Dad's Day Lunch: Cooking Up Your Father's Favorite Things

If your dad prefers a savory, stiff drink on a lazy Sunday afternoon, then fix him up a Bloody Mary. Add pickled okra, green beans, and pimiento-stuffed olives for an added flavor boost. Photo: Camilla Salem

Butter up your dad with an addictive steamed artichoke appetizer, served with lemon-pepper butter. Photo: Anna Monette Roberts

Send Dad over the edge with hearty shrimp and chorizo skewers. Sprinkle garlic and chile powder for extra pep. Photo: Nicole Perry

Nothing tastes quite as much like Summer as grilled corn. If your dad digs spicy foods, then rub the corn with a chipotle chile lime butter. Photo: Anna Monette Roberts

Oysters are a special-occasion item, mostly because of the manual labor required to shuck them. Perhaps Dad will even want to help prep the oysters for this oysters and Champagne mignonette appetizer. Photo: Sara Yoo

Dads are often meat-and-potato guys, but even if yours isn't, you can't go wrong with serving butter-slathered fingerling potatoes at the table. Photo: Camilla Salem

A taco bar with all the fixings is something Dad will definitely appreciate for Father's Day lunch. Bond over the grill while cooking up these grilled fish tacos. Photo: Anna Monette Roberts

Since bacon makes pretty much everything better, then why not try serving up hot dogs wrapped with bacon for lunch? Top it all off with grilled or caramelized onions. Photo: Nicole Perry

Michelle Obama's apple cobbler recipe is beloved by President Obama himself, so you know it's good. It's a slowly cooked, all-American dream of a cobbler, which could be made even more delicious with a scoop of ice cream. Photo: Anna Monette Roberts