Stone Fruit Lemonade

What if lemonade had body? Not thickness from sugar or ice, but actual fruit holding it together. Three nectarines blended with cold water, maple syrup, and the juice of four lemons, then strained. The nectarine gives the lemonade a colour somewhere between gold and peach …

Sparkling Strawberry Cocktail

How do you make Prosecco taste like strawberries without turning it into a blended drink? You make a syrup. Strawberries, water, a split vanilla bean with seeds scraped out, and sugar, simmered together for twenty minutes, then strained. The syrup is bright red and smells …

Corn and Quinoa Salad

This is my go-to lunch from July through August. Sweet corn cut off the cob, quinoa cooked and cooled, red onion, lime juice, cilantro, and a little cumin. No cooking required beyond the quinoa, which takes twenty minutes and can be done the night before. …