This farro uses corn two ways: some left in kernels that stay lightly crunchy and sweet, and some blended with butter into a silky, lush sauce stirred in at the end, giving the dish a risotto-like decadence (but not heaviness). I can't wait for you to try it. smittenkitchen.com/2022/08/corn...

Good afternoon! This week's SK Digest has three wonderful things: A collection of peak summer recipes that you can cook anywhere, a timeless recipe for everyone's favorite spaghetti, and [drumroll] the 2026 SK Classroom Wishlist Project is now live! smittenkitchen.substack.com/p/vacation-h...

vacation house cooking

plus: spaghetti aglio e olio + the classroom wishlist project is live!

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Grilled nectarines sprinkled with blue cheese, honey, mint, toasted hazelnuts, and sea salt become blissful and vacationy (even if we are not) for aperitif hour or right now. Thanks for the inspiration @jessdamuck! smittenkitchen.com/2022/08/gril...

Everything we love about my perfect blueberry muffins (one-bowl, hand-whisked, the crunchiest muffin top, and a comically high concentration of blueberries) in one giant, craggy take-anywhere loaf. smittenkitchen.com/2024/05/perf...

There is no time like a summer weekend to find new, amazing things to do with watermelon, in this case, freezing it in cubes and blending it with lime juice, rum, and mint for the best frozen mojito I've ever had. smittenkitchen.com/2019/07/froz...

A low-effort, high-reward pulled pork roast that channels the masterful simplicity of David Chang's Bo Ssam. There are only 10 ingredients -- including the fixings. This is one of my favorite summer recipes of all time. smittenkitchen.com/2019/07/cris...

Sweet summer corn, buttermilk, a bit of cornmeal for heft and a whisper of vanilla make the pancakes we consider an August essential. smittenkitchen.com/2010/08/swee...

A one-bowl brown sugar and citrus-scented cake dramatically embedded with ripe plum halves, creating jammy pockets. Thank you @doriegreenspan for the forever inspiration. smittenkitchen.com/2008/08/dimp...

All of the awesomeness of hot chocolate, reformatted as a frosty milkshake. The chocolate shavings atop a drift of whipped cream? Not optional. smittenkitchen.com/2015/08/froz...

Not just any quesadillas, these are filled with zucchini that's been cooked until tender and concentrated, then stuffed into bronzed tortillas with messy, lacy brown edges that form when the melted cheese lands on and crisps in the skillet. We eat those first. smittenkitchen.com/2019/07/zucc...

New! A low-effort, short ingredient list, make-anywhere, back pocket pasta recipe celebrating the aromatic wizardry of garlic sizzling in olive oil, as will everyone around you when you make it. smittenkitchen.com/2026/07/spag...

Basil, ricotta, mozzarella, garlic and coins of zucchini assemble in what is basically a flaky nest of high summer and a forever Smitten Kitchen favorite. smittenkitchen.com/2010/06/zucc...

Today's Smitten Kitchen Digest thinks it's too nice out to come inside, so we're celebrating our favorite recipes to cook on a grill. Plus, we're about to launch year five (!) of the Classroom Wish List Project, my favorite side project; details below. smittenkitchen.substack.com/p/summer-on-...

summer on the grill

plus: two ice cream desserts + classroom wishlist submission form

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My favorite simple, fuss-free cheesecake is poured into a sheet pan (for better proportions and more servings) and then heaped with every summer berry you can get your hands on -- or basically all of them; they're gloriously in season right now. smittenkitchen.com/2017/08/chee...

Classic blueberry buttermilk pancakes and 10 pancake tips from deep in the archives, just in time for peak blueberry season. The pancakes are one-bowl and here to ease us all out of bed on a sleepy summer morning. smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/blue...

This is a forever summer favorite, perfect for dinner with friends. Plus, it’s flexible: You can make this recipe with any level of heat, a whole chicken or just parts, on a grill or roasted; it’s so streamlined and simple, it always comes out this good. smittenkitchen.com/2016/09/piri...

I want this to be the last recipe you'll ever need for zucchini bread. It's tall with a craggy, crunchy top, has a significant amount of zucchini inside, can be mixed in one bowl (with a fork, no less), and keeps like a dream. smittenkitchen.com/2019/08/ulti...

This forever favorite pasta salad is all texture and zip: al dente noodles, slow-roasted tomatoes, crunchy nuts, salty cheese and an unforgettable garlic-oregano vinaigrette. I wish I had some in the fridge all summer. smittenkitchen.com/2015/05/past...

Spectacularly simple (one bowl, one pan, perfect yield) ice cream sandwiches, no listening out for the ice cream truck/begging your parents for money ("quick!") required. smittenkitchen.com/2021/06/choc...

Hearty chunks of cabbage and halloumi are threaded on skewers and grilled until charred -- sweet, smoky, salty -- and perfect all over, brushed with an unforgettable lemony garlic and herb oil. No grill? Roast it (with or without skewers) on a sheet pan. smittenkitchen.com/2025/09/cabb...

This is your annual reminder — 19 years and counting! — that my favorite summer side dish takes 5 minutes to make, uses all of 3 ingredients, and tastes like 10x the sum of its parts. smittenkitchen.com/2007/08/quic...

This week's Smitten Kitchen Digest is a celebration of summer recipes that happen to be vegan. Plus, a little brag about my perfect breakfast this morning, and a new recipe for the best classic lemonade. Cheers! smittenkitchen.substack.com/p/vegan-summ...

vegan summer favorites

plus: house lemonade

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Loosely modeled on esquites, this salad has a creamy, cold and sharp dressing below, warm charred corn in the middle, and a mix of lime, pickled onions, and chile powder on top. The result is basically inhale-able. I could eat this every week all summer. smittenkitchen.com/2019/07/corn...

New! Strong opinions on the very best way to make the very best summer beverage, so you can spend your weekend utterly refreshed, ice clinking in your glass. smittenkitchen.com/2026/07/hous...

One of the best pizzas I have *ever* made, it has five ingredients including the ones to make the pizza dough. It’s seasonal and it doesn’t care what else you had planned; it wants to be moved to the front of your cooking queue. smittenkitchen.com/2016/08/summ...

One of my favorite easy summer meals — just cherry tomatoes quick-roasted with olive oil, garlic, and salt until saucy, and then we tumble in a can of beans and let them drink it up. Finish with basil and eat straight from the pan, or ladle it over crostini. smittenkitchen.com/2022/07/roas...

A Top 5 favorite warm-weather meal for me — pan-crisped chickpeas on top of blistered lemony zucchini on top of a salty garlic yogurt sauce, finished with herbs and more lemon juice. It serves exactly one person and it's not sorry about it at all. smittenkitchen.com/2019/09/cris...

Today's Smitten Kitchen Digest is a coming-of-age story (couldn't resist) about going from a reluctant zucchini acceptor to an actual enthusiast, featuring 12 beloved recipes that I think could convert almost anyone. I hope you're hungry. smittenkitchen.substack.com/p/nobody-put...

With sunken strawberries that melt into jammy puddles and edges that brown and become faintly crisp as it bakes, here our favorite summer cake is one-bowl-ed and scaled up, ready to feed the crowd that forms wherever you bring it. smittenkitchen.com/2019/06/stra...

This is my platonic ideal of a summer bean salad -- one that keeps well, getting better as it marinates, and travels fantastically to anyplace your sunny day takes you. smittenkitchen.com/2020/05/beac...