The Allstar Summer Bucket List 2024

From making s'mores to long days at the pool, here's how the Allrecipes Allstars are making the most of summer this year.

Summer is finally here, and that means long days by the pool, family vacations, and lots of backyard cookouts. We surveyed almost 50 Allrecipes Allstars to find out the #1 thing they’re looking forward to this summer; the responses were a joyful collection of all the best things the season has to offer, including, not surprisingly, the Allstars’ favorite summer foods.

High summer produce is top of mind among the Allstars. Jody Cru says she can’t wait to eat the first perfectly ripe summer tomato right off the vine, while Brenda Venable is hoping for an ice-cold wedge of watermelon to keep her cool on the hottest summer days. Several Allstars plan to don their “Kiss the Cook” aprons and fire up the grill, including Nosheen Babar, who looks forward to grilling her family’s Pakistani specialties and Ashley Berger, who won’t rest until she’s grilled the perfect marinated hot dog. Meanwhile, Jenna Urben says her summer bucket list includes sipping sweet tea on the patio. And we know summer is prime s’mores season. As Allstar Lisa Altmiller says, “Summer isn’t summer until your hands are sticky from melted marshmallows and chocolate!”

Both Ramona Cruz-Peters and Jessica Formicola hope to trek across the country visiting MLB ballparks, and Formicola adds she plans to order the most unique eats at each stop. Travel made the cut for many of our Allstars, including Carol Miller, who’s headed to Sicily with family; Paula Roten, who’s hitting the national parks of Utah; and Jane Wilcox, who will be casting her line for trout in Colorado.

Check out the full list of Allrecipes Allstars Summer Bucket List items and find some inspiration for your own summer musts!

The Allstar Summer Bucket List 2024

• Spending as much time outside as possible, including in the backyard hosting weekend get-togethers with friends. — Candice Walker
  

• Going out on a boat! — Ashley Schuering

• Making s’mores! Summer isn’t summer until your hands are sticky from melted marshmallows and chocolate! — Lisa Altmiller

• My number one summer bucket list item is to sip sweet iced tea on the patio! — Jenna Urben

• Nighttime kayaking, walking ghost tours, random road trips, treehouse campouts, and taking a foraging class. — Sarah Stone

• Going to as many away MLB ballparks and ordering the most unique food they have. — Jessica Formicola

• Eating a tomato straight off the vine. — Judy Cru

• Kayaking. — Maura Rawlette

• Having all the family home at the same time. With out-of-state kids and work schedules it is difficult getting everyone home at the same time. — Rosanne Robinson

• Visit a waterfall with my family. — Tracy Gallo

• The smell of fresh-cut grass. You don’t know how much you miss it until you have been away from it. I missed it while I was out to sea in the Navy and that first smell of it just lets you know it’s summer. — Bryan Tario

• My summer bucket list item will always be to go huckleberry picking in late August in Washington State with my family. There is nothing like camping out in the mountains and picking gallons of fresh, wild huckleberries! — Kim Shupe

• The one thing that is on my summer bucket list every year is burying my toes in the sand in Ocean City, Maryland, and listening to the waves! — Traci Eshleman

• Smoking some meats! — France Cevallos

• Grilling the perfect marinated hot dog! — Ashley Berger

• Taking a drive in a convertible. — Linda Crumbaugh

• Going to Sicily with my family and spending outdoor time on our patio with friends and family. — Carol Miller

• Something simple—a few days at the beach. — Jennifer Levin

• Finalizing details for my Utah national parks vacation — Paula Roten

• Bear Creek Lake State Park in Virginia. — Sarah Kornbrek

• Photographing my senior dog, Milo, on the beach at Milo’s Point in Mississippi. It’s actually his bucket list item to accomplish. — Aimee Broussard

• Trout fishing in Colorado. — Jane Wilcox

• A trip to Japan. — Blake Baird

• I just got a new grill and plan to grill a lot this year! Also, traveling more and house projects. — Elizabeth Dalton

• Lots of pool days! — Mary Burns

• Leave a $100 tip. — Bri Evans

• I'm finishing a house renovation and putting together a wedding for my daughter. — Donna Michaels

• Cook food in my Oma's kitchen and photograph it for my new cookbook. — Sophie Sadler

• We hope to do another baseball road trip to cross four more MLB ballparks off our bucket list (we have a goal to see a game at all 30 MLB ballparks). — Ramona Cruz-Peters

• I'm going to be a first-time grandma in June of 2024, so my summer will be full of baby snuggles! Also planning a week in the north woods of Wisconsin with my parents—a tradition that spans most of my lifetime. Boating, fishing, dining out, cooking in, playing games, reading books, family time. — Vicki Lanzendorf

• We’ve done Colorado, Las Vegas, and plan to do Michigan and Oak Island, North Carolina. — Jennifer Baker

• Grilling my favorite Pakistani recipes. — Nosheen Babar

• My summer bucket list would include a perfectly sweet and juicy slice of cold watermelon! — Brenda Venable

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