Summer Cooking — A Working Chef's Guides

Tomatoes, corn, zucchini, peppers, stone fruit, basil — the produce does most of the work. The technique is to stay out of its way. Here’s how the chef behind NowCook cooks when it’s hot.

Summer ingredients to cook with

Bell peppers char on the grill. Basil carries a whole dinner. Ground beef becomes a smashburger or larb in 20 minutes.

• Bell peppers recipes for summer
• Basil recipes for summer
• Ground beef recipes for summer

Techniques that suit summer cooking

• Emulsify a vinaigrette in summer
• Properly rest meat in summer

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