We have precious few absolutes, yet we always, always keep things simple with sea scallops. Why shroud that supple sweetness?
In Season Dishes
In Season Dishes
Pasta Puttanesca
Feb 08, 2012 by
Just like the women for whom it’s named, this pasta puttanesca recipe is edgy, spicy, and more than a little sassy. Gets the job done in a hurry, too.
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- 5 M
- 30 M
- 10
Catalan Bread Salad | Escalivada
Sep 14, 2011 by
We wish someone had told us about this uncommon take on bread salad, which embellishes the usual suspects with figs and walnuts, a heck of a lot earlier.
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- 40 M
- 40 M
- 10
Tomatoes Provençal
Sep 12, 2011 by
Is there anything as sweetly satisfying as heirloom tomatoes eaten raw over the sink? Still, when you tire of that, there’s always this deeply satiating tactic.
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- 10 M
- 40 M
- 29
Freezer Tomato Sauce
Aug 30, 2011 by
Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes. When you’re inundated with ‘em, there’s just one thing to do with ‘em. Make sauce. Then avail yourself of a nifty tip for space-challenged freezers.
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- 10 M
- 1 H, 30 M
- 11
Grilled Vegetable and Goat Cheese Sandwiches
Aug 29, 2011 by
The quintessential summer sandwich, this stack is stuffed with grilled eggplant, bell peppers, red onions, and zucchini. Open wide.
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- 45 M
- 1 H
- 11
Watermelon Sorbet
Aug 25, 2011 by
No ice cream maker required. Just watermelon, citrus, sweetness, mint, and a whole lotta cold. Vodka optional. Then just scoop it up and plop it in a pretty bowl.
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- 20 M
- 20 M
- 4
Tomato and Green Bean Salad | Tomatosalata me Fasolakia
Aug 22, 2011 by
You don’t have to be Greek for this amalgam of tomatoes, green beans, red onion, feta, and olives to taste like home.
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- 30 M
- 30 M
- 16
Ratatouille Pickles
Aug 16, 2011 by
Traditional ratatouille gets sliced, diced, deconstructed, and reimagined–pickled, too–in this fashionably brilliant approach to summer surplus.
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- 30 M
- 30 M
- 2
Zucchini Cake with Lemon and Poppyseed
Aug 07, 2011 by
A charmingly old-fashioned cake that puts to lovely use the abundance of late-summer zucchini languishing in your veggie bin or garden.
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- 15 M
- 1 H, 30 M
- 12
Chilled Tomato Soup with Aged Feta and Olives
Aug 05, 2011 by
This shockingly stunning chilled soup–not to be confused with gazpacho, mind you–has ample oomph to compensate for lackluster tomatoes. But when made with in-season heirlooms? Wowsa.
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- 35 M
- 1 H
- 8
Roasted Tomato Soup
Aug 05, 2011 by
The antithesis of gazpacho, this robust soup jumbles tomatoes and onion and balsamic and blasts them in the oven for unparalleled cool weather comfort.
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- 20 M
- 1 H, 15 M
- 3
Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
Jul 24, 2011 by
“Little explosions of flavor” is how the author describes these luscious little orbs of yellow, orange, or red goodness. We don’t disagree. Neither will you.
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- 5 M
- 1 H
- 29
Grilled Greek Chicken
Jul 10, 2011 by
Fresh herbs, a squeeze of lemon, and a foolproof (and fun to say!) technique lend this grilled chicken its effusive Greek accent.
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- 15 M
- 55 M
- 21
Simple Tomato Sauce | Sugo di Pomodoro Semplice
Jul 05, 2011 by
As the title promises, this recipe is simple. Maybe even beyond simple. Even so, this seasonal must tastes like summer in a can.
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- 10 M
- 45 M
- 4
Appalachian Cider Baked Beans
Jun 27, 2011 by
A real stick-to-your-ribs mountain recipe in which plain old pinto beans are doctored up with apple cider, onion, salt pork, molasses, and mustard. Amen.
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- 15 M
- 6 H, 15 M
- 35
Thyme-Smoked Four-Inch Porterhouse Steak
Jun 12, 2011 by
A porterhouse of Flintstone-ian proportions can be awesome to behold, tricky to cook. Your Fred or Barney may never admit he needs a little advice, but here it is anyways.
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- 15 M
- 1 H, 15 M
- 3
Whole Roasted Onions
Jun 12, 2011 by
Plonk unpeeled onions on a baking sheet. Shove in oven. Come back later for achingly sweet, tender, oniony goodness. Accept accolades. See how easy that was?
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- 5 M
- 1 H
- 21
Mediterranean-Style Stuffed Chicken Breasts
Jun 06, 2011 by
Psychedelic purple cauliflower and sweet potatoes lend oohs and aahs to these easy yet elegant stuffed bacon-y chicken breasts.
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- 30 M
- 1 H
- 12
Sautéed Broccoli Rabe with Potatoes
May 15, 2011 by
Rabe. Raab. Rapini. Call it what you will, but this mustardy green veggie of Italian descent is never better than when jumbled with sautéed garlic and crisped potatoes.
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- 30 M
- 50 M
- 18