Simple Cooking

Brown butter lends a subtle toffee-like flavor that makes these brown butter chocolate chip cookies far more enticing than your everyday version.

Creamy butter beans turn this dish of sesame broccoli into a hearty one-bowl meal, though you could leave out the beans and serve the tofu and broccoli with rice.

This New England clam chowder recipe gets its creamy consistency from half-and-half and smokiness from finely chopped bacon.

Celery stalks finally get their main-character moment in this creamy celery soup recipe.

Our favorite thing about banoffee pie isn’t the bananas, toffee, or whipped cream. It’s that you can make it without turning on the oven.

The classic combination of grilled chicken and bottled ranch gets a summer glow-up in this barbecue-ready salad.

This riff on panzanella pulls inspiration from memories of picking cherry tomatoes off the vine and running inside to dip them into a bowl of ranch.

Pick any pickle you want—or a mix of dill pickles, cocktail onions, capers, pickled green beans, cornichons, and hot cherry peppers—for this creamy, tangy dressing.

This salad is refreshing and light, but bursting with punchy flavors of lemongrass and fish sauce, and the sweet, caramel tones of coconut sugar.

Tossed with the lemongrass dressing, the sweet-and-sour flavors swim into the cut edges of the smoky brussels sprouts.

The sourness of tamarind breathes new life into the classic millionaire’s shortbread.

The Prizefighter No. 1 is a bold sour made with lemon, Fernet-Branca, and Carpano Antica sweet vermouth. 

Keep Aperol, gin, and a few cucumber slices on hand all summer long to make this elegant cocktail whenever you want. 

This homemade chocolate syrup recipe is rich and versatile, and the process is nearly as easy as running to the grocery store to pick up a bottle of Hershey’s.

The filling for this easy buttermilk pie comes together in just under 10 minutes.

Far less dense (and far more flavorful) than a traditional pound cake, the Philly fluff cake is known for its ethereally light, fluffy texture.

Invite Campari and grapefruit into your G&T for an extra-refreshing (and easy) cocktail.

While there’s no wrong way to toast New Orleans, the Sazerac, a boozy combination of bitters, anise liqueur, and a whole lot of whiskey seems awfully right.