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This menu, great for a gathering of six to eight, is for eating with your hands: spread your blanket out in the warm evening sun and linger until the fireflies flash in the dark. Toast with chilled Lambrusco (it's our...

Whether store-bought or home-baked, fresh artisanal bread tastes great, but most households have trouble finishing an entire loaf before it goes stale. Instead of tossing it, give your bread new life!

Ground into breadcrumbs, toasted into croutons, grilled with oil and topped with ricotta, or reinvigorated...

You might drown your sorrows in a whiskey or martini, but when it's time for good news, only sparkling wine will do. And when it's time for a celebratory brunch, there's nothing more delightful than a Champagne cocktail.

The most familiar sparkling cocktail...

Here at SAVEUR.com, we spend lots of time reading food blogs -- and it's no surprise that we've found smart, gastronomically-inclined bloggers in virtually every country on earth. These writers are committed to celebrating regional recipes, restaurants, techniques, and ingredients; we draw on their sites as...

Cooler weather is coming and what better way to transition to fall's early sunsets and crisp nights with delicious, warming cocktails. These 9 seasonal cocktail recipes will fit all of your fall entertaining needs. These cocktails are perfect for Halloween and harvest feasts. Great for your friends,...

By Jen Polachek


Do you remember (perhaps it was a blur) those Alice B. Toklas brownies that were passed to you at a party in college? The recipe--for fudge, actually, made with hashish, compressed marijuana resin--was popularized by...

Equally at home at the ballpark, the amusement park, and the sun-scorched summer sidewalk, syrup-doused snow cones are one of our favorite summertime treats. While the paper cups of brightly colored ice serve the single, sacred purpose of cooling us down, snow cones themselves come in an extraordinary...

Genoa's famous basil pesto belongs to a genre of pounded herb sauces found all across the Mediterranean. Some are traditional; others are creations of home cooks or chefs--all are the kind of multipurpose condiments you can use for marinades, sauces, dips, spreads, and more. Here are eleven variations on pesto....

When it's hot out, turning on the oven can feel like punishment. Thankfully, you can satisfy a sweet tooth without firing up the range. Simple-yet-luscious desserts like strawberry compote, ambrosia, and syllabub showcase summer's fruity bounty and can be whipped up in a matter of minutes. For even cooler alternatives,...

As a mid-afternoon pick-me-up or an after-dinner treat, a slice of cake is one surefire way to add a bit of luxury to your daily routine. With these 10 unfussy, rustic cakes, simple preparations let the ingredients speak for themselves. Each of these recipes can be whipped-up in just a...

Most cookies and cakes, which are often made with wheat, must be avoided by those wishing to remove gluten from their diet. Fortunately, there are plenty of naturally gluten-free desserts to enjoy without having to buy expensive flour substitutes and mixes. Here are 15 of our favorite flourless sweets from...

While grilled, roasted, and boiled components can make for a lovely salad experience, when it comes to flavorful bang-for-your-buck, nothing beats the bright, refreshing ease of a no-cook salad. Coming together in minutes, their beautiful ingredients combine with tart sauces and dressings, making a side dish or meal that's as...

As the days get longer and warmer, and winter gives way to spring, we find ourselves performing annual rituals: we put away our heavy coats, pull out our April showers-ready umbrellas, deep-clean our houses, and open up our windows for a breath of fresh air. The culinary transition is even...

The connection between food and sex isn't hard to find -- it always seems to come up whenever someone slurps an oyster or inhales the aroma of a fresh truffle -- but around Valentine's Day, interest in culinary aphrodisiacs takes on a particular urgency. According to folk wisdom, eating certain...

The morning after a snowy night, I can gauge how challenging my morning commute will be before I even get out of bed: I just look at the size of the drifts collected on the leafless tree outside my window. If the branches are dusted like powdered sugar, there's no...

This Halloween, skip the usual pumpkin overload in favor of something more literal. Channel your inner flesh-eating monster with thirteen actually creepy dishes starring ingredients like blood, liver, sweetbreads, hearts, and straight-up raw meat. Scary? Of course. But they're even more delicious.

I'm gawking at a bin filled with yellow-and-black-wrapped Hopjes at Economy Candy on Manhattan's Lower East Side when Jerry Cohen, the shop's proprietor, says to me, "I know: your grandmother kept them in a dish." He's spot on. I pop one into my mouth,...

If you're ready for something that will warm you up without weighing you down, try one of these simple vegetable soups. They're perfect for the cool days of early autumn.

Who wouldn't love to end a long day with sparkling lemonade, dried figs, and medjool dates? That is what 200 lucky Muslim men and women enjoyed as they broke their fasts with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Annual State Department...