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So here's the thing about using a crockpot in summer that I had to learn by actually doing it—it feels...

So I've said it before, and I'll keep saying it every summer until everyone believes me—boiling corn is a crime...

So the summer I finally committed to Sunday meal prep was the summer everything changed for our weeknights. I'm talking...

So summer lunch is a category of meal that I think about differently than any other, and here's why. During...

So that summer, I figured out that the best cookout sides don't always involve turning on a single burner, a...

So here's the Tuesday night situation that this recipe was born out of. It's six-fifteen; I've just picked up Jake...

So it's a Tuesday in late June, the kind of afternoon where the air conditioning in our house is fighting...

So, when Dan decided he wanted to learn how to grill, I made a decision that I'm still proud of—I...

So the first time I made shrimp kebabs for a backyard cookout, I did everything wrong. I used small shrimp...

So every summer without fail, I go through what I privately call my "farmers market problem." I walk through the...

So I'll paint you a picture. Last August, Dan decided we were going to do a family camping trip up...

So it was one of those Chicago Julys where the humidity hits you like a wall the second you step...

So last Fourth of July, I'm standing at the grill with tongs in one hand and a juice box in...

Here is a confession from someone who has spent fifteen years cooking professionally and still manages to go completely blank...

So I want to have an honest conversation about grocery budgets because I think there's a version of food content...

So there is a specific moment every summer that I have come to think of as the Pasta Salad Moment,...

So let me tell you about the summer I became the undisputed grill queen of our entire neighborhood block, because...

So, twenty minutes is my number. Not thirty, not forty-five, not "about an hour if everything goes smoothly," which in...

Every summer, without fail, around the second week of July, I am in my kitchen at 7 am, packing a...

So here's my hot take—and yes, I know the irony of using the word "hot" here—the crockpot is the most...