Light and Airy No-Knead Brioche Buns, Mixed Berry Galette, Favorite Greek Salad & More


About this time of year last year, I discovered Bachan's Japanese Barbecue Sauce. It's both a marinade and a sauce, and it's delicious. I typically use it on chicken thighs but my mother — who had never purchased a bottled marinade in her life before trying this one — regularly uses it to marinate arctic char. High praise!

If you're pressed for time or are looking for an easy-peasy grilled recipe for the long weekend, I can't recommend it enough. Earlier this week, I salted and marinated my chicken at 7 am, and when dinner time rolled around, it felt like a miracle pulling the bowl from the fridge. Target, Whole Foods, and many other stores now carry it.

Friends, I'm wishing you all a wonderful long weekend as we remember and give thanks to the many men and women who gave their lives in service to our country.

In this post, I've rounded up a few favorite recipes for the long weekend, including these no-knead brioche buns this simple grilled chicken recipe, and this mixed berry galette. I've included a few highlights below, too.

PS: Marinating & Grilling 101


An Olive Dip to Make All Summer Long

In Friday's pizza newsletter, I wrote about a crushed olive dip and "naked" pizza. Get the recipes and watch the video here:


Recipes for the Long Weekend

Deli-Style Pasta Salad

Greek Salad

Veggie Loaded-Stuffed Peppers

Chicken Souvlaki

Tzatziki

Go-To Cucumber Salad

4-Ingredient Balsamic Peppers

Actually Delicious Grilled Chicken Breasts

Excellent Guacamole

Mixed Berry Galette

Fudgy, Shiny-Topped Brownies

Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies


Thank You

Thank you to all who have ordered Pizza Night.


5 Free Resources Available to You

Hi. I'm Ali.

Bread enthusiast. Vegetable lover. Omnivore. If the kitchen is your happy place, you're in good company. Let's hang.

Read more from Hi. I'm Ali.

Friends, hello! Somehow summer is over, the kids are back to school, the hockey carpool has resumed, and, well, I find myself asking: how?! This summer in particular felt like a blink. Alas. Today, I have three things to share with you: First, corn on the cob: at some point in the middle of the summer, I stopped making it. Three of my children have braces, and as I noticed them night after night struggling to strip the kernels from the ears on their plates, sending corn flying everywhere,...

Hello Friends, A couple of weeks ago, I returned home to find Caroline Chambers' new book, What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking, at my door. Its arrival could not have been more timely: we had just returned from England, and in addition to feeling jet lagged or perhaps because of the jet lag, well, I didn't really feel like cooking. As I flipped through, I noticed the chapter organization — "15-ish Minutes," "30 Minutes," "45 Minutes," etc. — and immediately felt inspired. Surely I...

Friends, hello! Yesterday my copy of Jenny Rosenstrach's new book, The Weekday Vegetarians Get Simple, arrived, and about 30 minutes later the above-pictured tart, the book's cover photo, emerged from my oven. It was one of the fastest dinners I've ever assembled in a very long time and a reminder that a handful of good ingredients — good puff pastry, excellent tomatoes, deliciously creamy blue cheese — go a long way. Three years ago, Jenny wrote The Weekday Vegetarians, in which she shared a...