Succotash is the 400-year-old side dish that belongs on your summer table

This succotash recipe is the ultimate summer vegetable side dish! Ready in under 30 minutes, it's packed with corn, lima beans, tomatoes, and more.

Published Aug 6, 2026

Fresh, Fluffy Pita Bread Is Just 7 Ingredients Away

Homemade Pita Bread is easier to make than you might think! I make this simple dough with 7 basic ingredients, and it only needs a few minutes of kneading and a hands-off rise before it bakes into soft, chewy rounds with pockets ready for whatever goodies you want to stuff inside. And you don’t need a stand mixer, pizza stone, or any special bread-making equipment for this easy recipe. My favorite part is watching each pita puff up in the hot oven! There’s really nothing more budget-friendly than making bread from scratch, and fresh pita tastes SO much better than the packaged kind! Can’t eat all eight right away? Let them cool, then pop them into a gallon-sized freezer bag and freeze for later.

My Best Yellow Cake Recipe Is Softer, Richer & More Moist

Soft and buttery with an extra moist crumb, this is the best yellow cake I’ve ever had. After several rounds of recipe testing, I found the secret to the most delicious yellow birthday cake is a combination of cake flour, extra egg yolks, whipped egg whites, and buttermilk. Cover this cake with my rich and creamy chocolate buttercream for the ultimate celebratory birthday cake!

This 15-minute tomato burrata salad is the easiest summer side dish

This burrata salad recipe is a delicious summer side dish! A fresh twist on a Caprese, it's filled with juicy tomatoes, pesto, and creamy burrata cheese.

Published Jul 12, 2026

30 Easy 4th of July Side Dishes for a Crowd-Pleasing Cookout

Our best 4th of July side dishes! They include everything you need for a crowd-pleasing cookout: pasta salad, corn on the cob, watermelon, and more.

Published Jun 30, 2026

20 Summer Cookie Recipes to Bake All Season

These 20 summer cookie recipes are packed with seasonal flavors and perfect for sharing. Whether you’re craving fruity strawberry biscuit cookies, bright coconut lime cookies, or chocolatey s’mores chocolate chip cookies, you’ll find plenty of warm-weather favorites here. Easy to pack, transport, and share, cookies are the perfect dessert for picnics, cookouts, beach days, and summer gatherings.

strawberry chiffon shortcake, perfected

In 2007, when this website was still in its infancy, I shared a recipe for a layered strawberry chiffon shortcake. I’d never made a chiffon cake before, but I brought it to a friend’s rooftop birthday BBQ, correctly assuming that no one would be unhappy with a towering, featherweight cake sandwiched with whipped cream and fresh strawberries, however inexpertly made.

Strawberry Feta Pasta Salad with Greek Yogurt Poppy Seed Dressing

Sweet strawberries, salty feta cheese, tender pasta, crisp romaine lettuce, avocado, sliced almonds, and a tangy homemade poppy seed dressing come together in this fresh and colorful pasta salad. Strawberry feta pasta salad is perfect for summer cookouts, picnics, potlucks, and easy weeknight dinners. Feel free to add grilled chicken, shrimp, salmon, or chickpeas on top for extra protein.

Strawberry Jam - David Lebovitz

I was recently gifted an overload of strawberries: I bought four baskets from a vendor at the market, whose booth I shop at often, and he threw in two extra baskets for free, the equivalent of a carte de fidelité (loyalty card) in Paris. So I’ve spent the past few days washing, hulling, cutting and cooking my unexpected bounty.

Summer Fruit Galette

Being a baker, summer is my favorite time of year. Not only are peaches, nectarines, cherries and plums abundant at the market, but as the seasons progress, the volume of fruits lowers the price, and I stock up on whatever I can, whenever I can.