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By Food & Wine
Updated May 18, 2017
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Ratatouille and Goat Cheese Subs

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Matt Neal had never made ratatouille before he opened Neal's Deli. He took the recipe from his father, the legendary Southern chef Bill Neal, and used it as the basis for his own version. Neal cooks the key ingredients—eggplant, zucchini, bell peppers and onion—separately. "That way, I can make sure each vegetable cooks exactly how I want it; plus they won't steam in a big group all together," he says.

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Butter Bean Salad with Lime and Mint

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The secret to this delicate and refreshing butter bean salad is the dressing, made with cold, tangy buttermilk, olive oil and lime juice. The Lees call it "the flavors of a Southern summer."

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Santa Fe Quinoa Salad

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Chad Aaland makes quinoa salad with three types of beans and house-pickled onions. This streamlined version with black beans and jarred cocktail onions is tasty, too.

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Ginger-Lemongrass Soda

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Watermelon Salad with Mint and Lime

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Matt Neal calls this supremely simple fruit salad the ultimate refresher on a hot day. For a grown-up version, he adds splashes of rum. "It's even more satisfying, then," he jokes.

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Citrus-Caramel Blondies

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Sarah Simmons came up with these moist, chewy blondies when she was left with extra caramel after an event. The little bit of orange zest is lovely with the sweet-salty caramel.

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Pan Bagnat

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The usual version of this Provençal sandwich is basically a salade niçoise on a roll. We've omitted the tuna and added fennel and chickpeas. Stuff the filling into hollowed-out rolls and let the delicious juices soak into the bread.

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Three-Pea Salad

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This combination of sugar snap peas, snow peas and green peas—dressed in a sherry vinaigrette blended with a touch of sour cream—is clever and delicious. It can be made into a main course by adding shaved Manchego cheese and serrano ham.

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Cold Soba Salad with Dried Shiitake Dressing

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This sweet and savory Japanese-style cold noodle salad is an easy dish to serve to a crowd, since it's delicious chilled or at room temperature. Use preshredded carrots in place of julienned to make it even more quickly.

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Take 5 Carrot Cupcakes

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Chef Bryan Vietmeier makes these terrifically moist and carroty cupcakes for Seattle's Take 5 Urban Market. He suggests freezing the cupcakes before frosting to firm them up, preventing crumbs.

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Citrus Salad with Candied Ginger

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The key to making this simple fruit salad with candied ginger: Use a sharp knife to cut the citrus. "The better your knife, the better this dish will look," says chef Jason Travi.

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Chicken Salad with Blue Cheese and Grapes

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Grace Parisi considered many classic salads, like Waldorf and Cobb, before deciding on her version of chicken salad, which mixes store-bought roasted chicken with blue cheese, grapes, celery and sunflower seeds. She likes eating it wrapped in Bibb lettuce leaves.

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Pasta Salad with Grilled Vegetables, Parsley and Feta

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Cajun Lemonade

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A salute to the flavors of New Orleans, this cocktail spices up Napoleon House's Pimm's Cup (Pimm's No. 1, lemonade and 7-Up) with a splash of Tabasco and a generous dose of rum or vodka.

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Chocolate-Chip-Pecan Cookie Bars

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Feel free to swap walnuts or almonds for the pecans, or use half nuts and half dried cranberries for tart, chewy bars.

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Barley Salad with Parsley and Walnuts

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Barley is versatile enough to be served warm or at room temperature, as in this terrific salad with walnuts, parsley and salty bits of ricotta salata cheese in a lemon-garlic vinaigrette.

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Hazelnut-Nutella Sandwich Cookies

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Ground hazelnuts in the dough give these Nutella sandwich cookies extra crunch.

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1 of 17 Ratatouille and Goat Cheese Subs
2 of 17 Butter Bean Salad with Lime and Mint
3 of 17 Santa Fe Quinoa Salad
4 of 17 Ginger-Lemongrass Soda
5 of 17 Watermelon Salad with Mint and Lime
6 of 17 Citrus-Caramel Blondies
7 of 17 Pan Bagnat
8 of 17 Three-Pea Salad
9 of 17 Cold Soba Salad with Dried Shiitake Dressing
10 of 17 Take 5 Carrot Cupcakes
11 of 17 Citrus Salad with Candied Ginger
12 of 17 Chicken Salad with Blue Cheese and Grapes
13 of 17 Pasta Salad with Grilled Vegetables, Parsley and Feta
14 of 17 Cajun Lemonade
15 of 17 Chocolate-Chip-Pecan Cookie Bars
16 of 17 Barley Salad with Parsley and Walnuts
17 of 17 Hazelnut-Nutella Sandwich Cookies

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