Eating

I'm happy to eat my tomatoes straight. Maybe a little salt and olive oil. But for a dish that's not "just" a sliced tomato, this is wonderful in your mouth. The perfect balance of sweet and tart from the perfect tomato. With the rich, light feel of a soufflé.

Big, refreshing, mouth-filling flavor. Not too tart or sweet. Amazingly light but luxurious and rich. Your first bite seems completely familiar and completely new. Part airy, moist cake. Part silky light pudding. Best summer dessert I've had in a very long time.

Smoky eggplant coated and infused with a sauce that's creamy but creamless. Luscious and mellow. A little sweet. A little spicy.Very big flavor, very satisfying and pretty light. Grill it indoors or out.

Love fresh corn on the cob but don't want to butter-coat it? Try this Chili-Lime Corn Gloss. Whisk up three ingredients in two minutes. Get a wildly flavorful sauce that brings out the sweetness of summer corn without overpowering it.

I didn't forget how to spell. I just remembered where my grater was. It's the tool to use for a fresh tomato sauce that's perfect for ripe and beyond-ripe late summer tomatoes. Here it is with three flavor variations from Italy, Spain and Morocco.

Deep, dark, delicious. Enough sugar to be slightly sweet, not bitter. 50 cents and 23 calories per pop. I have no idea why I never made these before. Four minutes to make a batch. Four hours to freeze them. Then lick away!

Get a really ripe melon. So sweet you won't even think about adding sugar. Not even to offset the cool of the mint and the kick of the ginger. A truly sweet and wonderfully refreshing Way to start or finish a meal on a hot day.

A big salad posing as a pizza. A huge mound of exceptionally fresh, colorful, flash-baked radicchio, leek, sweet pepper and cucumber on a hot, fresh pizza crust. Another example of pizza crust as the perfect platform for almost everything fresh and tasty. Dinner for two for $2.