Summer
A Feel-Good Recipe for Every Day This Week
How do you eat summer? With light and breezy recipes like these.
The Ice-Free Way to Keep Wine Cold
All you have to do is treat your wine like beer.
The Secret to Finding the Ripest Cantaloupes
Like a slice of sunshine, nothing beats a perfectly ripe cantaloupe.
Think the Season for Apples is the Fall? Think Again
How do we like these apples? In July and August.
Seaside Cocktail
Secret ingredient: pickle juice. Its salty edge rounds out the Sherry
Almond Tart with Stone Fruit and Lime Meringue
Yes, it's a long recipe with several parts, but each step is easy enough, and it can all be made ahead.
Plum Clafoutis
The joy of this simple dessert is that it is even better at room temperature, so you can make it in advance with ease. Be sure to pull it from the oven when the egg mixture is just set, so that the luscious cooked plum texture can meld perfectly with the batter. Think of it as a thick fruit pancake cooked effortlessly in the oven while you do other things.
Summer Crudités With Bagna Cauda
The sauce makes the meal—serve it alongside any combo of crunchy peak-season veg you please.
Shaved Zucchini Salad with Macadamia Nuts
Banish flashbacks of bland zucchini with this crunchy, cheesy, salty, citrusy salad.
The Easy French Dessert That Works With Every Summer Fruit
It works with cherries. It works with peaches. It even works with chocolate.
How the Toaster Oven Will Save Your Summer
It's good for a heck of a lot more than just toast.
The Jar of Sauce That Improves Every Summer Meal
We promise, it won't make every meal taste the same.
We Gave the Test Kitchen a Crate of Peaches. Here's What Happened Next.
What happens when a bunch of food editors are let loose on the ultimate summer fruit.
Falafel-Spiced Tomatoes and Chickpeas on Flatbread
To make this tomato-on bread revelation right this very minute, use a prepared flatbread like naan or pocketless pita.
Grilled Green Tomatoes with Burrata and Green Juice
Not all tomato recipes require the fruit to be ripe. In fact, you’ll want unripe green tomatoes for this one (rather than green-hued heirlooms, which tend to be too delicate to grill).
Farmers Market Quinoa Salad
Don't obsess over getting these exact ingredients in this precise combination. Any nut you like will work here for crunch, and you're looking for a mix of bright herbs and enough cooked grains to make it substantial.
Spaghetti with No-Cook Tomato Sauce and Hazelnuts
This raw tomato sauce gets texture from zucchini and body from toasted nuts that are blended into the base. You can sub almonds for hazelnuts.
Shellfish Boil with Spicy Green Dipping Sauce
With a mega-flame and a gargantuan pot, you can cook an ocean's worth of seafood in a fraction of the time it would take on the stovetop—without stepping foot in a steamy kitchen.
Mixed Beans with Peanuts, Ginger, and Lime
This is a high-summer throw together of a sauté to make when there are lots of snap beans at the market. Mix colors and types for the full effect.