffalo Chicken Dip turned out WAY better than I thought it would. In fact, is possibly my new favorite easy recipes for Super Bowl Party dip! It is creamy and delicious, with just a little bit of a kick....

And I have the perfect thing: Chamb’ and Bubbly. Yes, Chamb’ and Bubbly, as my husband hilariously dubbed it in honor of one of the greatest SNL skits of all time. Technically I’m talking about a Chambord Kir Royale, which is made by mixing champagne or sparkling wine with Chambord, a French raspberry liqueur that is just as good as it sounds. This drink is sparkling, festive, and perfect for sipping as you sing Auld Lang Syne....

In fact, this is one of those instances where you pity the fool who refuses to eat something because it doesn’t look appetizing. And then you’re secretly happy because that means there’s more for you. Chicken liver pâté is perfect for spreading over crackers or toasted thin baguette slices. And unlike so many of the pâtés we make that require a weighted terrine in a water bath, this one is easy to make and takes hardly any time....

I’ve gone a bit cranberry crazy at the moment. Plain loco. Off the deep end. You see, it’s 35°F outside and I have my ice cream machine running. Now before you roll your eyes at me and and simply pass me off as simply lunatic fringe, please, hear me out. I love cranberries. Adore them, in fact. I horde them come November and December because I just can’t get enough of their sweet-tart taste that just nibbles at your tongue....