Spring

Galettes were invented to make amateur bakers feel like pros.

The ultimate fancy-but-not-too-fancy date night dinner.

This recipe makes two white pizzas, but it can be easily halved.

As the summer progresses and asparagus season dies down, use the same marinade recipe to grill green beans.

This cold noodle salad can be customized however you want, but it's all about that sesame dressing.

This colorful cold noodle salad can be changed up however you want, it's all about that tangy, umami-wonderful miso dressing.

For this dessert recipe, the dough for fregolotta, an Italian cookie, is broken up into small pieces, then baked.

Lapsang, a black tea from China, may taste too strong and smoky when you sip it on its own, but it will mellow out as it marinates with the fish.

Meet your summer cocktail, a pinky and bubbly rosé wine spritz with Aperol and passion fruit juice. Now all you need is a pool to drink it next to.

Vodka in the dough hydrates the flour without developing gluten, which makes for an especially pliable dough and tender crust.

Mashing peas with the back of a spoon just won’t cut it. Think potato masher + elbow grease if you want to bring out their natural creaminess.

If you don’t want to make the chicken stock from scratch for this congee recipe, simmering some store-bought broth with a few slices of bacon and ginger for 20 minutes or so will give you a huge head-start on flavor.

If you have a wok, gold star goes to you! Use it!

Once you get the hang of it, forming these dumplings is easy, but it may take a little practice at first.

Ramps, a wild leek, are one of those fleeting vegetables that whip chefs and cooks into a springtime fever.

Any cooked rice or grain will work in this stir-fry, but for best results make sure they are completely cooled—overnight is ideal.

Is it necessary to blanch, then shock, the ramp greens? If you want a super-green (not khaki) pesto, it is.

Green beans! Green asparagus! Green pistachios! ... You get the idea—this salad is a celebration of spring. If you can’t find fava beans, substitute English peas or sugar snap peas instead.

If it looks good at the market, it will be good in this salad.

This simple process works for practically any fruit; gauge how much sugar to use based on the fruit’s sweetness, and try cardamom or ginger in place of cinnamon.