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We’re celebrating the official kickoff of the season with the most delicious (read: meaty) summer foods. It’s time to light up your grills and get your marinades ready because we’ve created a BBQ menu tailored just for you. From refreshing drinks, to seafood, steak, sides, and dessert, we’re spicing up your typical grillables with a comprehensive cookout. No one will go home hungry, but everyone will leave wanting more of your BBQ.
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Summer Slaw
Here, sliced almonds and sesame seeds add a little crunch and heft, and ginger brightens up the dressing. Get the recipe on Food52.
Ian Knauer's Sticky Balsamic Ribs
Ribs that ditch the low-and-slow doctrine and make you popular anyway. Get the recipe on Food52.
Baked Beans
These baked beans are just a little tangy and just a little sweet. They can also be more than a little spicy if you feel like amping up the chipotle powder. Get the recipe on Food52.
Potato Salad With Arugula and Dijon Vinaigrette
The fresh, bold flavors in the salad are the reason for its success. Get the recipe on Food52.
Watermelonade
A refreshing, juicy concoction of fresh watermelon, lemon, sugar and water we like to call "watermelonade." Get the recipe on Food52.
Shrimp Burgers with Roasted Garlic-Orange Aioli
This burger provides a spunky break from beef, pork, and turkey, opting instead for fresh shrimp dotted with confetti-like accents of red pepper, fennel fronds, and orange zest. Get the recipe on Food52.
Steak for a Brooklyn Backyard Barbeque
Everyone should have a steak rub that takes no time to make in case you need to throw something together after work. This is ours. Get the recipe on Food52.
Grilled (or Broiled) Oysters with a Sriracha Lime Butter
Here you mash up butter with Sriracha, shallots, lime juice, and cilantro and as the oysters cook (we chose to broil them) the flavorful butter melts and poaches the plump little bivalves. Get the recipe on Food52.
Gin Rickey
This drink provides the perfect taste of summer, like a refreshing bit of surf on your legs. Get the recipe on Food52.
Lattice-Top Peach and Blueberry Pie
Peaches and blueberries are combined for a perfect balance of sweet and tart in this summer pie. Get the recipe on Food52.
