Summer
Recipes
The tomato pasta worth the airfare
Three kinds of tomato, a whisper of anchovy and enough lemon to keep it honest.
Lemon pesto spaghetti, all zest and no juice
The Amalfi trick: zest steeped into the pasta water and pounded into the pesto, toasted almonds underneath, not a drop of juice anywhere.
Sweet corn campanelle with miso butter
Corn three ways in one pot, then the fix the original never knew it needed: white miso in the butter and a lemon squeezed over the lot.
Painkiller
Dark rum, pineapple, orange and coconut cream, buried under fresh nutmeg.
Caipirinha
Brazil's national drink, built rough in the glass. Lime and sugar muddled, cachaça, crushed ice.
The daiquiri
The margarita's twin, built on white rum. Same two, one, three-quarters.
The gimlet
The same sour poured for gin. Sharp, clean, three ingredients.
The margarita
Two parts tequila, one lime, three-quarters sweet. The same drink as the daiquiri in a different hat.
Al pastor gnocchi
The crisp spit-roasted edges of al pastor, faked in a skillet. Pork, charred pineapple, a green pool of salsa verde.
Crispy spanakopita gnocchi
Spanakopita flavors massaged raw, over a cool swipe of chili-flecked yogurt.
Cherry and heirloom panzanella with burrata and prosciutto
Roasted and raw cherries, two tomatoes, one dressing built from what they weep.
Miso peanut hibachi chicken
A Hawai'i grill number with peanut butter in the band.
The Spaghett
A Miller High Life in a feather boa.
Hipster BBQ, a drink not a dinner
Vodka, lime and a salted beer chaser that tastes, absurdly, of a grill.
Baba ghanouj, minus the mashing
The dip's more glamorous sister, who refuses to be puréed.
Feta under the broiler with corn and shishitos
Ten minutes under the broiler and dinner simply happens.
The potato salad that forgot the mayonnaise
Bright, herby and unbothered by a jar of anything beige.
Smashed cucumbers and chicken, no stove required
Take your aggression out on a cucumber. It is good for you both.
Tahini and Parmesan, an unlikely pasta salad
Nobody asked for this pairing. Everybody wants seconds.
White port and tonic
Portugal's answer to the gin and tonic, and arguably the better one. Three things, two minutes.
Beeritas, no apologies
Limeade, lager and tequila by the pitcher. The margarita's lawless cousin.
Grape tomatoes in kimchi drag
Snappy tomatoes in a fire-bright gochugaru dressing. Kimchi flavour without the wait.
Corn salad that skips the vinegar
Five minutes, six ingredients and no vinegar. The tomatoes season it themselves.
Greek panzanella with crispy pork
The benchmark bread salad gone Greek, with pork that crackles.
Featured
A ricotta pasta that begs to be messed with
Stir it in a bowl while the water boils, then fiddle until it tastes like yours.
Crispy spanakopita gnocchi
Spanakopita flavors massaged raw, over a cool swipe of chili-flecked yogurt.
Al pastor gnocchi
The crisp spit-roasted edges of al pastor, faked in a skillet. Pork, charred pineapple, a green pool of salsa verde.