Summer Primary Pantry

Summer Ingredient: Corn

Recipe: Corn Relish with Roasted Peppers

Riff: Sweet tangy corn relish is good with anything grilled, from shrimp to hot dogs.

More Dishes with Bell Peppers

Summer Ingredient: Corn

Recipe: Corn Relish with Roasted Peppers

Riff: Corn relish provides all the seasoning required for this slightly sweet corn bread. The relish also adds heft, making the corn bread substantial enough to serve as a vegetarian lunch with a green salad and some sliced tomatoes.

More Corn Recipes

Summer Ingredient: Tomatoes

Recipe: Oven-Dried Tomatoes

Riff: Arrange on toasts, top with cheese and broil.

Great Cheese Dishes

Summer Ingredient: Tomatoes

Recipe: Oven-Dried Tomatoes

Riff: Toss with pasta, crushed red pepper and purple basil leaves.

More Tomato Recipes

Summer Ingredient: Garlic

Recipe: Garlic Confit

Riff: Mash the garlic confit in butter and spread it on bread or slip it under chicken skin before roasting.

Amazing Garlic Recipes

Summer Ingredient: Blueberries

Recipe: Blueberry Syrup

Riff: Drizzle the blueberry syrup over rice pudding.

Perfect Summer Desserts

Summer Ingredient: Herbs

Recipe: Mixed-Herb Pesto

Riff: Toss the pesto with pasta, mix it with ground beef to make meat balls or meat loaf, or whisk it with vinegar to create a delicious herb dressing for salad, tomatoes or fish.

More Ways to Cook with Herbs

Summer Ingredient: Peaches

Recipe: Peach Chutney

Riff: Grace Parisi's gingery peach chutney is terrific on a grilled cheddar-cheese sandwich or brushed on pork chops during the last few minutes of cooking. To make removing the pits easier, look for freestone peaches, rather than clingstone.

More Peach Recipes

Summer Ingredient: Blueberries

Recipe: Blueberry Syrup

Riff: Swirl the syrup into yogurt.

More Yogurt Recipes

Summer Ingredient: Blueberries

Recipe: Blueberry Syrup

Riff: Blend the syrup into a smoothie.

Terrific Blueberry Recipes

Summer Ingredient: Blueberries

Recipe: Blueberry Syrup

Riff: Blueberry glaze makes the edges on these ribs nice and sticky.

Amazing Barbecued Ribs

Summer Ingredient: Tomatoes

Recipe: Oven-Dried Tomatoes

Riff: Layer the oven-dried tomatoes with sliced feta, mint leaves, olive oil and crushed red pepper.

Delicious, Quick Side Dishes

Summer Ingredient: Tomatoes

Recipe: Oven-Dried Tomatoes

Riff: Oven-dried tomatoes give this simple stew an astounding depth of flavor. Serve it with greens; roasted meat or poultry like lamb, beef or chicken; or with pan-seared snapper, halibut or shrimp.

Fantastic Chickpea Recipes

As any cook with a pulse knows, the farmers' market is full of tomatoes, corn, blueberries and more right now. F&W's Grace Parisi takes advantage of those vividly hued foods, creating recipes that become the basis for the very best dishes of the summer (and the fall and winter, too).

Plus: More Vegetable Recipes and Tips