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Labor Day Menu: Nibbles, Dips, and Salads

Labor Day means that summer is coming to an end (sad). On the bright side, the holiday comes readymade with the excuse to celebrate and eat lavishly, something that we're always prepared to do. From light salads to super easy appetizers, we've got a perfect menu to go with all those burgers, ribs, and steak tacos. And before you light that grill, be sure to read The Food Lab's 10 Grilling Tips first.

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1 Comment | Posted by Christine Chung, September 2, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Tagged: holiday recipes, labor day, summer, summer menus

Recipes for Memorial Day Weekend

Is it Memorial Day weekend yet? This whole week we've been gearing up to the three-day weekend and official start of outdoor grilling season. Here's a mess of recipes we'd happily chow on with friends around a grill, on a rooftop, at a park, or wherever. Everything from sweet potato chips to burgers and skewer-able meats to roasted potato salad, and of course a cold basil lemonade to gulp down.

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1 Comment | Posted by The Serious Eats Team, May 27, 2011 at 2:15 PM
Tagged: grilling, holiday recipes, Memorial Day, menus, summer menus

Favorite Recipes for St. Patrick's Day

Everyone's got a little Irish in them. Or at least has been to an Irish bar? That counts. In honor of St. Paddy's, here are recipes to go with your pint of Guinness or Bulmers (or Mangers in the States). We've got multiple soda bread variations, beef stew, corned beef, plenty of cabbage, and stout cake all represented. These aren't necessarily all truly authentic, but they make us feel a wee bit more Irish.

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6 Comments | Posted by The Serious Eats Team, March 16, 2011 at 7:00 PM
Tagged: holiday recipes, Irish, St. Patrick's Day

5 Tricks to Baking Perfect Sugar Cookies

1. Measure Carefully Any sugar cookie recipe is a delicate proportional balance of fat, sugar and flour, so be sure to measure your ingredients carefully in order to get the desired finished texture (crisp, chewy, delicate, melting, etc). 2. Mind Your Butter! A key step in making sugar cookies is the creaming of butter and sugar. If the butter is too soft, your cookies will be greasy, and if it is too cold, they'll seem like lead weights. It is important to start with evenly softened butter, and the only way to do this properly is to take it out of the refrigerator and, uh, wait. Always soften butter in a temperate environment until it yields gently to pressure;...

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10 Comments | Posted by Gina DePalma, December 8, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Tagged: cookies, desserts, Gina DePalma, holiday recipes, sugar cookies