8 summery sides for your backyard barbecue.

Summer's about freedom, right?

The perfect summer dinner.

7 pasta dishes featuring the summer's freshest catch.

Poodle skirt and horn-rimmed glasses are optional, but recommended. 

Yeah, you read that right. 7 vibrant salads to keep you well-fed all summer long -- no oven, stove, toaster, or heat-creating appliance in sight.

Inspiration for tonight's dinner? Deconstructed, lazy Nicoise and a cheery pink homemade sherbet (no ice cream machine required!) to finish.

This weekend marks the start of a few notable things: the beginning of summer, the point at which people begin sneaking out early from their Friday workdays, and perhaps most importantly, the dusting off of backyard grills.

We may not be able to help make your weekend longer, but we can help when it comes to cooking over an open flame. If you’re tired of conventional, familiar Memorial Day fare, (pasta salads, chicken, pasta salads with chicken), here are five new dishes you never thought would work well with smoke. This Memorial Day, go rogue: grill what no one else is grilling.