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For sick days, long car rides, or to upgrade your home bar, this recipe for DIY ginger ale is easier than you may think.

The easiest frosting around, this American-style buttercream can be adapted as you please.

First time frosting a cake? You’re gonna need a reliable frosting recipe. Learn why Swiss meringue buttercream is our top choice for cake decorating.

Pile it on waffles, stir into Greek yogurt, or spoon over cheesecake or crepes: Blueberry compote knows no bounds.

This one-pan pasta offers the best of two viral recipes.

A Midwestern dessert most easily described as peanut butter Rice Krispies Treats layered with chocolate and butterscotch, scotcheroos are practically impossible to dislike.

This easy, elegant lemon cake takes 10 minutes to pull together and can be made a day in advance.

The little black dress of Italian American cooking—get the recipe for the stuffed shells here.

Filled with poached shrimp and fresh mango, these Vietnamese-style spring rolls are a surefire crowd-pleaser.

This adaptable Moroccan tagine can be as mild or as hot as you can handle. Serve with crusty bread to sop up all the braising juices.

This shortcut to cocktail orgeat is easy to pull off when you start with store-bought almond milk. 

This tres leches cake recipe gets its tenderness from the addition of a fourth type of milk and a kick from a shot of rum.

Quick-cooking gnocchi goes in the same pan as the chicken for this cheesy, crowd-pleasing weeknight meal.

This easy pan-roasted fish dinner looks and tastes like you spent hours in the kitchen, but it’ll be on your table in less than 30 minutes.

Bright, bubbly, and hard to resist, a well-made peach bellini is a thing of beauty.

Crisp, clear, and preferably ice cold, a vodka martini is anything and everything you want it to be.

A Hollywood hopeful turned all-American success story, this 1970s classic deserves a modern renaissance.