Allstar Summer Bash

In This Issue

Letter From the Editor Cover Story Summer With the Allstars Party On Blue Ribbon Potluck Get Outside Family Reunion Summer Bucket List

Letter From the Editor

Ariel Knutson, senior editorial director of AllRecipes, wearing a sunhat and shades

Home cooks are our heroes. It’s the first thing you’ll see on Allrecipes’ “About Us” page and it’s been our driving force since we launched in 1997. Allrecipes is about recipes, yes, but we’re also about the people behind those recipes. That’s why it only makes sense that for our first digital issue ever, we’re focusing on how our Allstars—the most engaged home cooks on the site—make the most of summer.

In this issue you’ll hear from Kim Shupe on her family’s summer tradition of going huckleberry picking. Rosanne Robinson shares her potluck-worthy recipe for BBQ beans that she got at her daughter’s T-ball game nearly 40 years ago. And Bri Evans has the perfect 4-ingredient treat to make around a campfire this summer (meet: Brown Bears).

Our host and cover star for this virtual backyard party is none other than Al Roker, because who better to talk about summer than America’s favorite weatherman? And the party forecast is looking good. Bailey Fink got the scoop on the "TODAY" legend’s upcoming cookbook with his daughter Courtney Roker Laga, plus his mom’s secret to the best macaroni salad.

So let’s dive in: Grab our Allstars’ drink of Summer 2024 (it’s only four ingredients), and get ready to run through sprinklers and eat your way through too many popsicles. Welcome to our Allstar Summer Bash!

— Ariel Knutson, Senior Editorial Director

Cover Story

Al Roker toasting to Summer with a refreshing glass of pink lemonade

A Summer Barbecue in Al Roker’s Neck of the Woods

“That’s what’s happening around the country, now here’s what’s happening in your neck of the woods.” You know who’s saying the iconic line before you even see him—and, chances are, you can guess what America’s favorite weatherman is wearing before then, too. Clad in a suit, hat, and fashionable glasses, Al Roker has been giving Americans the weather report on the NBC Morning Show, "TODAY," since 1996.