TASTElist

For this classic mixed greens salad recipe, you’ll need a variety of fresh salad greens and a batch of Classic Vinaigrette.

This delicious blue cheese-yogurt salad dressing is fortified with mayonnaise and enlivened with white wine vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, and a touch of sugar.

For this classic steak and bacon salad recipe, crispy bacon mingles with cold grilled steak, romaine hearts, watercress or arugula, crumbled blue cheese, and cherry tomatoes in creamy Blue Cheese–Yogurt Dressing.

For this easy tahini dressing recipe, the sesame seeds paste combines with lemon juice, garlic, kosher salt, and olive oil. Use it to dress a hearty chicken salad with greens and cucumber.

A healthy chicken and greens salad recipe. You’ll need to make a batch of Tahini Dressing for tossing.

For this delicious yogurt-avocado dressing recipe, tangy Greek yogurt combines with creamy avocado, lime juice, and an herbal trio of chives, cilantro, and parsley. Use it to dress a classic shrimp and greens salad.

A healthy shrimp and greens salad recipe. You’ll need a batch of Yogurt-Avocado Dressing for tossing.

This spring break cocktail with a scandalous name blends vodka, peach schnapps, fresh orange juice, and cranberry.

This classic 1980s fern-bar cocktail is simple and fruity: a little peach schnapps, some fresh-squeezed orange juice, and you’re done. Try it for brunch, as an alternative to the ubiquitous Mimosa.

Drinks writer Rob Chirico says the Tequila Sunrise—a blend of tequila and orange juice, with a grenadine glow at the bottom of the glass—is a Prohibition-era cocktail invented at the Agua Caliente racetrack in Tijuana, Mexico.

For this easy Chinese chile garlic sauce recipe, adapted from Asian Dumplings, fresh red chiles combine with garlic and vinegar with a touch of sugar.

For these classic strawberry shortcake crêpes, sliced ripe strawberries are folded into whipped cream, then rolled up in freshly made crêpes. Game Plan: You’ll need to make the batter for Basic Crêpes and Easy Whipped Cream before you begin.