Summer

Bright and light, this grilled corn salad with avocado will go with everything else at your summer barbecue.

The "More With Less" author shares her tips for irresistibly simple summer food.

Gazpacho, you've got competition.

We like to think of this refreshing sangria as spa water but with a little buzz!

There will be spritzes, and there will be nuggets of milky mozzarella di bufala.

A savory fruit salad that’s best with ripe, in-season peaches or nectarines. And we’ve got a whole breakfast menu to go with it.

A bright summer salad perfect for a long, lazy lunch menu.

A shot of cocktail bitters does wonders to bring out the raspberry flavor. Sounds crazy but you’ve got to try it.

The ultimate dinner-to-desk lunch dish.

This silky dessert is clutch when the peaches are perfect but it's too hot to bake.

The ceviche at Lil' Deb's Oasis in Hudson, NY, changes on a daily basis in an ever-evolving experiment of colors and flavors. The restaurant uses only locally caught fresh fish, so, in order to re-create at home, buy the highest-quality ingredients you can find.

Lil' Deb's Oasis's take on Peruvian "tiger's milk" features the energizing combo of fresh citrus juice, ginger, and turmeric.

End-of-summer produce is bountiful and cheap at the farmers' market. Make the most of it.

To test boiled potatoes for doneness, use a skewer or the tines of a fork rather than the tip of a knife so you know they’re truly tender (a knife slides through the flesh way too easily). To test boiled eggs for doneness—wait, you can’t! Just make sure the eggs are room temperature when you drop them in the water (otherwise they’re prone to cracking), set a timer right away, and have an ice bath at the ready.

Make these recipes before it's too late!

This recipe makes just enough salsa verde to coat one bag of chips, but it's so tasty and versatile that we always make a double batch. If you can, choose a heftier chip that will hold up when stirred into the sauce.

Because if you're not taking private cooking classes with Patricia Wells, what are you even doing?

This is a perfect recipe to make when you have bought too many tomatoes at the market and they are starting to show their age.

Make these recipes quick because that corn won't last for long.

Cooking bacon in the oven on a sheet tray is so hands-off, so splatter-free, and so easy, it just might convince you to eat a lot more bacon in the future.

Plums are summer’s all-stars. You should eat and cook with them only when they are peaking, plentiful, and widely available in many varieties.

Quickly boiling the agave thickens it a bit; adding the strawberries while it’s still warm infuses the syrup with flavor and a pretty pink color. Blackberries or pitted cherries can be substituted if you wish!

Using frozen puff pastry is the shortcut that makes this tart a new summer weeknight favorite recipe.

Feel free to use your favorite kind of plum for this pudding recipe, but we recommend prune plums, which have an almond-shaped body that tapers at the end. They’re on the smaller side, hold up well, and the pit comes off the flesh easily, all of which makes them especially good for baking.