Is your garden overflowing with abundance? This week, we’re taking a deep dive into recipes that use that bountiful harvest. Don’t have a garden? Head over to your local farmers market. We hope these recipes highlight all the best veggies and fruits of the season to help you create the perfect summer spread. Bon appétit!
Yours in media,
Elizabeth He, Visual Communications Editor
P.S. Are you a veggie fanatic? Start with this introduction to the Cabbage Fairies.
Fresh from the Garden
Tomato Takeover
In a special all-tomato hour, The Curiosity Desk explores the classification of tomatoes as a fruit, the tomato ripening process, and the recent trend of tomato-scented perfumes and soaps.
Want even more tomatoes? Watch how to make tomato pie, a Southern summer classic.
America’s Test Kitchen: Mediterranean Eggplant Dishes
Test cooks make silky roasted eggplant with tomato and feta and zaalouk (Moroccan eggplant meze). Oh, the aubergine!
Shaved Zucchini and Herb Salad with Parmesan from Milk Street Television
This salad is quick and easy to make, and it’s a nice side dish to a grilled steak or pork chop or perfect on its own. Very refreshing!
Cucumber Dill Salad
This luscious little salad delivers serious crunch. The crisp, juicy cucumber marries the toasty rye croutons and the whole crackling affair is coated in velvety, dilly sour cream dressing.
Roasted Corn Crêpes and Corn Salsa
Here’s a vegetarian recipe that’s all ears (of corn). Grab some fresh corn cobs from the farmers market, and then grab a few more. You’ll want to make these crêpes and the corn-studded salsa to fill them.
For a little more corn, check out Jasper White preparing corn fritters with Julia Child.
20 Fall Food Festivals in New England
Explore the wide array of New England food festivals, including the What the Fluff? Festival, the Vermont Cheesemakers Festival, Maine’s Garlic Fest, and Wellfleet Oysterfest. Prepare your autumnal itineraries!
Eat Your Vegetables!
Tofu Pineapple Skewers and Mexican Street Corn
On Joey D’s Kitchen, Joey grills these tasty, plant-based dishes, perfect for a summer cookout. Learn how to marinate tofu and pineapple for maximum flavor and create a vegan twist on classic Mexican street corn.
A Vegetarian Take on the Banh Mi Sandwich
This recipe is adapted from a mouthwatering recipe provided by the iconic Strip-T’s in Watertown. While it has a few distinct components, each is easy to accomplish and they come together in one stellar meal.
Fit to Eat: Cauliflower Chili
Smoke your cauliflower for a fantastic chili. It adds another dimension of flavor to the pot.
Neighborhood Kitchens: Tomato Gazpacho and Avocado Fries
There’s no better way to liven up your day than with a chilled bowl of refreshing gazpacho. And crispy avocado fries are the perfect complement.
French Green Lentils with Gorgonzola Salad
There are few things better than a summer salad, and if you’re looking for one without lettuce (!) and that has a little more substance, this recipe from Milk Street is for you.
Yan Can Cook: Plant-Based Recipes
Featured dishes include a vegetable stew, spinach with sesame dressing, and a cucumber tomato salad.
More Summery Treats
* The Gen Z crew tries Julia Child’s ice cream recipe. It was going so well until ... it wasn’t!
* Serve up a refreshing peach sorbet with a tangy balsamic drizzle. Sweet, juicy peaches shine in this simple, elegant dessert.
* This simple Austrian plum cake showcases tangy-sweet summertime plums. Both red and black varieties work beautifully.
* Vegan raspberry brownie ice cream bars are a perfect treat for a warm day! Make this lovely marriage of flavors and textures.
* Try making and freezing DIY organic popsicles. They’re so healthy!
Recipe of the Week
Fresh Peach Pie with All-Butter Lattice Top from America’s Test Kitchen
Unsure what to do with all your peaches this August? Make a pie!
Dive Into America 250
The Only Woman on the Declaration of Independence
Mary Katharine Goddard: Publisher. Postmaster. Revolutionary. Discover the woman behind the signature.
Off Topic
1. Learn about experimental origami and “origami researchers” in this clip from NOVA’s What the Physics?!
2. Check out this interactive experience from FRONTLINE that allows you to follow scams as they unfold and see how victims fall for them.
3. GBH News Rooted’s The Message: Short-Form, Big Impact goes behind the scenes with Paris Alston to learn about her new series of two-and-a-half minute videos exploring timely issues affecting Greater Boston.
