Savoring the Last Slice of Summer
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Tomato-Peach Salad with Tofu Cream
If there was a way to pack as much summer produce in one place as possible, this would be it. Tomatoes, peaches, corn, and fresh herbs are all tossed together for this satisfying end-of-summer salad.
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Rustic Ratatouille
As summer winds down, make ratatouille. It's a great way to bring together some flavorful summer produce.
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Tomato, Onion, and Roasted Lemon Salad
The only hard thing about this salad? You can't have it all year.
- Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell4/12
Zucchini Noodles with Anchovy Butter
Be wise. Spiralize. Zoodles (that's zucchini + noodles for the uninitiated) are the lighter alternative to heavy pasta during the summer's heat.
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Ember-Roasted Corn and Leeks
If you haven't ember-roasted anything this summer, you shouldn't wait. No soaking, husking, or silking required: The corn cobs will slip right out of their husks when cooked. Pair them with early-autumn leeks for a simple and summery combo.
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Crispy Chicken Cutlets with Cherry Tomato Panzanella
Panzanella, a traditionally Italian bread salad, might be the best way to eat bread during the summer; with chicken cutlets, it becomes a full meal.
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Grilled Zucchini and Leeks with Walnuts and Herbs
As summer winds down, leeks start to arrive. Make the most of the opportunity with this grilled zucchini and leek salad.
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Sparkling Tarragon-Gin Lemonade
Slowly sip and savor this flavor-punched gin lemonade. Plenty of muddled fresh herbs and citrus pack it with a summer's worth of flavor.
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Fresh Corn Soup Topped with Roasted Corn Guacamole
The flavors will remind you of corn chowder, but the texture is much lighter, and the temperature isn't too hot for the final days of summer.
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Watermelon and Cucumber Mint Tsatsiki Salad
It's the end of the summer. Be cool. If that's impossible, make this cooling watermelon and cucumber salad with plenty of mint on top.
- Photo by Tara Donne, food and prop styling by Ali Nardi11/12
Tomato Toast With Peaches, Mozzarella, and Mint
Slap summer on a sandwich and make this tomato toast snack with peaches and mint.
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Skillet Peach Cobbler
If you've been avoiding using an oven in the heat, here's when you could use an exception. Use fresh and preserved peaches for this cake-like cobbler.

Rebekah Peppler

Katherine Sacks

Katherine Sacks