The savory simplicity of mushrooms grilled over hot coals is always a favorite summer flavor. Only a hint of garlic and parsley are needed to season these rich and earthy fungi. If you can’t find oyster mushrooms, use any variety that won’t fall through the grate of your grill.

Featured in the August/September 2003 issue.

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This refreshing peanut salad from Xinjiang, an autonomous region in northwest China, is adapted from Carolyn Phillips’ cookbook All Under Heaven. Known as huāshēngmĭ bàn xiāngcài, it pairs well with both grilled meats and fish. Use both the stems and leaves of the most delicate cilantro you can find.

Featured in “Eating on the Western Edge of China” by Fiona Reilly.

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Navel oranges do double duty in this simple green salad: they’re cut into segments, and the resulting juice is used in the rich, tangy crème fraîche dressing. Tender butter lettuce leaves, earthy toasted pistachios, and grassy fresh chives round out the easy side dish.

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This old-school appetizer from Los Angeles’ storied Musso & Frank Grill—now more than a century old—turns humble celery into a creamy, elegant hors d’oeuvre. While the restaurant peels the celery ribs before stuffing them, the dish is just as satisfying without that extra step.

Featured in the April 2009 issue.

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As is true in much of northern Europe, pickles are very traditional in Danish cooking. “In many classic dishes, cucumbers are thinly sliced and pickled in a sweet-sour brine, then served as a side to fried meats like chicken,” says Copenhagen chef Niclas Grønhøj Møller. Instead of using a brine to season his cucumbers, he salts them heavily and squeezes them with lemon, giving them a pickly saltiness and slight acidity.

Featured in “What Would It Take for an American Guy to Become Danish?” by Andrew Richdale.

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This refreshing update on the classic gin and tonic is an easy sipper, thanks to summery cucumber slices and plenty of lime juice. You can use any gin you have on hand, but we’re partial to Hendrick’s, which has a slight cucumber flavor, for this cooler. A note on the cucumber slices: it may be tempting to nibble them out of your drink right away, but try to resist the urge. After several minutes’ contact with the lime juice, gin, and tonic water (about as long as it takes to finish the cocktail), they pickle ever so slightly, taking on a lovely crisp flavor.

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Honey and balsamic vinegar are the sweet and sour agents in the glaze for these Italian-style grilled pork chops. Known as maiale in agrodolce, they’re typical of the sturdy, lusty food found in Roman neighborhood restaurants and home kitchens alike. The juicy, flame-kissed meat pairs well with peperonata (stewed sweet peppers), roasted potatoes, or sautéed greens.

Featured in “Eternal Pleasures” by Anya von Bremzen.

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In Syria, this simple breakfast dish known as ardi shawki bil-bayd is usually served as a homey scramble accompanied by fried white cheese, rich, creamy yogurt, and flatbread. A mélange of fluffy eggs, meltingly soft artichoke hearts, and pleasantly grassy fresh parsley, it’s a remarkable example of something being greater than the sum of its parts.

Sautéing the artichokes with the garlic separately and folding them into the eggs at the last minute keeps the scramble lighter. While this recipe calls for frozen artichoke hearts for convenience, you can also use fresh: sub in two to three hearts of medium artichokes, trimmed, steamed, and sliced. Find our guide on how to trim an artichoke here.

Featured in “The Heart of the Syrian Artichoke” by Clifford A. Wright.

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Early summer brings an underappreciated and short-lived bounty along with the tomato harvest. Garlic scapes—the tender, green stalks that rise from hard-neck garlic—are an aromatic, herbaceous, and mellow way to add garlicky flavor to your dishes. Roasting the scapes with tomatoes and red onion sweetens the alliums’ heat and enriches their flavor; toss with pasta, lemon juice, and arugula for a simple summer meal.

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Very little needs to be done with summer fruit to make it extraordinary, but as your farmstand strawberries start to soften, a quick dip in citrus liqueur and sugar is a perfect second act. Boozy, macerated berries top vanilla ice cream in these simple sundaes from Anna Watson Carl of The Yellow Table blog.

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Basting eggs with hot melted butter promises a perfect sunny-side-up presentation. Once the whites are set and the yolks are still perfectly runny, brown the butter left in the pan until it’s deliciously nutty, then add a touch of lemon juice and drizzle the resulting sauce over the eggs. Serve these with toast or cheesy grits. This recipe was adapted from Janice Cole’s Chicken and Egg: A Memoir of Suburban Homesteading with 125 Recipes.

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