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Bryant Terry’s luscious jackfruit tamales are not only a fascinating look at the crossover between Mexican and African American foodways, but proof that truly great tamales don’t require meat.

Edna Lewis once said, “People should really leave grits alone.” We won’t argue with the queen, but Kia Damon’s creamy, custardy roasted sweet potato grits are proof that all rules have exceptions.

Evoke the tropics with one sip of this classic cocktail. 

No frills and no fuss. This banana pudding is the real, decadent deal. 

A craveable, shareable, crowd-pleasing pie for every summer picnic and party.

Move over, salads: Green goddess is perfect as a marinade for grilled chicken thighs.

A no-bake icebox cake with fresh raspberries and smooth caramel cream to help you beat the summer heat.

We stopped running after ice cream trucks ever since we started dipping chewy, coconut cookie ice cream sandwiches in chocolate.

A French toast walks into a waffle iron and leaves crispier, custardy, and full of nooks and crannies perfect for catching an all too simple caramel sauce. 

Juneteenth calls for a celebratory Red Drink. Shyretha Sheats’ savory-sweet hibiscus and vermouth cocktail is a party in and of itself.

It took poet Kwame Alexander twelve tries to recreate his late mother’s perfectly crispy-juicy fried chicken. Luckily, he wrote down the recipe for you.

Smoked salt and herbs add depth and sweet pickled radishes bring some zing to this bison rib eye.

This salad is a textural dream—creamy Tepary beans, sturdy dandelion greens, crumbly goat cheese—but our favorite part might be the bright cranberry-sumac dressing.

Buttermilk adds a great tang to this mildly sweet, smooth, and custardy pie with a deep chocolate flavor from chef Deborah VanTrece.

Creole seasoning is the key to adding a spice cabinet’s worth of flavor in just a few shakes in this one-pot dinner.

This dish is perfect for long winter days when you want to flood the house with toasty, irresistible aromas.

This classic tuna salad has all the essentials for turning canned tuna into something truly compelling. 

Store-bought rotisserie chicken, puff pastry, and a simple gravy all come together to create something that tastes truly homemade.

A member of the larger umbrella group of easy fruit desserts, a buckle features tons of fruit barely held together by tender cake. We're talking so much fruit that the cake buckles around it, hence the name. There are many regional buckle variations, and not all have a streusel topping. This particular recipe, however, has got lots of big crumbs—and we think you’ll be glad that’s the case. 

Peanut butter, jelly, and buttery crackers in (no-churn!) ice cream pie form.