Bon Appétit

This Mexican take on gazpacho has a little bit of crunch, thanks to pepitas (pumpkin seeds).

Satay is an Indonesian-style kebab served with a spicy peanut sauce. Here, we've amped up the sauce's flavor with some sweet peach nectar.

The flavors of two classic steakhouse menu items—blue cheese dressing and stewed tomatoes—are combined in one incredible, simple-to prepare grilled dish.

Steakhouse dining, outdoors. This recipe calls for lighting only one side of the grill. That way, you can give the steaks a good char on the hot side of the grill, then move them to the unlit side to finish cooking over indirect heat.

A pretty mix of Provençal vegetables, grilled simply and dressed up with the homemade basil aioli. You can also include other vegetables, such as halved baby beets, quartered bell peppers, and thickly sliced red new potatoes (all of which take 10 to 15 minutes to grill).

While soufflés often sound difficult to make, this recipe is easy to follow and yields impressive results. We like to serve ours with high-quality vanilla bean ice cream or a dollop of whipped cream.

Sealed jars may be stored in a cool, dry, dark place for up to one year. Unsealed jars must be refrigerated and jam must be used within a few weeks. For an even quicker jam, skip the canning instructions, ladle hot jam into clean jars, and store the jam in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.

Indian flavorings give this vegetarian main some extra pizzazz.

In this modern take on cobbler, the biscuits are baked separately rather than on top of the filling. You can also serve this shortcake-style by splitting the biscuits and topping them with the filling and a generous dollop of crème fraîche.

Egg whites give these pancakes their light texture. Ricotta cheese adds rich flavor. And the finishing touch? A delicious cherry sauce, which would also be great on waffles or vanilla ice cream.

The combination of cherry juice and fresh cherries gives the sauce its depth.

Warm goat cheese rounds are a lovely contrast to the cool salad. Halved cherries add a fresh, sweet flavor.

This dessert is like a frozen mousse, which helps explain its name: semifreddo, or "half-frozen."

Stirring the fresh herbs into the hot rice preserves their flavor and releases their aroma.

The intense flavor of grilled plums is delicious with roasted duck.

Purchased pie dough makes an almost-instant crust for the tiny tarts.