The Culinate 8

Green vegetables kids will eat

Fun, not fearsome

• Front Burner

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

• Front Burner

  On board — A closer look at your knife’s best friend

• Unexplained Bacon

  Patty cake — Make your own ground sausage

• Features

  The cakes of summer — Lighter and airier treats

First Person

Table for one

The strain — and satisfaction — of eating alone

• Features

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

• Opinion

  A garden education — Slow Food and school gardens

• The Culinate 8

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

• Front Burner

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

Ellen Jackson

Grilled Chicken Tikka Masala

• Mastering the Grill

  Smoke-Roasted Bell Peppers Stuffed with Garden Vegetables

• Front Burner

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

• Ellen Jackson

  Multigrain No-Knead Bread

• Local Flavors

  The limits of vegetarianism — Creatures in the garden