7 Divine Peach and Cheese Salads to Eat All Summer

This summery salad from chef Ori Menashe will become your go-to this season. It’s sweet and savory, tart, crisp and creamy, rich and refreshing, all in perfect balance.

Portland, Oregon, chef Gabriel Rucker (an F&W Best New Chef 2007) swears by the heirloom tomatoes from Viridian Farms (viridianfarms.com). Here, Rucker arranges the tomatoes under a salad of sweet grilled peaches with radicchio and tangy feta cheese.

Chef Andy Glover of Mission Estate Winery used smoked pork, but prosciutto is also tasty.

Chef Bradford Thompson of Mary Elaine's at The Phoenician in Scottsdale, Arizona, combines Spanish blue cheese, toasted walnuts and sweet, drippy peaches with frisée for a delicious salad.

“I love using slightly under-ripe fruit in my salads, so they act almost like vegetables,” says Anya von Bremzen. In the summer, she tosses this tangy escarole salad with apricots and plums as well as peaches; in winter, she substitutes persimmons.

Depending on the season, Travis Lett also makes this salad with plums and pears.

Summer’s best peaches and tomatoes team up with creamy burrata in this salad topped with crispy fried farro.