Our 15 Favorite Summer Squash Recipes

Summer squash season is officially in full swing which means gardens, farmers’ markets, and grocery stores are full of ready-to-eat yellow squash, zucchini, and other varieties of squash. And to help you make the most out of this season’s bounty, we gathered our all-time favorite squash recipes, from our top-rated Squash Casserole to an incredibly … Read more

Caprese With Crispy Polenta Croutons Recipe

In this recipe, classic caprese salad goes from side dish to main, all thanks to a tube of precooked polenta. Found next to the dried pasta in the supermarket, store-bought polenta is often viewed as a shadow of its homemade counterpart. But try slicing and frying it—and you’ll see that it’s the ideal weeknight sidekick. … Read more

These Polenta Croutons Will Elevate Any Salad

Welcome to Jesse Fixes Dinner, a series in which food editor Jesse Szewczyk shares his best tricks for effortless weeknight cooking. As many people are reliving the ’90s and 2000s via their closets (black chokers, bucket hats, scrunchies), I’m turning to my pantry instead. Of course there are some ingredients I’m happy to leave in … Read more

How to Stock a Nigerian Store

In Nigeria, we don’t have pantries. What one calls a pantry in Europe and North America, we call a “store,” and no two are the same. Each home store is a melange of local, regional, and global ingredients. Some ingredients—palm oil, crayfish, fermented seasonings—speak volumes about all the ways Nigerians are similar despite our many … Read more