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You’re looking at the quintessential summer dessert, perfected by the BA Test Kitchen. 

Margaritas are always wearing their party hats.

Who knew that dessert could be as easy—and refreshing—as combining sugar and water?

Juicy, fruit-filled pies call for a baked-through bottom crust.

These sweet pierogies help balance out the savory fillings from Kielbasa, Sauerkrat, and Potato Pierogies, Beef, Onion, and Cheddar Pierogies, and Bacon, Mushroom, and Spinach Pierogies, making them perfect for any pierogi party.

Plus, what to do with slightly sour, out of season berries.

How much sugar do you *really* need? What's pectin? Memorize this formula and guide to making your own jam and preserves, and suffer have dry toast again.

Roasting the strawberries intensifies their sweetness.

A tangy and nutty rice salad to serve with broiled fish, pan-roasted pork chops, or roast turkey.

Supermarket berries can taste sour and sub-par. Here's how to make "meh" berries taste sweeter and better.

The sweet and sour flavors in this condiment are a perfect accompaniment to a cheese board, and we’d also happily spoon some inside a grilled cheese for a change.

The liquid is really up to you. Nut milks add body and protein, but if you prefer something sweeter, try juice. Less heavy? Go with coconut water.

This recipe, part of our Throwback Thanksgiving feature, is from our 1970 issue. Granny Smith apples have lots of pectin, which makes them ideal for this sauce; it will set up without adding any gelatin to the mixture.

Canned cranberry sauce? You're better than that! These cooking tips will have you hooked on fresh cranberries.

A Thanksgiving-worthy dessert that can be baked in your toaster oven? Yes, please!

Kale, chia seeds, seaweed: these trendy superfoods have garnered a lot of buzz for their health benefits. But are any of them actually a “magic bullet” nutrition solution? We get to the bottom of it.

Here's how to buy, store, and cook cranberries, in season in October.

The strawberry syrup is perfect for topping ice cream and yogurt or mixing into butter for spreading onto biscuits, pancakes, and French toast.

The key is to work quickly when encasing the strawberries with the mochi recipe before the dough cools and firms.

You can make these blueberry muffins with just all-purpose flour, but using whole wheat too gives them a heartier, nuttier flavor. 

What's bright, sweet, and about to make your toast so much better? A height-of-summer batch of homemade jam.

You can make a larger batch of the Earl Grey sugar and sprinkle it on sugar cookies, pie dough, or scones before baking.

Vinegar and strawberries become best friends in this flavorful infusion.