Escape the Summer Heat with Smash Burgers - No. 135

A 10-step plan to build a blissful indoor burger

Smash Burgers. Photo: Danielle Atkins.

I CAN’T FATHOM HOW—OR WHY—MY MOTHER CLIMBED into the attic in the oppressive August heat to dry flowers for arrangements. Or why on earth my aunt Mary Jo preferred peach preserves cooked in the sun. Well, they were delicious…

Creative pursuits have taken place in spite of soaring temperatures. Just this past weeken…