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This herb-infused rocks drink is fresh, cooling, and thirst-quenching, perfect for day drinking.

Japanese eggplants are smaller, sweeter, and faster-cooking than other types. If using globe eggplants, slice them into half-inch rounds.

Avocado—for dessert?!? Well, it is a fruit, after all.

The tri-tip is a tender, triangular cut of beef tucked near the sirloin. There are only two per steer, so if your butcher is out, go with sirloin.

Massaging the greens both softens and seasons them before grilling.

We’ve included Gyngell’s recipe for pizza dough, but if you prefer to use store-bought, we promise not to tell.

To take this to a traditional wedge salad place, grill some thick-cut bacon and crumble it over the top.

Dorade is also known as sea bream and orata; you can substitute with red snapper or black bass.

Say you’re not a big onion person. This sauce, without the onions, is delicious on its own. If you do like onions, smoke 'em along with these potatoes for the perfect summer side dish.

This high-summer salad hits every note on the sweet (red pepper), sour (tomato), salty (ricotta and anchovy), and bitter (olive) scale.

Two sweet-salty finishings let guests craft their own signature sandwiches, but if you’re a purist, leave them off and let the (excellent) bacon speak for itself.

Sardines can be a hard sell. Which is fine! Smoked trout, gravlax, or even grilled shrimp would be great too.

As long as you don’t mess with the ratio of vinegar, sugar, and salt, you can experiment with other spices, like fennel and coriander seeds, in this brine.

When late-season and bruised tomatoes show up at the market, stock up.

Let’s put it this way: If you like salsa verde, you’ll love charmoula, a spiced marinade central to Algerian, Libyan, Moroccan, and Tunisian cooking. 

White miso is the mildest and sweetest type, which is why it’s called for in this quantity.

The acidity in the lime juice and tequila will help the fish firm up, but if it sits too long, it will get tough.

This twist on the traditional Italian peperonata omits the tomatoes, but the bell peppers are hearty and colorful enough on their own. Serve as a side dish or pour over steak.

Salt the cucumbers a day ahead—they’ll get crunchier when chilled. Add some Smoked Potatoes for a heartier salad.

This pineapple-jalapeño relish, along with paprika honey mustard and Canadian bacon, helps make up the Hawaiian Dog.

This ginger-scallion relish, along with hoisin BBQ sauce and cucumber spears dipped in gochugaru, helps make up the Ssam Dog.

The professional testers at Cook's Illustrated went through over 100 avocados and *scientifically* proved that avocado slicers are pointless.

So the market punished you with flavorless corn, but all is not lost. Here are five ways to cheat flavor out of those mediocre ears.

What do you mean, hold hot corn with your BARE HANDS? Never.