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Claire Saffitz

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Claire Saffitz is a freelance recipe developer and video host. Previously, she was Senior Food Editor at Bon Appétit magazine, where she worked for five years in the test kitchen. She hosted the series Gourmet Makes on the Bon Appétit YouTube channel, where she used her classical pastry knowledge to reverse engineer popular snack foods and candy.

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Savory Shaved Cantaloupe Salad

When shopping for this salad at the market, pick heavy, aromatic cantaloupes with stem ends that yield slightly when pressed.
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Preserved Limes

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Salted Butterscotch

Like your desserts extra-salted? Just keep adding more and tasting the butterscotch until you reach your personal sweet-salty threshold.
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Pork Cutlets with Cantaloupe Salad

A ripe cantaloupe is one of the most intoxicating pieces of produce under the sun—use it creatively.
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Chicken and Onions Braised in White Wine

You can omit the pancetta, but it gives the finished dish a meaty depth that’s worth the extra step.
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Tiki Cantaloupe-Coconut Cocktail

Fresh cantaloupe + coconut make for the perfect summer cocktail.
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Chocolate Grasshopper Ice Cream Tart

Cold minty-chocolate-y goodness in every slice.
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Stone Fruit Icebox Cake

Use any stone fruit you like, alone or in a combination.
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Salted Honey Cantaloupe Jam

This salty, sweet cantaloupe jam will put your go-to strawberry jam to shame.
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Hoisin BBQ Sauce

This hoisin BBQ sauce, along with ginger-scallion relish and cucumber spears dipped in gochugaru, helps make up the Ssam Dog.
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Paprika Honey Mustard

This paprika honey mustard, along with Canadian bacon and pineapple relish, helps make up the Hawaiian Dog.
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Blue Cheese Dressing

This recipe is such a basic go-to, you can use it on just about anything, from salads to sandwiches, buffalo wings to buffalo hot dogs, and so much more.
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Blistered Shishito Peppers

These shishito peppers, along with spicy mayo, nori sheets, and sesame seeds, help make up the Shishito Dog. But you can use this recipe to make delicious blistered peppers that you can use alongside just about anything.
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Celery Slaw

This celery slaw, along with blue cheese dressing, crumbled blue cheese, and hot sauce, helps make up the Buffalo Dog.
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Creamy Ranch Slaw

Use this creamy slaw as one of the toppings for the Ranch Dog, or as a condiment or side next to pretty much anything else!
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Spicy Mayo

This spicy mayo, along with nori sheets, shishito peppers, and sesame seeds, helps make up the Shishito Dog.
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Pickled Carrots

These pickled carrots, along with peanut satay sauce, red chiles, cilantro, and crushed peanuts, help make up the Banh Mi Dog.
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Charred-Corn Salsa

This corn salsa, along with mayonnaise and tomatillos, helps make up the Elote Dog.
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Cantaloupe-Studded Champagne Jelly

The only way to perfect cantaloupe jelly? Just add sparkling wine!
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Peanut Satay Sauce

This peanut satay sauce, along with pickled carrots, red chiles, cilantro, and crushed peanuts, helps make up the Banh Mi Dog.