Front Burner

On board

A closer look at your knife’s best friend

• The Culinate 8

  Better and easier cooking — Rules for the home kitchen

• Features

  The cakes of summer — Lighter and airier treats

• Unexplained Bacon

  Patty cake — Make your own ground sausage

• Features

  Grain glossary — Twenty whole grains to cook and eat

Opinion

A garden education

Slow Food and school gardens

• Front Burner

  The pure, sweet taste of summer — Peel and seed tomatoes to reveal their inner beauty

• Features

  Gene pool — If you are what you eat, how genetically modifed are you?

• The Culinate 8

  Ice cream, dressed up — Homemade sauces and other ice cream treats

• First Person

  Table for one — The strain — and satisfaction — of eating alone

Ellen Jackson

Multigrain No-Knead Bread

• The Culinate 8

  The universal grill — It’s good for much more than burgers

• The Splendid Table’s How to Eat Supper

  Summer Zucchini Pasta

• Ellen Jackson

  Grilled Chicken Tikka Masala

• Front Burner

  Zucchini, reclaimed — Eat this versatile vegetable at its seasonal best