Ways

Another great reason to grow your own herbs, even if you only have a window sill. Transform a few great just-laid eggs from the Farmers Market with the vibrant flavors of everything fresh and just-picked. Doesn't matter which flavors. The more the merrier.

Started out as a quick, tongue-in-cheek dinner. Turned out to be an unusually luscious, even luxurious, pizza. At least the second best thing you'll put in your mouth all day. Hard to believe every pizzeria doesn't make this. But you can. Easily.

It's festive. It's colorful. The flavor of fresh, sweet, mellow corn. The hot pop of tiny flecks of hot chile pepper. The top half's an astonishingly light cornbread, almost soufflé-like. The bottom half's the silkiest, lightest pudding.

One of the very best Ways to eat leftover chicken. No reheating. No drying. Preserves juiciness and adds a complementary flavor that makes cold chicken as delicious as hot-out-of-the-oven chicken.

Tastes and smells Way too good to be so good for you. A whole-grain bread that's not heavy. A profoundly great bread full of wildly healthy walnuts. A big, hearty bread you make without kneading dough. Just 30 seconds of stirring. Honest. Let me be the first to wish you a happy National Raisin Day.