Each week, critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan shares some of her favorite recent bites, the dishes and snacks and baked goods that didn’t find their way into a full review. Want the list a few days earlier?

An easy potato salad recipe that mixes mayonnaise with lemon juice to brighten it up. If you want to take it up a notch, stir in freshly chopped herbs and some capers or pickles (see recipe tip ...