Food
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For cool cocktails on demand, turn to your freezerJul 30, 2024 6:45 am - Ripe, peak-season watermelon is one of the best things about summer, and here it takes the leading role in a slushy cocktail.
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Halloumi-nectarine skewers bring bursts of flavor with each biteJul 29, 2024 1:06 pm - These skewers of juicy nectarines, red onion and halloumi cheese are grilled and then slathered with a cilantro-mint chimichurri that gets its sweet-spicy kick from honey and serrano pepper.
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Chickpea quinoa cakes are like a grain salad in crispy-patty formJul 25, 2024 6:47 am - These crispy-edged cakes — like a grain salad in patty form — are light and tasty on their own, and outstanding with spicy, creamy pumpkin seed salsa on top.
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A bean salad without the added sugar still a sweet treatJul 16, 2024 10:01 am - Don Mauer puts his no-added-sugar spin on the summer classic: the three-bean salad. Here, he uses stevia to create that memorable sweet flavor.
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Getting Bizzy with veggies: Three summer dishes put spotlight on properly cooked and versatile vegetablesJul 12, 2024 3:38 pm - If you only ate boiled vegetables as a kid and think you don’t like them, think again. Properly cooked vegetables star in these three summer meals.
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This $16 bold sauvignon blanc is full of fruit and spiceJul 23, 2024 6:23 am - A soft, comforting grüner veltliner from Austria and a strong, spicy sauvignon blanc from New Zealand highlight this week’s wines. We also have an intriguing, unusual red from Italy’s prolific Piccini winery.
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It’s too darn hot. Only ice cream floats make it bearable.Jul 23, 2024 6:23 am - A recipe for an ice cream float is a formality — its measurements meant as a safety net so that even the most nervous may let their imaginations run wild.
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How to use a bunch of basil and think beyond pestoJul 25, 2024 6:50 am - Fresh basil is showing up in gardens and farmers markets. Here are some ways to make the most of it.
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Barley gets a summer look in this vegetable-loaded black bean saladJul 25, 2024 6:51 am - This barley and black bean salad shows that the humble grain can shine in more than soup. Like other grains, it’s ideal cooked and chilled in salads, too — tender and mildly nutty, with a delightful chew.
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Skirt steak brings rich, beefy flavor to this economical tagliata-inspired saladJul 17, 2024 9:20 am - Italian tagliata inspired this steak salad, which uses economical skirt steak instead of a pricier cut. To impart bold flavor without obscuring the steak’s rich, beefy character, the cooks at Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street use a simple dry rub of salt, pepper and ground fennel.