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The method for marinating the feta is also a good trick for other fresh cheeses—try goat, mozzarella, or paneer.

Soft, billowy homemade whipped cream with juicy, sweet macerated berries.

This recipe is more formula than mandate: You can use mussels, cherry tomatoes, and shallots instead.

A simple frittata packed with sweet red peppers, potatoes, and onions.

A bright, summertime pasta sauce packed with in-season tomatoes and briny olives.

You can use various heirloom cucumbers for this savory-sweet salad recipe; if you can find them, flaunt them.

Lots of toasted pita for scooping up everything is nonnegotiable.

This recipe requires you to chop a grand total of zero vegetables. What's the shortcut? Harissa, a North African pepper sauce that brings the flavor (so you don't have to).

If you’re not set up for grilling or the weather doesn’t permit, a cast-iron grill pan will also do the trick for making these spicy, gingery, umami-packed meatballs.

Your answer to the age-old question "What can I make ahead of time and throw in my bag to feed myself (and, okay, my friends) when we finally make it to the beach/park/festival/fireworks?"

Everyone questioned why the world needed another veggie burger recipe until they saw how easy and Monday-nightable this one is.

Skirt steak is our favorite choice when grilling for a crowd for two reasons: it feeds many and cooks in a jiffy.

The crosshatch pattern isn’t just for show (even though it does look cool)!

This spicy, sweet, and punchy pasta salad is perfect for a hot summer picnic when you need your dishes perfect at room (ahem, air) temperature.

Lettuce wraps might be our all-time favorite weeknight summer dinner—minimal cooking, maximum flavor and freshness.

Romanesco shows up in the late fall, tastes like a cross between cauliflower and broccoli, and is studded with fractal-shaped florets that make it look like a magical mythical structure.

This red pesto tastes like a mash-up of your favorite spicy arrabbiata sauce and the anchovy-garlic dip bagna cauda. All of which is to say, it’s delicious.

Properly-poached chicken breast is truly a thing of beauty—juicy, tender, and a blank canvas for big flavors.

Leftover basmati rice gets gussied up with earthy fried mustard seeds and curry leaves, sweet caramelized, crunchy peanuts, and spicy chiles.

As if grilled squid that's tender in the middle and charred on the exterior weren't good enough, we're pairing it with smoky bell peppers and a lemony herb salad.

Don't skip the skin-on fillets: The skin not only protects the delicate fish from overcooking but also gets deliciously crispy on the grill.

If you can learn how to cook a whole fish, you'll have summer's most impressive dinner in your back pocket.

In this unexpected take on panzanella, chunks of ripe melon take the place of tomatoes. But the unexpected star is the brine from the Peppadew peppers: Spicy, sweet, and tart, it combines with the melon's juices and soaks into the toasted bread.

Say it with us: No more squishy, bland summer squash!