
It's a Potato Fiesta!
There’s nothing like getting together with family and friends for an outdoor barbecue, and potato salad is always a crowd favorite. I’ve been to many a gathering where there might be half a dozen different kinds of potato salad on the table, because every family seems to have a special recipe handed down from one generation to the next. I always enjoy getting a spoonful of each salad and tasting the many different ways that the simple potato can be dressed up into something n

Grilled Zucchini Pizza
For this recipe, I took a version of the grated zucchini ricotta mixture that I made for my Zucchini Fritters and turned that into a topping

Zucchini Fritters
This week I decided to pull together some easy and delicious zucchini fritters

Raw Zucchini Salad
Get feta cheese packed in brine for this recipe and be sure to save the brine — we're going to use some of it for the dressing and then refr

Tangy Chow Chow Pickles
Homemade pickles are an awesome way to get my hit of sour crunch. And you can pickle just about anything.

Grilled Stone Fruit with Crème Fraîche
You can easily serve the fruit and crème fraîche alone, but I love it with a slice of pound cake and a glass of sparkling raspberry lemonade

Ratatouille Salad with Tomato Water Vinaigrette
Ratatouille is a classic vegetable stew from the south of France, traditionally made with summer vegetables like eggplant, zucchini, tomatoe

Vive la France! French Rustic Dinner Party
I never need an excuse to cook French food, but Bastille Day — France’s own Independence Day, celebrated on July 14th — is always a good reason to whip up a French-inspired dinner party for friends, right when summer produce is at its height. One of my favorite French recipes is ratatouille, a stewed vegetable dish from Provence, but this time I’ve decided to give it a twist by turning the traditional ingredients — eggplant, summer squash, zucchini, tomatoes, and onion — into

Lemongrass-Ginger Fried Chicken
There are so many aromatics in the savory fish sauce marinade and they all come together in simply fried chicken.

Bahn-Mi Pork Burgers with Cucumber, Carrots, and Cilantro
Being a Top Chef contestant can be grueling and exhausting and crazy fun. When we’re all wiped out from nonstop competition,